Fletcher Hancock Dyer, age 22, was lost too soon in a
motorcycle accident in Johnson City, TN on November 5,
2009. As an artist and graphic designer, Fletcher created
works that addressed social and political issues thus exposing
injustices through visual means. Fletcher was always curious
and aware of current events; he experimented in innovative
ways to create works that investigate contemporary social
issues. New, unexpected ideas and perspectives had unique
ways of coming to the surface as a result of Fletcher’s
creative means of rattling cages. Fletcher’s work embodies
a purposeful, deliberate perspective of his personal endeavor
to employ art as social commentary. The exhibition aims to
continue and advance his endeavor for politically and socially
motivated art.
A son of equally socially-engaged artist and lawyer, Fletcher
was a senior in the Department of Art and Design at East
Tennessee State University (ETSU) under the Bachelor of Fine
Arts program with a concentration in Graphic Design. His BFA
exhibition was presented posthumous in April 2010. Shortly
after his death, Fletcher won 5 ADDY awards locally and one
SILVER district ADDY award.