This document summarizes John Antoine Labadie's digital sketchbook from 2010 to 2012. It contains sketches and ideas for artworks, some of which have been exhibited publicly while others remain unfinished. The sketches are presented without titles so they can stand on their own visually. Labadie has a PhD from the University of Cincinnati and has been a professor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke since 1994, where he founded the Digital Arts program. He has exhibited his artworks internationally and held positions at several universities. His artistic perspective is influenced by his background in industrial engineering, mathematics, and traditional media training, and he often combines digital and traditional processes in his mixed media works.

1. John Antoine Labadie
Selected Images: 2010 -2012

2. About this book
This is a drastically abbreviated version
of my digital sketchbook containing
ideas for artworks pursued from spring
2010 through the fall of 2012. The
“children” and even “grandchildren” of
some of the ideas have already been
exhibited in various locations globally.
Other images are sketches or working
versions of ideas that may, or may not,
ever be shared with the public as finished
artworks. I’m presenting these images
without titles so the works may stand on
their own visual merits.
JAL 29 September 2012

3. Dr. John Antoine Labadie
Professor of Art & Coordinator of the Digital Arts Studios
& Coordinator of the Media Integration Studies Minor
The Art Department at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, North Carolina 282372
johnantoinelabadie@gmail.com
John Antoine Labadie studied sculpture at the Dayton Art Institute, earned a bachelor’s degree
in painting at University of Dayton (1973), a Master’s in perceptual psychology from Wright State
University (1980), and an interdisciplinary Doctorate from the College of Design, Architecture Art &
Planning at the University of Cincinnati (1993).
Labadie has also held positions with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Edison State
College, Urbana University, the University of Dayton, the University of Texas at Austin, and
Boston University. Dr. Labadie has been a faculty member UNCP since 1994 and is the founder of
the Digital Arts program there. During the past fifteen years Dr. Labadie’s art works have been
exhibited in more than 400 national and international exhibitions and are held in numerous private
and museum collections.
Dr. Labadie has served as visiting artist & scholar nationally and internationally: a Fulbright
Senior Scholar in digital art at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan; National Taiwan
Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan; The National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India;
Banasthali Vidyapith University in Jaipur, India, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in
Taichung, Taiwan; Chung Yuan Christian University in Jhongli City, Taiwan; Taipei National
University of the Arts in Beitou, Taiwan; Fo Guang University in Yilan, Taiwan; National Taiwan
Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan; Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China, and The
Department of Fine Art & Photography, Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh, India; and Visiting
New Media Artist, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China – among others.

23. More JAL information ...
Artist’s Statement
As a former industrial engineer my
perspective is deeply colored by
mathematics and statistical modeling. As
an artist I am traditionally trained in
painting, photography and illustration
and these skills are bought to bear on the
subjects that most engage me ay any
given moment. The subjects of my
artwork vary quite widely but are
primarily based on my research into how
science defines our world and changes
how we live. My art-making processes
most often involve various modes of
digital studio practice that is seamlessly
blended into or combined with traditional
media. In making artwork I often begin
with scans of my drawings or with found
objects -- either electronic or physical.
After that the processes evolve as
needed to take works into a variety of
forms: installations, online works,
animations, time-based works, large
format prints, and mixed media works.
Sharply focused imagery and
experimentation with technical processes
are constant factors in my work.

24. John Antoine Labadie
johnantoinelabadie@gmail.com
www.steppingstonearts.com