User:Addyjdean/sandbox

History
High was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1949. He earned his BFA from Texas Tech University in 1973 and went on to get his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976

Career
High works in screen printing, relief printmaking, paper making, drawing, and painting. His aim throughout his artwork is to "...reveal truths of the human condition and the troubling vanity and futility of living one's life selfishly, and entirely for the moment ."

High has exhibited both nationally and internationally. He started exhibiting his work in 1975, and his most current exhibition was in 2014. He has worked in collaboration with other artists, and most notably worked on part of an exhibition for the 54th Venice Biennale.

Works
High has works in the permanent collections of many museums and institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Florida, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Utah Museum of Fine Art.