Biographical Statement
Dana Chodzko won a Ford Foundation scholarship to Otis Art Institute to study Sculpture and Performance Art. She was awarded an NEA grant for a performance piece recorded on video at a Los Angeles television studio, and graduated with a BFA in Intermedia. After landing a full fellowship to Stanford University she received an MFA in Sculpture and Installation. Her graduate work included collaborations with Nobel Prize winning physicists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. For the past twenty-five years Chodzko served as Faculty at various universities, most recently managing the Allan Houser Sculpture/Foundry Building at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe NM. Visiting Artist invitations took her overseas to Australia National University, Ondukus Mayis University in Turkey, and Calle Bohemia in Colombia, culminating in international solo exhibitions.
Chodzko’s conceptual work is based in form and language, often manifesting as invented alphabets in various mediums. Complex ideas are conveyed through simple, symbolic forms and words. Chodzko’s mixed media sculptures, public works, installations and site sculptures are held in many corporate collections including the Bay Area Rapid Transit, Oakland CA, Calle Bohemia in Armenia Colombia, the National Guard Headquarters, Santa Fe NM, and Adobe Systems Headquarters, San Jose CA.
Dana Chodzko Sculpture in Colombia (Video)
