Artist’s Statement
In my practice, I explore the complexities of the human relationship. I create from a feminist, queer sensibility that listens to, embraces and explores the inter-connectedness of humanity across time and space, and as a part of the natural world. Women and women’s agency are central to my imagery and ideas expressed.
In relief print media of linocut and woodcut, I create imagery where the gesture of the human form, when mirrored or counterpointed within an expressive environment, can describe a complex and layered moment. I find meaning in the pairing of figures, whether to represent an intimate exchange between individuals, or the shared experience of a multitude. The suites of prints are created in narrative sequence and each print can be read independently, or as a part of a whole.
In addition to figure-based imagery, I have explored the concept of language, as a further manifestation of human relationship through non-representational figuration, letterforms and symbol. The form and format of the work reflects my continually evolving relationship with relief print media.
Biography
Pamela Dodds is a visual artist and printmaker. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, grew up in Toronto, lived for many years in the USA, and returned to Canada in 2008. She received an Honors B.A. in Fine Arts from Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA.
Dodds’s work is exhibited regularly in the USA and Canada. 2015 exhibitions include: Queer Landscapes, Queer Journeys, Toronto and Sudbury, Ontario; Gender, Illinois; Vis-aural, Boston, MA; Feminist Art Conference and The Print Show, Toronto, among others. She has received grant support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Ontario Arts Council as well as a Gottlieb Foundation (NY) Individual Support grant and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund grant for feminist art. Her work has been reviewed in Art New England, The Boston Globe and The Globe and Mail, among others, and has been purchased for public collections such as Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Purdue University, Illinois; Boston Public Library, Massachusetts; and is included in the collection of Carleton University, Ottawa and many private collections. She is a citizen of both the USA and Canada, and currently lives and works in Toronto.
More about Dodds and her work at www.pameladodds.net
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