Tomory Dodge
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Tomory Dodge is an American
artist
.
, the eldest of three sons. His mother, Madeleine Dodge, an accomplished regional artist in Denver, Colorado
and his father, David C. Dodge III, a physician both encouraged his development as an artist from a young age. Growing up within a uniquely creative family Dodge was not alone in his pursuit and interest in the arts. His two brother's, Alex Dodge, an artist and designer and John Constantine Dodge, an actor and writer insured a rambunctious but supportive creative environment as a child.
His first solo exhibition in 1998 was at Pirate Contemporary Arts Oasis in Denver, Colorado.
in Providence, Rhode Island
from 1994 to 1998 majoring in painting. While at RISD he spent a year in Rome, Italy at the European Honors Program where his friendship with the painter Marc Handelman
was forged.
Dodge then moved to Seattle, Washington
where he spent the next two years developing a new direction in his work, focusing away from the figure and more on urban landscapes. He then applied to graduate programs including Yale University
and UCLA but was not accepted. He applied again the following year to California Institute of the Arts
where he attended from 2002 through 2004. During this time he experimented and refined his technique forming a signature style of thick gestural mark-making. His devotion to the painterly medium was at first met with mixed reviews at a school that was known for its heavy emphasis on critical theory, but Dodge eventually vindicated his position through a refined and informed exploration between representation and material.
and Los Angeles
. During the time that Dodge was attending CalArts his younger brother Alex Dodge was working for CRG Gallery
in New York
an established contemporary art gallery in New York City. Dodge's brother told him that one of the gallery's artists, Russell Crotty
, was teaching a class at CalArts and that he should consider taking it. Dodge decided to take the class where his work made a lasting impression on his professor. Crotty later urged CRG Gallery to consider the young artist's work. In 2004 CRG Gallery offered Dodge representation in New York while ACME Gallery offered him representation in Los Angeles. At this time Dodge decided to exhibit under the name Tomory, his middle name, because of another artist already exhibiting in New York by the name Jason Dodge.
Though Dodge was represented by CRG Gallery in New York his first solo exhibition would be at Taxter & Spengeman in New York whom he had already agreed to have an exhibition with prior to his offer from CRG. The exhibition was a huge success and the beginning of a career that continues to grow.
Dodge is also represented by Alison Jacques Gallery
in London, UK.
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
1999
1998
United States
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
.
Childhood
Born Jason Tomory Dodge in Denver, ColoradoDenver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, the eldest of three sons. His mother, Madeleine Dodge, an accomplished regional artist in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
and his father, David C. Dodge III, a physician both encouraged his development as an artist from a young age. Growing up within a uniquely creative family Dodge was not alone in his pursuit and interest in the arts. His two brother's, Alex Dodge, an artist and designer and John Constantine Dodge, an actor and writer insured a rambunctious but supportive creative environment as a child.
His first solo exhibition in 1998 was at Pirate Contemporary Arts Oasis in Denver, Colorado.
Education
Tomory Dodge attended Rhode Island School of DesignRhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
from 1994 to 1998 majoring in painting. While at RISD he spent a year in Rome, Italy at the European Honors Program where his friendship with the painter Marc Handelman
Marc Handelman
Marc Handelman is an American painter living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design earning a BFA in Painting in 1998, with an Art History concentration. He spent two of those years at RISD at the European Honors Program, studying in Rome...
was forged.
Dodge then moved to Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
where he spent the next two years developing a new direction in his work, focusing away from the figure and more on urban landscapes. He then applied to graduate programs including Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and UCLA but was not accepted. He applied again the following year to California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
where he attended from 2002 through 2004. During this time he experimented and refined his technique forming a signature style of thick gestural mark-making. His devotion to the painterly medium was at first met with mixed reviews at a school that was known for its heavy emphasis on critical theory, but Dodge eventually vindicated his position through a refined and informed exploration between representation and material.
