Image: installation shot from Adriane Herman Off-putting, 2016
As an artist and curator, my point of view in organizing exhibitions and interpreting works of art has grown from my studio practice – I hope to help viewers find meaning in art by helping them look carefully and ask questions. I care deeply about removing barriers between artists, audiences, and institutions, and strive to find a balance between accessibility and academic rigor.
I co-founded the artist-run exhibition space Kiosk Gallery with my husband Eric in 2012, and organized dozens of exhibitions promoting emerging local artists, before ceding operations fully to Eric in 2018.
In my role as the Curator of the Hallmark Art Collection, I have focused on making the collection accessible and relevant to the company’s employees, and worked to share the collection with the public through museum loans and exhibitions.
Hallmark Art Collection installation view, with work by Kip Omolade and Lorna Simpson.
David Park retrospective at SFMoMA, including Three Bathers, 1959 (on the left), loaned from the Hallmark Art Collection.
Commission Project with Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin: New work was commissioned for the Hall Student Center at Pembroke Hill School.
Site Three at H&R Block ArtSpace - A collaborative exhibition organized by a group of artist-run galleries.
Greetings, Saul Steinberg at Gallery 2450 - An exhibition of Saul Steinberg’s original mixed media drawings from the Hallmark Art Collection, including vintage cards, products, and historic correspondence from the Hallmark Archives.
Aggregate: Structure and Space at Paragraph Gallery - A group exhibition featuring residents from the Charlotte Street Foundation’s studio program, co-curated with Eric Dodson. Image: artwork by Sarah Hearn and Hannah Carr.
Informality article - Staging Ground: A Forest for Artists
“In the history of human ideas about the wilderness, it was often thought of as a terrifying place where good and evil sparred. From the story of being cast out of the Garden of Eden with an admonishment, cursed is the ground because of you, to philosophers entering the forests, seeking dangerous experiences to draw out the sublime, the staggering power of nature has always been humbling for humans.”
APAA’s Independent 20th Century - APAA member Erin Dodson highlights work by Miyoko Ito and Rebecca shore
APAA’s May ’22 Top 10 - APAA members choose their top presentations at Independent art fair. With members Victoria Burns, Wendy Cromwell, Erin Dodson, Elizabeth Fiore, Megan Fox Kelly, Julian Jimarez Howard and Liz Parks. Image: Rachel Carey George via Nicelle Beauchene.