​​​​​DYE PROJECTS is a curatorial and academic archive by Wanda W Dye. She presently works as a curator/designer at STUDIO MORANDI and is an independent artist, curator and collector.
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BIO
Wanda is a national AIA and ACSA award winning educator working in academia, art and architecture for over 30 years and was the founding director of RE gallery + studio in Dallas, Texas. RE was featured in ARTSY, Arts + Culture Texas, Dallas Art Fair, Dallas Modern Luxury, Dallas Morning News, D Magazine, Dallas Observer, Dallas Pavilion, FD Home, FD Luxe, Juxtapoz, MAP 2013 Workbook, New American Paintings, Paper City, Purple Fashion, Texas Architect and was visited by artists, architects, curators and patrons from all over the world. The gallery, a historic Shotgun home in the Cedars neighborhood of Dallas, was a collaborative renovation project with owner Mark Martinek of Modern Construction Services .
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Her academic appointments include teaching architecture at Columbia/Barnard, Florida Atlantic University, Georgia Tech, James Madison University, Mississippi State University and University of Texas Arlington. She was a principal investigator at The Carl Small Town Center while teaching at Mississippi State and Co-Director of the Arlington Urban Design Center while teaching at UT Arlington. She has served as a visiting architectural juror at Auburn, Clemson, Columbia, Minnesota, Parsons, Rice, The Rural Studio, UC Berkeley, UT Austin, Virginia, and Yale.
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Before and after academia she has worked at award winning architectural offices Skidmore, Owings & Merill [SOM], Smith-Miller + Hawkinson in New York City and at GLAVOVIC STUDIO in Fort Lauderdale.
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She did post graduate work in Emergent Technologies and Design at the Architectural Association in London and received her Master of Architecture in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, where she received a Graduate Teaching Fellowship and the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University where she received the Alabama Power Design Award and Travel Fellowship.
Service and philanthropic work include:
Serving on the College of Architecture, Design and Construction Dean’s Council at Auburn University
Creating the Annual Samuel Mockbee Art Book Award for a student with artistic acumen graduating from the Rural Studio
Donating her original artwork to Pavillon Treatment Center, Mill Spring, North Carolina
Editing and Co-Designing TEX FILES II + III publications for UT Arlington School of Architecture
Chairing the lecture and exhibition series at Georgia Tech and UT Arlington
Co-Editing and Co-Designing the Southwest ACSA Regional Conference Proceedings: CHANG[E]ING IDENTITIES: design, culture + technology
She and her students participated in several Team Better Block rapid revitalization interventions and several design build camps in Marfa, Texas organized by Jack Sanders of Design Build Adventure
​RE gallery artists donated works of art to fundraisers benefiting amfAR, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Dallas Museum of Art, and The Nasher Sculpture Center
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TESTIMONIALS
"I had the pleasure of working with Wanda for the past year and a half until family demands required she relocate. Wanda’s resolve and passion for what she does is impressive. Wanda is highly motivated and thoughtfully draws from her past experiences as a teacher, gallery owner and designer to provide on point design guidance, management effectiveness and impactful technical and aesthetic decisions."
- MARGI GLAVOVIC NOTHARD, FOUNDER + DIRECTOR, GLAVOVIC STUDIO
"Wanda is a consummate architectural educator. As a professor at Georgia Tech, her influence was instrumental in inspiring me to pursue beyond what I considered tangibly possible. Her approach to apply theory to practice, question conventions, and value engagement with her students brought a fresh approach to an architectural education at an institution like Georgia Tech. Her leadership as a woman in our field inspired the young women, like me, to go beyond. I'm thankful for her mentorship and influence."
- MEREDITH BOSTWICK - LORENZO EIROA, SENIOR ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, SKIDMORE OWNINGS & MERRILL
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"Wanda was an amazing faculty member in the Architectural Design program at JMU. Her design studios in architectural foundations and comprehensive studio teaching, results and connection with the students was unmatched. She is one of the best educators I have ever had the pleasure of teaching alongside in five different universities."
-EVELYN TICKLE, FOUNDER + CEO, GROW OYSTER REEFS
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Photography of exhibitions under CURATING is by Frank Darko and Kevin Todora
Photograph above taken by Stefania Morandi of STUDIO MORANDI