Career
Before Dodge had even finished his degree at CalArts he had caught the attention of a number of dealers in New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. During the time that Dodge was attending CalArts his younger brother Alex Dodge was working for CRG Gallery
CRG Gallery
CRG Gallery, NY is a gallery on West 22nd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. CRG was founded in 1990 by Carla Chammas, Richard Desroche, and Glenn McMillan, a trio which shares extensive academic and professional experience in contemporary art, each having worked for major...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
an established contemporary art gallery in New York City. Dodge's brother told him that one of the gallery's artists, Russell Crotty
Russell Crotty
Russell Crotty is a Northern California based artist whose work has been shown internationally and across the United States. His work incorporates astrological, nautical, and surfing themes...
, was teaching a class at CalArts and that he should consider taking it. Dodge decided to take the class where his work made a lasting impression on his professor. Crotty later urged CRG Gallery to consider the young artist's work. In 2004 CRG Gallery offered Dodge representation in New York while ACME Gallery offered him representation in Los Angeles. At this time Dodge decided to exhibit under the name Tomory, his middle name, because of another artist already exhibiting in New York by the name Jason Dodge.
Though Dodge was represented by CRG Gallery in New York his first solo exhibition would be at Taxter & Spengeman in New York whom he had already agreed to have an exhibition with prior to his offer from CRG. The exhibition was a huge success and the beginning of a career that continues to grow.
Dodge is also represented by Alison Jacques Gallery
Alison Jacques Gallery
Alison Jacques Gallery is one of London's leading contemporary art galleries. The gallery, established in 2004 in a small townhouse off Bond Street, London W1, relocated in 2007 to an ambitious space at 16-18 Berners Street opposite the Sanderson Hotel in Fitzrovia...
in London, UK.
Solo exhibitions
2010- Alison Jacques, London, UK
2009
- Works on Paper, CRG Gallery, New York, NY / ACME., Los Angeles, CA
- After Forever, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
2008
- CRG Gallery, New York, NY
2007
- Alison Jacques, London, UK
- ACME., Los Angeles, CA
2006
- Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
- CRG Gallery, New York, NY
2004
- ACME, Los Angeles, CA
- Taxter and Spengemann, New York, NY
- MFA Thesis Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts
2003
- A402 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1999
- CORE New Art Space, Denver, Colorado
1998
- Pirate Contemporary Arts Oasis, Denver, Colorado
Publications
- Tomory Dodge: Works On Paper, CRG Gallery, NY / ACME., Los Angeles (2009) - ISBN 0979293944
- Tomory Dodge, CRG Gallery, NY / ACME., Los Angeles (2008) - ISBN 097929391X
Public collections
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of ArtHerbert F. Johnson Museum of ArtThe Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is an art museum located on the northwest corner of the Arts Quad on the main campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. It is most well known for its distinctive concrete facade, its collection which includes two windows from Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin...
, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca, NY - Knoxville Museum of ArtKnoxville Museum of ArtThe Knoxville Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum located at 1050 World's Fair Park in Knoxville, Tennessee. The KMA is committed to developing exhibitions by emerging artists of national and international reputation.- History :...
, Knoxville, TN - Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles County Museum of ArtThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits....
, Los Angeles, CA - Nerman Museum of Contemporary ArtNerman Museum of Contemporary ArtThe Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum that is located on the campus and is a department of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. The museum is named for donors and local art collectors Jerry and Margaret Nerman. It opened in October 2007, succeeding the...
, Johnson County Community CollegeJohnson County Community CollegeJohnson County Community College Is referred to locally by the synechdoche "Ju-co", and is located in Overland Park, Kansas at College Boulevard and Quivira Road.-History:...
, Overland Park, KS - Whitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtThe Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, New York, NY - Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
- Yale University Art GalleryYale University Art GalleryThe Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early Italian painting,...
, New Haven, CT - Promised gift to Dallas Museum of ArtDallas Museum of ArtThe Dallas Museum of Art is a major art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, USA, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In 1984, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District, Dallas, Texas...
, Dallas, TX - Promised gift to Smithsonian American Art MuseumSmithsonian American Art MuseumThe Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States...
, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
External links
- Tomory Dodge on the CRG Gallery website