I had
such a great time talking to the LA-based painter, Tomory Dodge.
Tomory is a painter's painter and I felt like I was hanging out in
his studio talking about his painting process, life, and where the
two overlap. From talking about how he works in his studio, to how
time constraints from having kids can push your work into weird
unknown places, it was a pleasure to hear about his
process.
Tomory Dodge (b. 1974, Denver, CO) received his BFA
from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 and his MFA from the
California Institute of the Arts in 2004. His work is in the
collections of such museums as Berkeley Art Museum (Berkeley, CA);
Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, WA); Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX);
Knoxville Museum of Art (Knoxville, TN); Los Angeles County Museum
of Art (Los Angeles, CA); Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
(Overland Park, KS); Orange County Museum of Art (Newport Beach,
CA); Orlando Museum of Art (Orlando, FL); RISD Museum, Rhode Island
School of Design (Providence, RI); San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art, (San Francisco, CA); Smithsonian American Art Museum
(Washington, DC); Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY);
Weatherspoon Art Museum (Greensboro, NC); Yale University Art
Gallery (New Haven, CT). In 2018, Dodge’s work was the subject of a
solo exhibition at LUX Art Institute (Encinitas, CA). His work has
been included in recent solo and group exhibitions at Rhode Island
School of Design Museum (Providence, RI); Pizzuti Collection
(Columbus, OH); National Museum (Oslo, Norway); Neuberger Museum of
Art (Purchase, NY); Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland
Park, KS); Sheldon Memorial Gallery, University of Nebraska
(Lincoln, NE). Dodge’s work is the subject of several monographic
catalogs and has been discussed in such publications as Art Forum,
Flash Art, Modern Painters, Art Review, Los Angeles Times and New
York Times. Dodge lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.