Travis Donovan is a North Carolina interdisciplinary artist and educator.  Born in Banner Elk, North Carolina, Donovan received a BFA in Sculpture from Appalachian State University in 2004.  Employing a range of techniques from traditional casting and fabrication practices to studies in kinetics and new media, Donovan explores the relationships between objects, exaggeration, and identity.  His current research investigates poetics and utilitarian materials of the South and their links to gender and class.

Donovan became a North Carolina Artists Fellow after receiving his MFA from the University of North Carolina in 2011.  He has exhibited nationally and internationally including solo shows at The William King Museum of Art and Neil Britton Galleryand has work in the permanent collection at The Yingge Ceramics Museum in New Taipei City, Taiwan.   Donovan is Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Area Coordinator at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.