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Dorothy O'Connor
Born1970
EducationGeorgia State University, Creative Circus
Known forPhotography and installation art
MovementContemporary art
Websitehttps://www.dorothyoconnor.com

Dorothy O'Connor is a photographer and installation artist, best known for her hand-crafted scenes that combine elements of still-life, portraiture, landscape, and performance.

Early life and education

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O'Connor was educated at Georgia State University and received a BA degree in English Literature, with a minor in Studio Art in 1996.

At age 30 she returned to school to train as a photographer at the Creative Circus in Atlanta. After graduation, she worked assisting commercial photographers and worked in various roles in the commercial realm.[1]

Career

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While still working in commercial photography, O'Connor began to build life-sized, fantastical sets, or "scenes", in her garage that she would then photograph.[1] The constructed "scenes" are all handcrafted by O'Connor and can take up to six months to complete.[2] Once the construction is completed, the "scenes" are captured with an 8×10 camera on film.

In 2008, O'Connor's work began to incorporate performance and the constructed installation scenes were open to the public to view in the style of a tableau vivant or "living picture".[2]

Work

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Major exhibitions

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In 2012, O'Connor received a Flux grant for her installation "Ceiling of Birds" to be shown in Flux Night, a large public art event in downtown Atlanta.[3]

In 2013, she was artist in residence at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville where she built and presented her installation, “Shelter.”[4]

In 2019, thirteen of her photographs, created between 2006 and 2017, were exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia for the solo exhibition "Dorothy O'Connor: Scenes".[2]

Public collections

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O'Connor's work is part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia,[5] Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art,[4] and the Center for Fine Art Photography.[citation needed]

Awards and nominations

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O'Connor has received grants from Possible Futures, FLUX[3] and the Forward Arts Foundation and Art on the Beltline[6] to present her installations as public art.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Life and Work with Dorothy O'Conno". VoyageATL. September 11, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Feaster, Felicia (September 19, 2019). "A Photographer Creates Elaborate, Magical Worlds Frozen in Time". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  3. ^ a b "Flux Night - Ceiling of Blackbirds".
  4. ^ a b Keel, Beverly (3 December 2013). "Scenes from a Room". Nashville Arts Magazine.
  5. ^ "MOCA GA Permanent Collection List". Archived from the original on 2021-05-05.
  6. ^ "Art on the Beltline - Dorothy O'Connor and Craig Appel". Art on the Beltline. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18.
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