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Donna Dodson graduated cum laude from Wellesley College in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts. Her pre-med studies and her passion for Egyptian art led her to study sculpture with Joseph Wheelwright at his studio in Boston in 1995. She continued her studies in sculpture with Peter Haines at his studio in Cambridge by learning how to abstract and resolve forms. Since 2000, Dodson has been honored with solo shows in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Kansas, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Dodson enjoys public speaking, and has been a guest speaker in conferences, panels and forums at the University of Rhode Island, Pittsburg State University, School of Visual Art and Stonehill College. She is a member of the International Sculpture Center, National Association of Women Artists and the Women’s Caucus for Art. In May 2007 she started the Art Salon Boston at her studio in Jamaica Plain to meet artists of all disciplines and host monthly conversations on topics of interest to artists in Boston and beyond. |
| About the Artist | |
My artwork celebrates the mystical relationship between human beings and the animal kingdom. My vision is to create standing animal-headed figures of the female form that are sculpted in wood. The challenge is to fuse feminine sensuality, sexuality and soul with a well-proportioned figurative vocabulary. The natural grain of the wood interacts with the form and shape of my sculptures in a fluid way. I often stylize each piece to enhance the girl, woman, queen or goddess within. The mouths, or in some cases beaks, are closed symbolizing the mysteries they embody. These figures are sculpted in sizes ranging from one to four feet tall. I use color in both subtle and bold ways to activate each piece. They are created as archetypes, and each one invites a personal experience from the viewer. The creative process that brings me to the completion of each work of art presents tremendous challenges, making my art a lifelong study with lessons for my eyes, hands, mind and spirit. |
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Madam Elephant
2003 |
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Elephant bride
2005 |
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Asian Elephant
2007 |
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Iron Lady
2007 |
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White Elephant
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Golden Elephant
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Elephant princess
2008 |
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Elephant Matador
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| Education and biography | |
| BIOGRAPHY: Born 1968, Orange, California EDUCATION: WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, MA 1986-1990 Bachelor of Arts. Graduated with honors. GALLERY AFILIATION: Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, MA The Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH SELECT LIST OF EXHIBITIONS: 2009 “Donna Dodson: Elephant Tribe,” Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA 2008 “Matriarchs & Goddesses of the Modern Era” Artistic Collaboration with Charlanne Kallay, Providence Art Windows, University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI 2008 “Sarah Dobkin & Donna Dodson” Gallery at 38 Cameron Avenue, Cambridge, MA 2008 “Elegant Elles,” Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Gardens, Concord, NH 2007 “The Red Carpet Series,” The Fountainhead Gallery, New York, NY 2006 “She Idols,” University Gallery, Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburg, KS 2005 “New Sculpture,” with Victoria Pearmain, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA 2004 “Featured Artist,” with Raghava Kalyanaraman, Artana Gallery, Brookline, MA 2004 “Donna Dodson @ Lynn Arts,” Community Gallery, Lynn, MA 2004 “Visual Poetry” with Cheryl Warrick, Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University, MA 2003 “Carving Soul into Wood,” Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT 2002 “Leading Lady,” TZE House, Wellesley College: Art & Music Society, Wellesley, MA 2000 “Wood: Two Journeys” with Virginia Dotson, Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College, MA PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: 2006 Artists Space Artist Files, Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY 2005 Archive of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy 2004 Archives on Women Artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 2003 Museum of Modern Art/Franklin Furnace Artists Book Collection, New York, NY BIBLIOGRAPHY: “Madam Elephant,” by Aria Littlhous, Penny for Your Thoughts, Boston, MA, Sept. 20, 2008 “Avian Archetypes” by Barry Maloney, Dissolver Magazine, Dedham, MA, Volume 16, 2007 “She Idols” by Nikki Patrick, The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS, Tuesday, December 5, 2006 “Mythic animals and real women” by Carolyn Wirth, New England Sculptors, February, 2005 “Branching Out: Explorations in Wood” by Carole Calo, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, 2003 |
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