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# David Griffin

 ![](https://ultima7-its.ocadu.ca/bios/dgriffin/portrait) 

 dgriffin@ocadu.ca 

 

 

 Faculty Information Associate Professor, Faculty of Art (TSP)   
 Faculty of Art 



 

 Areas of ExpertiseNotation

drawing

Music notation

Colour

Diagram

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



<a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a>(Born Kingston, Jamaica) My work has focused on music notations and other kinds of geometric drawing, which allow users to construct bridges, and sing without making any sound. Currently Assistant Professor and Chair of the OCAD University Research Ethics Board in Toronto Canada, Griffin holds a Ph.D. from the Glasgow School of Art, an MFA from The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and a BFA from Parsons School for Design, New York, NY.

 

 

 

 

  ###    Works        

#### Drawing Music, Marking Time

The design, structure and impact of musical notation

Published: October 7th 2025

 

#### Drawing Fire

Published: December 31st 2023

[View Article »](https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789388718_16)

 

#### Becoming music

Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice

Published: December 31st 2018

[View Article »](http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/drtp.3.2.151_1)

 

 

 

  

 ###    Education        

#### PhD

**Type:** Visual Art

Glasgow School of Art

 

#### MFA

**Type:** Art

Pratt Institute

 

New School University Parsons The New School for Design

 

 

 

  

 ###    Employment        

#### Chair, Research Ethics Board

**Type:** Research

OCAD University

 

#### Assistant Professor

**Type:** Art

OCAD University