Dodie Logue
About the Artists:
Dodie Logue is a painter based in Delano, MN, where she has a studio in an old Dairy barn. She received a BA from the University of Minnesota, and an MFA at Bard College. She spends some time each winter in the desert southwest.
Recently she has been focusing on "Healing Arts Exhibitions" at hospitals, including at Owatonna Hospital in 2021 and two-person installations with her sister Mary at Westfields and Hudson Hospitals in Wisconsin. She has shown her work nationally and currently exhibits in Minnesota and New Mexico. In 2014 one of her works was selected for purchase by the Minnesota Museum of American Art during the Minnesota Biennial Exhibition. In 2013 she and her sister published a book “TREES” which included her drawings and her sister Mary Logue’s poems.
In 2022 and 2021 Logue received Creative Support Grants for Individual artists from the MN State Arts Board, and in 2020 an Artist Learning Grant from the Central MN Arts Board. In 2022 she retired from her freelance work as a guide for a nature travel company, to focus full time on her art.
Biography:
Dodie Logue
Dodie Logue is a painter based in rural Minnesota where she has a studio in an old dairy
barn. She received her BA from the University of Minnesota, and her MFA from Bard
College. Dodie’s work has been exhibited locally and nationally, and she has received
grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Central Minnesota Arts Board, as
well as a residency from the Ucross Foundation. The Minnesota Museum of American
Art and the Vision Northland Hospital recently acquired artworks of hers for their
permanent collections. Some time each winter will find her in the desert southwest.
Mary Logue
New York Times-bestselling author Mary Logue has published over thirty books,
including mystery novels, poetry, non-fiction books, and many books for children. Her
latest book, The Big Sugar, was chosen by the New York Times for their summer reading
list in 2023. Her awards include a Minnesota Book Award, a Wisconsin Outstanding
Achievement award and an Edgar nomination. Mary has also worked as an editor and
taught in the graduate writing programs at the University of Minnesota and Hamline
University.
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They published the book Trees, a series of charcoal drawings by Dodie and
accompanying poems by Mary, in 2020.
Ekphrastic Poetry
Ekphrastic poetry originally meant a piece that “described in vivid detail,” a painting or
work of art. But it has come to mean, more loosely, a poem that is inspired by a painting.
When dealing with abstract work, the poem itself should be rather oblique, trying to
capture the sense and mood of a painting rather than being just a description.
Résumé:
Dodie Logue
Born in St. Paul, MN
Lives in Delano, MN
Education
Bard College, New York, MFA
University of Minnesota, BA
Exhibitions
2022 Color Thoughts, One Division Art, Buffalo, MN
2020 Healing Arts Exhibit, Hudson Hospital, Hudson WI
2019 Healing Arts Exhibit, Westwood Hospital, Richfield WI
2013 Trees Gallery 360, Edina, MN
Trees Abode Gallery, Stockholm, WI
1997 Animal Samples Hamline University Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Critters Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN
1996 Atwood Center Gallery, St. Cloud State University, MN
1995 Animal Samples Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Selected group exhibitions
2022 Healing Arts Exhibit, District one Hospital, Faribault, MN
2021 Healing Arts Exhibit, Owatonna Hospital, Owatonna, MN
North of the 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
2020 North of the 45th DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
Art in Isolation North Dakota Museum of Art, Fargo, ND
2019 Sutra Series Gallery 360, Edina, MN
2017 Featured Artist Chiricahua Gallery, Rodeo, NM
2016 Nocturnes Gallery 360, Edina, MN
2015 Shorelines Gallery 360, Edina, MN
2014 Minnesota Biennial Minnesota Museum of American St, St. Paul, MN (catalogue)
Minnesota Biennial Lansboro Art Center, Lanesboro, MN
Sheltering Nature Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN
Sheltering Nature River Falls Public Library, River Falls, WI
MN Creates Minnesota State Capital, St. Paul, MN
Heartwood Gallery 360, Edina, MN
2013 Braided Streams Woven Waters PAN group show, AZ Gallery, St Paul, MN
Shades of Gray Wings over Alma Art and Nature Center, Alma, WI
2012 Garden Art Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
Art of the Lake Pepin Art and Design Center, Pepin, WI
2011 Sense of Place Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
Fresh Art Tour 2011 Barbara McIlrath Studio, Pepin, WI
PAN: Places Between, Species Within Phipps Center, Hudson, WI
2010 Fresh Art Tour Barbara McIlrath Studio, Pepin, WI
Pepin Art and Design Center, Pepin, WI
BirdxBird Northrup Arts Building, Mpls, MN
Foot-in-the-Door 4 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Mpls, MN
2009 Miniature Invitational Accola Gallery, Durand, WI
Gathering From Nature Pepin Art and Design Center, Pepin, WI
BirdxBird Northrup Arts Building, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Sense of Place Landscape Paintings Accola Gallery, Durand, WI
1997 Fantastic Fibers Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky (catalogue)
Celebrate Crafts! Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota
Stop To Consider Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1996 Birds Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rochester Art Institute, Rochester, Minnesota
Square Bubbles Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, New York (catalogue)
1995 Object Lessons Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts (catalogue)
Grants/Residencies/Awards
2022 MN Arts Board Creative Support Grant
2021 MN Arts Board Creative Support Grant
2020 Central MN Arts Board Artist Learning Grant
2013 Central Mn Arts Board Artist Career Development Grant
2012 MN Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
2011 Central MN Arts Board Individual Artist Grant
1999 First Place - Clay, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, WI
1996 Jerome Foundation Artist Grant, Mpls., MN - Finalist
1995 Ucross Foundation Residency Ucross, Wyoming
Bibliography
2021 North of the 45th, Catalogue
2020 North of the 45th, Catalogue
2014 Minnesota Biennial, Catalogue
Star Tribune, Mary Abbe, June 2014
2013 Minneapolis Southwest Journal - Artbeat Drawn to Trees, Dylan Thomas, September
MPR, The Current, Weekend-arts-roundup, Marianne Combs, August 29
Yew Journal, February
TREES Book of images with poetry by Mary Logue
2011 Delano Herald News, Delano Artist Receives $3000 Grant Starla Cray, June13
1997 Fantastic Fibers! Catalogue
1996 Square Bubbles Catalogue
1995 Object Lessons: Feminine Dialogues with the Surreal Catalogue
Boston Sunday Globe, Nancy Stapen, January 29
Boston Herald, review, Mary Sherman, January 25
Minneapolis City Pages, Cultural Blurb, Julie Coniglia, September 13
Collections
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul, MN
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Statement:
I use strong color and abstract patterns that originate from my daily life - from nature or textiles and crafts or weather - anything I encounter may inform my paintings.
The concept of Yin and Yang—that all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites—helps me make sense of the disarray and energy of our world. By bringing this idea to my work, I simplify and use opposing forces to construct my pieces: chaos/order, stillness/action, complexity/simplicity. There is energy in moving between these often contradictory forces and I try to capture it in my work.
My materials are traditional, oil or acrylic paint on canvas. With these I try to straddle control and spontaneity, using a variety of techniques like painting with a huge brush, or left-handed, or pouring the paint, or sitting on the floor so I can’t see the whole piece. This is to break my hold of control and give room for irregularities and mistakes to occur, adding ambiguity and freshness to the work. I hope there is some humor and joy in my paintings.