Gallery Dojo is dedicated to contemporary realism and the enduring discipline behind it. Based in Austin, TX, and connected to a traditional atelier, Atelier Dojo, the gallery represents artists whose work reflects a deep commitment to technical mastery and observation. While the atelier provides training in the traditions of classical painting, the gallery’s program focuses on mid-career to established artists, who demonstrate a high level of technique while pushing boundaries into contemporary context.
In Japanese, dojo means “place of the way”, a space devoted to practice, discipline, and the pursuit of mastery. That ethos informs the gallery’s curation where we offer collectors the opportunity to engage with a new generation of realist painters bringing fresh vitality to a practice that has spanned centuries.
Gallery Director: Logan Dix
Logan is honored to serve as the Director at Gallery Dojo and to introduce contemporary realism into the modern market. She has served over a decade in the arts and in gallery leadership, generating well over $3 million in art sales, including blue chip artists, for both private and public collections. A few notable collections she has advised on are Ally Bank, Investment and Real Estate Firms, Marriott, and various NFL players.
She is a member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) and a USPAP-compliant appraiser, offering comprehensive collection guidance and valuation services. Logan plays an active role in the arts community. She serves on the Development Committee of Arts For Life (NC) and has been engaged in various juried competitions and panel discussions.
BA, Art Business + Leadership. ISA Art Appraisal & USPAP. Further education and mentorships in Art Advisory, Art Appraisal, Business Development, and Financial Markets.
Gallery Associate: Sydney Lemmon
Born in Fort Collins, Colorado, Sydney Lemmon is a third-generation artist whose passion for art began at an early age. Her natural talent emerged and was nurtured through her young years with the help of her mother who was a high school art teacher. Her dedication to the arts earned her first national recognition with Scholastics Art at just 15 years old. She went on and got a Bachelor of Science in Visualization and a minor in Studio Art at Texas A&M University, where she excelled in painting and video game design. Today, she works as a professional artist based in Austin, as a gallery associate at Gallery Dojo, and as a studio assistant to acclaimed painter Felice House.
Founder & Owner: Denise Fulton
Denise M. Fulton is a representational painter based in Austin, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992 and then disappeared into the corporate world, where she remained for nearly twenty years, while devoting much of her free time to painting. Finally recognizing art as her vocation, she began her professional fine art career in 2009. Since then, she has exhibited her work in shows across the country. She is the co-founder of Atelier Dojo and the founder of Gallery Dojo.