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BORN
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
EDUCATION
BA Fine Arts/Studio Art, summa cum laude, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts USA
SELECTED Solo Exhibitions
2023 Documenting Border Barriers, Museo de Arte, Nogales, México
2022 Documenting Border Barriers, Murs Frontaliers/Border Walls Conference, UQAM, Montreal, Canada
Documenting Border Barriers, Impact 12 Printmaking Conference, Bristol,UK
Documenting Border Barriers, Open Studio Printmaking Centre Gallery, Toronto
2021 Undertow, Centre [3], (virtual)Hamilton, ON
2020 Something I Want to Tell You, Studio 215 Gallery, 78th St. Studios, Cleveland, OH
2018 Undertow / Encuentro en las Corrientes Oceánicas
Impact 10 -International Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference, Santander, Spain
2017 Come Closer – Stories in Woodcut and Linocut Print,
a retrospective exhibition, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario
2016 Feature Artist, Lesbian ARTivisms in the Age of Globalization Colloquium, U of Ottawa, ON
2014 Hexagon Fellowship Exhibition, Open Studio Printmaking Centre Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2013 Language for a New Paradigm, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio USA
Language for a New Paradigm, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
2012 Memory’s Witness, Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
2011 Memory’s Witness, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio USA
Pamela Dodds: Relief Prints, Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, Windsor, Ontario
2010 Heart’s Horizon, O’Connor Gallery, Toronto
2009 Seasons of Engagement, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Nick Novak Fellowship Exhibition Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
Ways of Falling: Drawings Brandt Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2007 Ebb, Brandt Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Big Paintings, Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2005 Love/Dance, Brandt Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2003 Big Paintings, Hammond Gallery, Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts
SELECTED Group Exhibitions
2024 René Carcan International Prize in Printmaking Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
2023 Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
2022, 20 Print International 2019, Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham, Wales
2020 Feminist Art Conference, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2019 International Festival of Relief Printing, Haugesund Museum of Fine Art, Norway
2018 Print Matters, First Canadian Place, Toronto
2017 Capital L, FiLiA – A Feminist Conference, Institute of Education, London, UK
Hong Kong Zine & Print Fest, Hong Kong Open Print Shop, Kowloon, Hong Kong
2016 A is for Aber, Aberystwyth Printmakers, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
Drawings on Washi, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario
2015 Feminist Art Conference, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
Visaural - Sight, Sound, Action, Nave Gallery, Boston area, Massachusetts, USA
The Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Queer Landscapes, Queer Journeys, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
travelled to Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario
Gender, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN, USA
Nature: Six Local LGBT Artists, Capitol One Bank, Toronto, Ontario
2014 The Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
O.W.N. Object – Work – Notation, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2013 A Seat at the Table: Artists’ Books, WoCA Projects, Forth Worth, TX USA
Woodcut Now: A Cross-Section, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto
Jumelage, Galerie Engramme, Québec, QC
The Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Jumelage, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
The Drawing Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Okanagan Print Triennial, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
Global Matrix III: Survey of Contemporary Printmaking,
Purdue U. Galleries, West Lafayette, IN & travelling to locations throughout USA
2011 Juried Exhibition, Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY USA
Landscape in Relief, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
2010 The Print Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
Washi, Launch Projects Gallery, Toronto School of Art, as part of Washi Summit
