Andrea Duran-Cason
Visiting Artist, MFA Visual Art
Profile
Andrea Duran-Cason (VA ’18) is an interdisciplinary artist who seamlessly merges traditional media with installation, performance, and relational aesthetics. Her current work investigates human-animal relationships and ethics within a framework of activism and ethical eating practices. She is a passionate advocate for animal rights and believes food is an effective art medium for social change. She is the author of “The Preachy Vegan Cookbook”; a recipe book, art book, and biography exploring multi-cultural identity and invisible ideologies.
Andrea earned her BFA from The University of Oklahoma with a focus in painting and printmaking where she practiced and developed a strong foundation in figurative indirect oil painting techniques. In 2018 she received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Andrea is a nationally exhibiting artist and is currently a full-time professor of painting at Savannah College of Art and Design.