Dlux

Born in Bordertown in 1977,^[2] Dodd has a Bachelor of Visual Art and a Masters of Visual Art from the University of South Australia.^[3] Dodd teaches at Adelaide Central School of Art.^[4] As a street artist, he used the pseudonym Dlux^[5] and was one of a group of street artists who considered legal action against the National Gallery of Australia when it failed to pay them in a timely manner for their works.^[6]

He began doing street art in Adelaide in 1998, using stencils to mass-produce stickers.^[7] Dodd moved to Melbourne around 2002 because of the street-art scene.^[8] As Dlux, Dodd was a powerful presence on the Melbourne streets but also undertook a large amount of gallery work, and his stencils were always very politically motivated.^[9] As Dlux, Dodd is also featured in the documentary film Rash (2005), which explores the cultural value of street art in Melbourne.^[10]

He was one of the most active street artists in Melbourne but returned to Adelaide to undertake further studies (Masters in Visual Art, University of South Australia.^[11] Since then, his practice has expanded to include painting and sculpture, celebrating Australia's culture of rebellion and resistance.^[12]

Dodd’s practice incorporates street art,^[13] sculpture, and painting. His street art has been criticised for 'glamourising dangerous youth gangs'.^[14] His sculpture and paintings reflect his rural upbringing^[15] and he uses objects such as bus shelters,^[16] bicycles,^[17] and surfboards^[18] as a basis for his work. He also constructs objects such as River Cycle ('a bicycle in a tinnie'),^[19] and drawing^[20] and painting machines.^[21]

Dodd’s work is held in the following collections:

• University of Queensland Art Museum (search for James Dodd)
• Australia National Maritime Museum
• National Gallery of Australia (under both James Dodd and Dlux)

• Bellamy, Louise. (16 March 2014). Art collectors swap Nolan and Whiteley for street art. The Sydney Morning Herald.
• Bilske, Maria. (2000-2001). Gleam . Eyeline, Vol. 44, Summer : 46.
• Dodd, James. (2014) Future hardware wildstyle. Artlink, Vol. 34, No. 1, Mar: 40-42.
• Hansen, N. (2006). "Rash": Street Art and Social Dialogue. Metro, (151), 80–83.
• Radok, Stephanie. (2007). Parkside nomadic group moves inland 4 winter; Years without magic; Speakeasy. Artlink, Vol. 27, No. 3, Sep: 95.

• List of Australian artists
• List of people from Adelaide
• List of people from Melbourne
• List of street artists
• Spray paint art
• Types of graffiti

• May's Sydney. 1 April 2005. (Featured artist).
• Stencil art world draws the line 8 May 2007
• National Gallery of Australia entry on DLUX
• Norman, James, "Graffiti goes upmarket", The Age, Melbourne, Australia, 16 August 2003. It includes some information on DLUX.

• "Make Stencils Not War" - a work by Dlux
• Personal website
• Bike powered percussion contraption [video]
• Rash, documentary on Australian street artists which features Dodd.