DANA CHODZKO
PO Box 646, Abiquiu, NM 87510
(505) 685-0068
dchodzko@windstream.net
Education
1989 MFA, Stanford University, Sculpture / Installation, Stanford, CA, GPA 4.0
1976 BFA, Otis Art Institute, Sculpture / Intermedia, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2015 Australia National University, Canberra, AU, ”The Desert and the Sea”, Installation
2013 Art Santa Fe 2013, Solo Artist Space
2010 Fundacion Calle Bohemia, Antigua Estacion Del Ferrocarril, Armenia Colombia, Exhibition and Site Scuptures
2009 Fundacion Calle Bohemia, Sala Roberto Henao Burtica Gobernacion Del Quindio, Armenia Columbia, Exhibition with performance (TV interview)
2002 Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “In Retrospect” (retrospective),
Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, “The Einstein Alphabet”
Group Exhibitions, Installations, Site Sculptures (selected)
2021 Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Science, NJ “Works on Paper”
2020 Pasadena Museum of Art “Art of the Cosmos” Installation for International art and science event sponsored by Hubble Space Telescope (on hold due to Corona Virus)
2019 Bond House Museum, Espanola NM “Crossing Borders” (Review: Rio Grande Sun 10/24/19)
2018 Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo TX “Burning Ring of Fire” (Catalogue)
2018 Leonora Wetland Preserve Sant Fe NM “Wilderness Act” Axle Contemporary
2018 Northern New Mexico State College, “Word Play”, Espanola NM
2018 Adams State University CO “Fe: Cast Iron “
2017 222 Gallery, Roswell Art Museum 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Site Installation, Roswell NM
2017 Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM, “Hot Iron”, (Catalogue)
2016 Axel Contemporary, Santa Fe NM, “Readymade”
2015 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM “Axle Contemporary Artists”
2013 Amazon Park, Samsun, Turkey, Granite Site Sculpture on the Black Sea
2012 New Mexico Showcase, 516 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, (Catalogue)
2012 Odes and Offerings, NM Art Commission Artist/Writer Project
2011 Museum of Contemporary Native Art, “Totem”, Santa Fe NM
2010 Ondokus Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, “Oil and Water”, Site Sculpture and Exhibition
2009 Santa Fe Community College, NM, “Iron Works”
Commissions (selected)
2003 “The Mechanical Alphabet”, 47 ft. Mosaic and Steel Mural, Oakland BART station
2003 Stone Sculpture Garden for The Reed Group, St. Helena, CA
1996 “Mosaic Tile Floor”, Site Installation, Residence, Cloudcroft, NM
1996-97 “The Coming and Going of Grace” Site Sculpture for Hotel Chango, Capitan, NM
1996 Site Sculpture for The Harjo Foundation, High Rolls, New Mexico
1994 36-Foot Tile and Steel Mural for Aceta Travel Inc., Alamogordo, NM
1992- College of Santa Fe, SantaFe, NM, “Sculpture Project ” Temporary Site- specific adobe sculpture, “Keyhole of Light” 1992 and “Cathedral” 1998
1994 60 Sculptures for The Palau Resort Hotel, Palou Island, Micronesia
1990-96 “Beyond the Z Gates,” (800 ft. long steel) Site Specific Environmental Sculpture for The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Palo Alto, CA (Phase 1 and 2 completed)
Awards, Grants, Fellowships
2015 Australia National University, Canberra AU, Visiting Artist in Residence
2010 Ondukus Mayis University, Samsun Turkey, Visiting Artist in Residence, Award from University to produce exhibition and site sculpture on campus
2013 Amazon Park Project Visiting Artist, Samsun, Turkey
2008 US Department of Education Grant 1.8 K for Institute of American Indian Arts to design and orchestrate 18,000 sq. ft. Sculpture / Foundry Building, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Oshara Village Sculpture Exhibition, (First Place)
2005-08 Partner of the Year Award, Institute of American Indian Arts, NM
2006 Pilchuck School of Glass Residency, Seattle WA
2002 Roots and Wings Presidential Award, College of Santa Fe, NM
2001 New Mexico Capital Arts Foundation Award
2000 Tularosa Basin Foundation, Artist in Residency, Tularosa, NM
1987 Stanford University 2-year Full Fellowship, Palo Alto, CA
1984 Zellerbach Grant, San Francisco, CA
1976 NEA Grant for collaborative video project, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Ford Foundation Grant, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography (selected)
2017 Art LTD, Los Angeles CA “Hot Iron Review” Feb. 2017
2014 Tribal College Journal, “IAIA Quantum Blood Drive” Review of Axel Contemporary Installation
2014 THE Magazine of the Arts, Santa Fe NM “Life out of Balance” by Jon Carver
2010 Phenomenal Shakespeare by Bruce Smith, University of Southern California
2009 CNC News broadcast, Armenia, Colombia: Youtube / Dana Chodzko Sculpture in Colombia
2007 THE Magazine of the Arts, “Sketches and Drawings of Sculptors” by Guy Cross, June
2006 THE Magazine of the Arts, “Language Interconnectedness Between Image and Word”,
2003 ARTnews, by Dottie Indyke, Dana Chodzko at EVO, Santa Fe, February
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, by Craig Smith, “A Language of Symbols”, Oct. 18
2002 THE Magazine of the Arts, by Diane Armitage, “Dana Chodzko: In Retrospect, Dec.
2002 SF Reporter, by Jonana Widner, “Abstract Lexicon”, Oct.16
2001 THE Magazine of the Arts, by Richard Tobin, Time, Space, Energy, Matter”, Nov.
THE Magazine of the Arts, by Guy Cross, “TSEM Einstein/Chodzko”, Sept.
2001 San Francisco Chronicle, by Kenneth Baker, “Odds and Ends at Schwartz” Aug. 4
Collections (selected)
Australia National University, Canberra AU
Ondukuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
Calle Bohemia Foundation, Armenia, Colombia
New Mexico AIPP Permanent Collection, Center for Arts, Taos, New Mexico
New Mexico State Capital Permanent Collection, Santa Fe, NM
US National Guard Permanent Collection, National Guard Armory, Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico Arts AIPP, Acclaimed Artists’, Santa Fe, NM
Adobe Systems Corporate Headquarters Permanent Collection, San Jose, CA
New Mexico State University Campus Collection, Alamogordo, NM
College of Santa Fe Campus Collection, Santa Fe, NM
Nordstrom’s Corporate Collection, Seattle, WA, Phoenix Editorial Corporate Collection, San Francisco,
Coneybeare Inc. Corporate Collection, Santa Ana, CA, Martha Gonzales, Armenia, Colombia
Reed Group Inc. Permanent Collection, St. Helena, CA, F. Lee Moulton Architecture AIA, San Francisco,
Brian Ripley Attorneys, San Francisco, CA.
Andrea Schwartz Gallery Collection, San Francisco, CA