23 Sandy Gallery is very excited to present Graham Schodda for his debut solo show in Portland. Schodda builds whimsical sculptures assembled from discarded, recycled, and salvaged materials from a bygone era. A former large-scale steel sculptor, he invents a new existence and a fun, quirky narrative for these abandoned objects, repurposing their streamlined or eclectic forms into ray guns, robots, and racecars. Most of the components in Schodda’s finished sculptures are recognizable and invoke curiosity, pleasure, and wonder for the viewer. This series, perhaps influenced his son’s toys and love of all things ‘boy,’ is the culmination of many years of collecting our disposable oddities.

Graham Schodda was born in Sydney, Australia and currently lives in Bellingham, Washington. Following a career as a graphic designer, he started a sculpture and design studio in Denver in 1994 that produced a large body of work ranging from small garden sculptures to large sculptural installations and specialized in one-of-a-kind, commissioned metal art furniture and sculpture.