Justin Diggle
Bio
Justin Diggle
-Foundation Diploma West Surrey College of Art & Design. Farnham, UK, 1986
-B.F.A. Bristol Polytechnic Bristol, UK Renamed the University of the West of England, 1989
-Post Extension Diploma Bristol Polytechnic
Bristol, UK, 1991
-M.F.A. Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL, 1997
-Associate Professor
Dept of Art & Art History, University of Utah
Arist Statment
My current work takes as its central focus the idea of Surveillance and the many forms that this can take. The use of bird imagery acts as a metaphor for surveillance: being seen from above, or watched, and this is often combined with other elements, such as a plane, for aerial surveillance, or more recently with cameras. The bird also adds an emotive and expressive character so that the viewer will not just see a sterile representation of equipment, but rather will be made aware that it is controlled, or perhaps programmed by individuals.
