ARTIST
BIOGRAPHY
Born in
1971 in South Australia, Toni Wells moved to Los
Angeles, California, in 1994, after spending a
year travelling through Europe. (
see
Cityscapes
or
Landscapes
for
photo's from this time)
Represented
by Joni Gordon at Newspace
Gallery
since 1996, and being self-taught in her field
of photography, she is constantly experimenting
with a variety of subjects and techniques (as is
evident by a quick look through this site).
However, she is best known for her body parts
series' that have been in exhibitions in Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Zurich, and Frankfurt
(see
Exhibitions
for a
detailed list). The
first body part series spawned "Mutant
Magnets",
a fridge magnet game that is sold in museum gift
stores around the world.
Since 1999
she has been documenting the L.A. music scene
and, in June/July 2002, had a solo show at
Newspace entitled "American
Bars and Stars"
that pays homage to live music and the bar scene
in Los Angeles at the turn of the
millenium.
In
addition to her photography she works as a
freelance graphic designer on a variety of
projects, from cd artwork to catalogues, press
ads and promo materials. (see Graphic
Design
for
samples.)
