Victoria Dugger, "If a Lamb Falls," 2020

Victoria Dugger, "If a Lamb Falls," 2020, gouache and ink on paper, 14 x 11 inches. Unframed.

Victoria Dugger (b. 1991, Columbus, Georgia) is a visual artist who lives and works in Athens, Georgia. Her practice spans painting, mixed media works, and sculpture. Working across these forms, she produces objects that blur accepted categories, exploring novel modes of self-expression and embodiment. She dissects her identity as a Black, disabled woman through a blend of playful compositions and grotesque imagery. Dugger is currently an MFA candidate at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia.

The artist had her debut solo show Out of Body with Sargent’s Daughters in July 2021. Other recent solo presentations include Mind the Body, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (2017); and Saccharine, Container Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA (2015).

Dugger has also been included in a number of group exhibitions including Soft Anatomy, JEFF, Marfa, TX (2022); The Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2021); My Flannel Knickers, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY (2020); Look Back At It, Bridge Gallery, Athens, GA (2019); Juried Exhibition, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2019); Annual Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Arts Center, Atlanta, GA (2018); Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA (2017); Second Severn Crossing, Hathaway Contemporary Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2017); Personal is Political, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA (2017); Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY (2017); the traveling exhibition of (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, The Rayburn Hall, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.; Volkswagen Headquarters, Herndon, VA; The Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY (2016-17); We ART Here, 709 Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2016); LadyFest Atlanta 2016, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2016).  Her work has been reviewed in the New American Paintings South Edition, Burnaway Digital Magazine, ARTNews, Artnet, Hyperallergic, and Whitehot Magazine.  She is represented by Sargent's Daughters.