2008,07,06Contemporary Works on Paper, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
The Stories Between Us, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto
Collector's Choice, Heights Arts, Cleveland, Ohio USA
Flux: Feminine Identity, Fine Arts Center, Willoughby, Ohio USA
2003 Six Visions, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts USA
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024 René Carcan Prize Exhibition, Second Mention
2023 Canada Council, Arts Abroad Travel Grant
Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist Creation Grant
2022 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2021 Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Project Grant
2017 Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Project Grant
2015 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2014 Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant for feminist art
2012 Residency Support Stipend, Can Serrat Cntr de Actividades Artisticas, Barcelona, Spain
2011,10,08 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council Grant for Travel to Artist Residencies
2008 Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant
2004 George Sugarman Foundation Grant
2003,01, 99 Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2018 Imagenes y Palabras – El Hacedor, La Aldea, Spain, Artist Residency
Taller Cultural Luis Díaz Oduardo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Artist Residency,
2016 Stiwdio Maelor, Artist Residency, Corris, Wales, UK
2015 Sparkbox Studio Residency, Prince Edward County, Ontario Canada
Atelier Circulaire, Studio Exchange Residency, Montreal, QC
2013-14 Hexagon Fellowship, Open Studio Printmaking Centre, Toronto
2013 Atelier Presse Papier, Artist Residency, Trois Rivières, Québec, QC
2012 Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, Artist Residency, Barcelona, Spain
2012 The Art House, Artist Residency, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
2010-12 Jumelage Printmaking Collaboration Project, Toronto &Québec
2010 Wurlitzer Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Taos, New Mexico, USA
2008-09 Nick Novak Printmaking Fellowship, Open Studio, Toronto
2005 Fundación Valparaíso, Residency Fellowship, Almería, Spain
2002-03 Boston Emerging Artist Fellowship, Boston, MA, USA
PRINTER/ PRINTMAKING MENTOR, Visiting Artists Program, Open Studio Printmaking Centre, Toronto
2017 Sameer Farooq: Behind the Eyes, Unique Monotype Prints
2016 Jacob Whibley, Imperfective Aspect, Lasercut Woodblock Prints
2015 Beth Stuart, The Swimsuit Edition – Lasercut Woodblock Prints
COLLECTIONS
Audra Skuodas & John Pearson, Ohio
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Capital One Bank
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio USA
Ed Phillips & Bill Heartwell, Toronto
Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario
Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Open Studio Printmaking Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Illinois, USA
William Busta & Joan Tomkins, Ohio
Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH, USA
private collections
REVIEWS & COMMENTARY
Claudia Gomez Contreras, Exhibe Pamela Dodds Documentando Las Barreras Fronterizas, April 18, 2023
https://www.facebook.com/profile/100063654732604/search/?q=Pamela%20Dodd
Epics of the Everyday: Pamela Dodds, Collective Arts Journal, Cleveland, OH
Helwig, Sherri, Catalogue Introduction, “Come Closer,” Visual Arts Cntr of Clarington, ON, 2017
Feminist Art Conference 2015, OCAD University, Toronto, “Q & A with Pamela Dodds,”
http://factoronto.tumblr.com/post/129690356866/meet-the-artists-pamela-dodds, Sept, 2015
Gage, Carolyn “The Art of Pamela Dodds,”
http://carolyngage.weebly.com/blog/the-art-of-pamela-dodds, Feb 16, 2015.
Vaughan, R. M. “Things You Can Only See in the Dark,” Globe and Mail, Nov 20, 2010.
Glaser, Chris. “Girl Power,” Cleveland Scene, Jan 25-31, 2006.
Maruszak, Carol. “Feminine Identity,” Lake County Gazette, Willoughby, OH, Feb 24, 2006.
Kiefer, Evelyn. “Art of the Day: Pamela Dodds,” June 27, 2006.
Merolla, James A. “Attleboro Woman Finds Art in the Old, Rusted and Neglected,”
Attleboro Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, MA, April 3, 2003.
Mayo, Michael. “Spotlight,” South End News, Boston, Oct 7, 1999.
Hill, Shawn. “Pamela Dodds: What’s Just Beneath the Surface is More or Less Unsettling,”
Bay Windows, Boston, MA, Oct 17, 1991.
Temin, Christine. ‘Critic’s Tip: Pamela Dodds: Art of Emotions,’ Boston Globe, Jan 25, 1990.
Giuliano, Charles. ‘Pamela Dodds: Paintings,’ Art New England, Boston, March 1990 Issue.