Victoria Dugger
Lives and works in Athens, Ga
1991. Born in Columbus, Ga
Education
2022
University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Ga
Masters of Fine Arts in Studio and Design
2016
Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Tough Love, Sargent’s Daughter’s, New York, NY
Grow Thru What You Go Thru, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, Concourse E, Atlanta, Ga
2021
Out of Body, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
Mind the Body, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Ga
2015
Saccharine, Container Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
2024 Hudgens Prize Finalist Exhibition, Hudgens Center of Art, Duluth Georgia
Emotion, Laney Contemporary, Savannah, Georgia
Cypher, Fierman Gallery, New York, New York
2023 Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, Georgia
Nude is Not Radical, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, New York
2023
Currents, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2023 Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts, Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi
Finders Keepers, VSOP Projects, Greenpoint, New York
Death of Beauty, Sargent’s Daughters West, Los Angeles, California
New Worlds: Georgia Women to Watch, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, Ga
2022
Body in It’s Absence, Museum of Sex, New York, NY
Soft Anatomy, JEFF Marfa: Marfa Invitational, Marfa, Texas
Downstream: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
2021
Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
2020
My Flannel Knickers, Sargent’s Daughters Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Juried Exhibition, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
2018
Annual Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga
2017
Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, Ga
Second Severn Crossing, Hathaway Contemporary Gallery, Atlanta. Ga
The Personal is Political, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, Ga
Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
(RE) Invention- VSA Emerging Young Artists, Rochester Institute of Technology, Joseph and Helen Dyer Arts Center, Rochester, NY, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts, Washington D.C.,Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2016
(RE) Invention- VSA Emerging Young Artists, The Rayburn Hall, Capitol Hill, Washington DC, Volkswagen Headquarters, Herndon, Virginia The Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, New York
We ART Here, 709 Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa
LadyFest Atlanta 2016, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
2015
Apprehension, Illges Gallery, Columbus, Ga
Mends, Art Lab, Columbus State University (CSU), Columbus, Ga
Arts in the Park, Columbus, Ga
Juried Exhibition, Bay Gallery, CSU, Columbus, Ga
2014
Buena Vista Projects, Buena Vista Studio, Buena Vista, Ga
Juried Exhibition, Bay Gallery, CSU, Columbus, Ga
2013
Figure Studies, Joseph House Gallery, Columbus, Ga
Curated Exhibitions
2015
Mends, Co-curator, Art Lab, Columbus State University Columbus, Ga
2014
External Hues, Co-curator, Fulcrum Gallery, Columbus, Ga
The Do Good Fund: Lilts and Drawls, pop-up gallery, Columbus, Ga
Awards/ Residencies
2024
Hudgens Prize Winner 2024, Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia
Hudgens Prize Finalist 2024, Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia
MacDowell Colony Fellowship 2024, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2023
South Arts 2023 Southern Prize for Visual Arts Winner
South Arts 2023 Southern Prize for Visual Arts Georgia Fellowship
NMWA Georgia Women to Watch, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, Ga
2022
Lyndon House Arts Center, Artist-In-Residence, Athens, Ga
2019
Graduate Assistantship, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga
The Kathryne DeVore Whitehead Graduate Fellowship, Lamar Dodd School of Art,
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga
2017
Vermont Studio Center, grant recipient, Johnston, VT
2016
VSA Emerging Young Artist Award, First Prize Winner, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC
2015
SRACE Grant Award, Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga
Bo Bartlett Master Class, scholarship recipient, Columbus, Ga
2014
Chair Purchase Award, Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga
Bibliography
2023
Tariro Mzezewa, Can a Global Talent Agency Make Atlanta an Art Destination. The New York Times. April 18, 2023. online
Lisa Yin Zhang, The Best Shows to See in Atlanta Right Now. FRIEZE. April 5th, 2023. online
2022
A. Vrubel, A Weekend at Marfa Invitational Art Fair In West Texas, May 5th - 8th, 2022. Art Observed. May 27th, 2022. online
Alessandra Codinha, At The Marfa Invitational, a Little Art Fair for a Big World. Vogue. May 11th, 2022. online
2021
Annie Hope Simpson. How I Made This: Victoria Dugger’s Alternative Cosmologies. ARTnews. October 6, 2021. online
Justin Kamp. Victoria Dugger Materializes the Frictions of Accessible Space. Hyperallergic. July 12th 2021. online
John Drury. Victoria Dugger “Out of Body” at Sargent’s Daughters. White Hot Magazine. July 7th 2021. online
Jessica Smith. Mind the Body with Victoria Dugger. Flagpole Magazine. February 24th 2021. print
Leia Genis. Victoria Dugger at Lyndon House. Burnaway. February 22nd 2021. online
Nimra Ahmad. Mind the Body Exhibition Review. The Red and Black. January 19th 2021. online
2020
Victoria Dugger. Less Thinking, More Making- Mood Ring. Burnaway. October 13th 2020. online
Michael Rooks. New American Paintings South Edition #142. New American Paintings. April 13th 2020
2018
Sarah Nathaniel. Limited edition Print Run. MINT Gallery. November 2nd. print
2017
Stephanie Cash. Feature: Studio Snapshot- Victoria Dugger. Burnaway. June 2nd 2017. online
2016 Arden: Literary Journal 2016-Issue Cover. The Arden. April, 23rd 2016. print
Lectures/Workshops
2024
Visiting Guest Lecturer, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Visiting Lecturer, The Bo Bartlett Arts Center- Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
2023
The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts, VSA Art Ambassador, Washington D.C.
2017
The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts, Art Ambassador, Rochester Institute for Technology, Rochester NY 2016
2016
Educational Workshop Leader, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ga
Presenter, Gordon Parks Project: The Americans and Segregation Story, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ga
Collections
2024
Yale University Beinecke Library, New Haven, CT
2023
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
2015
Black Art in America Collection, Columbus, Ga
Work Experience
2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
2017- 2019
Public Programs Assistant, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga
2015
Assistant Conservator to the Head Conservator for St. Eom’s Pasaquan- Parma Conservation, Buena Vista, Ga
2014
Archivist and Co-Curator: The Do- Good Fund, Alan Rothschild Private Collection, Columbus, Ga
2013
Assistant for Illges Gallery and Gallery Director Hannah Israel, Columbus, Ga