Carroll Todd

b. 1954, Memphis, TN
I draw all the time. When I finally perfect a drawing I build a scale model to see it in three dimensions. Only then can I begin to build in bronze.
Lupe the Circus Dog
Lupe the Circus Dog

Carroll Todd is celebrated for whimsical bronze sculptures that are formally sophisticated but never solemn. His practice explores form and movement with an effortlessness and grace rarely present in metalwork. Encouraged to play, explore, and build in his childhood, his appreciation for creative construction was established at a young age. Drawing influence from modernist design, his representations of animals and natural elements range from quite literal to total abstraction, and at times fall somewhere in between. Todd’s process begins with a sketch; once established on paper, it evolves into a small maquette to engineer the bends and folds that the bronze assumes on a larger scale. He then cuts, rolls, bends, forms and welds the sheet bronze. Finally, he applies patinas and wax to achieve a highly finished, elegant surface. From monumental to miniature in size, each work is enhanced and altered by the effects of light, shadow and scale of its setting.

Carroll Todd is a native Memphian with a BFA from Memphis College of Art and an MFA Cornell University. Over the course of his 40-year career, he has exhibited in New York, Chicago, California, and Tennessee. His work is in the collections of Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Autozone Inc, Memphis; Design Network, St Louis; General Electric, Rockefeller Center, New York;L ittle Rock National Airport, Little Rock; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis; Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Mobium/Graphic Management Corporation, Chicago, and Tudor Investment Company, New York.

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Lupe the Circus Dog
Lupe the Circus Dog
Flora
Flora
Hood Ornament
Hood Ornament
Tinned Fish
Tinned Fish
Harelquin
Harelquin
bob
bob
Torpor
Torpor
Rabbit Flambe
Rabbit Flambe
Plump Chair
Plump Chair
Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge
Stay!
Stay!
Hen
Hen
Above It All
Above It All
Lupe the Circus Dog
Lupe the Circus Dog
constructed bronze, 29.5x29x8
2025
Flora
Flora
constructed bronze, 26.25x11x5
2025
Hood Ornament
Hood Ornament
constructed bronze, 83.5x17x11.5
2025
Tinned Fish
Tinned Fish
constructed bronze, 3.25x3.5x8
2025
Harelquin
Harelquin
constucted bronze, 68x13x5
2025
bob
bob
constructed bronze, 12x16.5x13.5
2016
Torpor
Torpor
constructed bronze, 10x9x8
2022
Rabbit Flambe
Rabbit Flambe
constructed bronze, 32x14.5x25.5
2008
Plump Chair
Plump Chair
constructed bronze, 10x6.5x9
2022
Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge
constructed bronze, 17.75x21x11
2016
Stay!
Stay!
constucted bronze, 19.5x14x4
2023
Hen
Hen
constructed bronze, 13.5x12.5x4.5
2022
Above It All
Above It All
constructed bronze, 68x16x12
2019

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