Theodore T. Gall began his career in the arts in the mid-sixties as an animator for teaching films and continued to broaden his skills as a graphic designer. Gall has worked in metal since his early days as an artist. In 1973, Ted Gall began a twenty-two year association as “Artist in Residence” at Fel-Pro Inc, an automotive gasket manufacturer. There he was responsible for graphic design, corporate awards and metal sculpture incorporating the shapes and essential materials of the products, many as park installations of major proportion. While at Fel-Pro, he helped establish Skokie Sculpture Park in Illinois that is now over two miles long displaying the sculpture of over 100 national and international artists. Gall studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art, and has served as consultant to the Art Institute and the Illinois Arts Council. He has shared his experience and skills with students at the Clay People in Chicago, the North Shore Art League in Winnetka, IL and the Ojai Art Center in California. Mr. Gall has exhibited and garnered awards throughout the country. His primary focus is the human form and his compelling figures are placed in thought-provoking situations, and are intriguing both visually and psychologically. Ted Gall's sculptures tend to work in the way that dreams do, presenting familiar images in unexpected combinations and contexts and leaving us to puzzle out what to make of them. He leads us to uncover masks being masks and tableaux with tableaux, drawing us down to deep places or brining the depths almost into view, yet never presuming to tell us what we are seeing. Technically, Gall's sculptures being as modeled clay or wax or welded steel. The originals are then cast into bronze, aluminum, or stainless steel using the lost wax method. Finally, the casts are further refined, polished, and painted. The larger works are typically produces in editions. The small pieces are all unique, in that their components are arranged and assembled individually. Thus, while a concept may be repeated many times, each sculpture has its own distinct identity. (All facets of the sculptures are created at the Ted Gall Studios, with the exception of casting.) REVIEWS "This exhibition highlights recent, small-scale bronze and stainless steel works byOjai artist, Ted Gall, whose career has national repute. His sculpted figures andheads are not only a tribute to his technical expertise in the lost wax castingprocess and patination, but also a tribute to his keen psychological insight andability to engage through wit and punning twists."- Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, California "It's much more interesting and powerful than other metal sculptures beingdeveloped here and nationally because of that personal point of view. His whole scope and his facility with style, symbolism, and metaphor is unique."- Gerd Koch, Artist and Curator, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Cal State, Channel Islands "His imagination is limitless, and he puts it down in physical form. You walk through his studio and see his themes are so universal. I look at it and say, hey that's me."