Alex Dodge

Alex Dodge
Alex Dodge in his Brooklyn studio, 2012
Born	(1977-11-28) November 28, 1977 (age 39) Denver, Colorado, United States
Nationality	American
Education	Rhode Island School of Design Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University
Known for	Artist
Notable work	Everything appears as it is, infinite (2011)

Alex Dodge (born Nov. 1977) is an American artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Dodge’s work is included in many important public collections, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY;The Museum of Modern Art, NY,The New York Public Library, NY,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Alex Dodge is represented by Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.

Dodge grew up in Denver, Colorado and was the middle child of three brothers. His older brother Tomory Dodge, also an artist and prolific painter, would later show at CRG Gallery where Dodge served as director for some time. Growing up Dodge had an early fascination with machines and technology of all kinds often disassembling household appliances and eventually building his own computer from parts. Early on, his interests focused on the sciences; first with marine biology, oceanography, and finally particle physics and cosmology. During high school Dodge quickly realized that his math ability was limited and that his ambitions in physics might not be within his grasp. It was during this time that he began to consider visual art seriously.

During high school Dodge was among the first attendees of the Denver School of the Arts, a then newly founded magnet school for the arts. Dodge attended the Rhode Island School of Design majoring in painting and graduated in 2001. After working in New York for eight years as an artist Dodge began to realize a need for greater technical skills and understanding in his artistic process. He applied to MIT’s Media Lab and New York University’s ITP in 2009. Dodge attended ITP from 2010 to 2012 completing his thesis work during that time, a project titled "Kioku: A Semantic Indexing and Exploration Interface for Digital Images".