Artist's Biography

Born in Denver, Colorado in 1974, Tomory Dodge has lived and worked in Los Angeles for five years. In 2004-05 Dodge was an MFA grant recipient of the The Joan Mitchell Foundation. His recent solo exhibitions include the CRG Gallery, New York (2008) and the Alison Jacques Gallery in London (2007).  His work is represented in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville; Johnson County Community College, Kansas, with future promised gifts to Dallas Museum of Art, Texas and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Curator's Biography

Carlee Fernandez is a sculptor. Her work typically is transforms natural objects (i.e. taxidermic animals or human bodies) into a single new form that challenges the boundaries of singularity and formal distinction. Born in Santa Ana, California in 1973, Fernandez received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 1999. Her work has been recently exhibited in “Phantom Sightings” at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Lola Isern” from her “Friends” series is currently on view in “Acclimatation” at Villa Arson in Nice, France and will remain in France as part of Jean Paul Gualtier’s art collection. Solo exhibitions include “Man,” “Bear Studies,” “Still Lifes” and “Friends,” all shown at Acuna-Hansen Gallery. Her work has been reviewed in Frieze and Art in America, and has been published in Art Tomorrow and Sculpture Today. Fernandez is a recipient of the 2008 California Community Foundation Fellowship. Currently, she is working on new sculptures and photography about her son, Xavier.