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Tammy Rae Carland

Eliot K Daughtry

Kriss De Jong

Teri Claude Dowling

Jordy Jones

Jenny Michals

Hien Nguyen

Rev. Tim Taylor

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Artist Statement

Teri Claude Dowling is originally from the Mojave Desert of Southern California, and has been living in the Bay Area for the past 10 years. She received her BS in Biology from UC Irvine, and earned an MFA in sculpture from CCAC in 2002. She has been a lesbian single mom for 10 years, but has just begun a domestic partnership with another long-time single mother. She and her partner are now raising their two 10-year-old boys together.

furnishings series, 2002.
furnishings: 1. articles or accessories of dress, 2. objects which tend to increase comfort or utility, especially an article of furniture for the interior of a building. (Merriam-Webster definition)The furnishings series arose out of a desire to make images that explore the space between the genders, and the space between animate and inanimate objects. The images also show my desire to queer domestic space.

I'm fascinated with the many ways that the body can be altered and augmented with clothing and props. Props, costumes, and prosthetics can be used to construct layered gender identities which are fluid and changeable. The boundaries of the physical body and its prosthetics merge until the biological boundaries of the body become irrelevant.

Bio

Teri Claude Dowling
San Francisco, CA  94110
tericlaude@earthlink.net

Education:

MFA, Sculpture
California College of Arts and Crafts,  2002

BS, Biology
University of California at Irvine,  1987

Recent Exhibitions:


March 1 - 31, 2003                   ìFirst Anniversary Showî,  Queer Cultural Center,  San Francisco

March 6 - 27, 2003                    ìSex in the Cityî, sf black and white gallery, San Francisco

January 29 - March 22, 2003            ìCool, Calm and Collectedî, Richmond Art Center, Richmond

Dec 18, 02 - February 1, 2003            ìJuried Annual 2002î, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland

December 12, 2002                    New Langton Artsí 18th Annual Auction, San Francisco

October 25, 2002 - February 6, 2003    ìDreams Aflightî, Oakland Airport, as organized by the Oakland Museum of California

August 1 - September 30, 2002        ìRegarding Beautyî, Texas Womanís University, East and West Galleries, Denton, Texas

July 3 - August 10, 2002                ìNew Visions:  Introductions 2002î, ProArts, Oakland

April 19 - June 9, 2002                ìArts on Fireî, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica

April 10 - 19, 2002                     ì1111: Graduate Showî, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco Campus

March 1st, 2002                     ìThe Labís 6th Annual Art Sale and Auctionî, The Lab, San Francisco

December 4 - 29, 2001                 ìArt Bowlî, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento

August 10 - September 2, 2001        ìGenderplexî, San Jose art League Gallery, San Jose

June 9th, 2001                         ìSynesthesiaî,  Southern Exposureís Annual Auction, San Francisco

January 6 - 20, 2001                ìJuried 2001 Exhibitionî, Patricia Corriea Gallery, Bergamot Station,  Santa Monica