This local MFA grad has some thought-provoking photography on tap at HCC's Gallery 221. Credit: Scott Owen Pierce

This local MFA grad has some thought-provoking photography on tap at HCC’s Gallery 221. Credit: Scott Owen Pierce
Gulf Coast artist Scott Owen Pierce may not be a name you know yet, but you should know it soon — his work examines the "mechanical and conceptual qualities of photography," according to HCC's Gallery 221's press on the exhibit . Oh, didn't we mention there's an exhibit there? Yep, there is — and his work there looks (pun intended) at the flaws of vision, the nature of vision, how human perception works and human memory. His exhibition with Gallery 221@HCC explores the nature and flaws of vision, the mechanics of human perception, and memory. Pierce has an MFA from USF — he graduated last year — so this is local art come home.  Make time to take a look at this oft-forgotten gallery. 

Gallery 221, Hillsborough Community College, 4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd., Tampa | Through June 19: Mon.-Wed., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thurs., 9 p.m. | More info 

This article appears in Jun 14-21, 2018.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...