Michael Gayk
Graduate Academic Program Director for Visualization; Instructional Associate ProfessorCollege of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts- mgayk@tamu.edu
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College Station, TX 77840
Education
- Master of Fine Arts in Metal DesignSchool of Art, Art History, and Design – University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metalsmithing and JewelryStudio Art and Craft – Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
Biography
Michael Gayk became a faculty member at Texas A&M University in 2019. He is an Instructional Associate Professor of Visualization with a teaching focus in the areas of foundational three-dimensional design, product and computational design. Mr. Gayk received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington in Metal Design. He has spent the last fifteen years teaching at various universities throughout the United States, and brings a vast portfolio of industry experience and art making that shapes his pedagogical practice. As an designer, Mr. Gayk has collaborated on global product design teams for such industries as automotive, aerospace, dental, facial reconstruction, bio-manufacturing, and architecture.
Scholarly Interests
Michael Gayk is an artist who’s studio practice operates within the digital prefix and interwoven within computational structures and material knowledge. Gayk’s current research areas include digital growth aesthetics and design of biomimicry through algorithms. The output of his research culminates into objects and images; all of which embody coexistence of machine assisted making and materials manipulated by hand.