This work started with the news of David Carradine’s odd and puzzling death. The drawings were first. They began as reactions, a response to the mystery; manifestations of my response to the news as it came out and as I heard it (random snippets from the radio, TV and conversations with people). This reactive approach evolved into a series of more directed tangents based around David Carradine, especially focusing on his defining role as Kwai Chang Caine in the early 1970’s TV series Kung Fu.

Todd Schroeder is an artist living in Savannah GA. He was born in Defiance OH in 1968. He studied painting in undergraduate (Ohio University BFA in 1990) and painting and sculpture in graduate school (Kent State MFA in 2002). He is married to Meg Kelly, an actress and writer, and has 3 kids: Jackson, Greta, and Jet. At the present, Todd teaches painting, drawing and time-based media at SCAD in Savannah. Prior to moving to Savannah, he taught at Oberlin College and Kent State. Previously, he lived in New York City for 11 years and worked at Dia Art Foundation and as Brice Marden’s assistant. Todd makes drawings, paintings, sculpture, sound and videos.


Todd has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. He has had several one and two-person exhibitions including a solo show at White Columns in New York. He has been in group shows at (among others): Exit Art, AC Project Room and 407 Gallery all in New York City. Also notable venues outside of New York: Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Case Western Reserve University, Savannah College of Art and Design’s Pinnacle Gallery (solo show), Kent State University (solo show), Cleveland State University and Oberlin College’s Here Here Gallery. Todd’s work has been reviewed in (among others): The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Time Out/ New York and The Cleveland Plain Dealer.