Approved: 23.09.2008

Mike Dodd

Artist, Maker

Approved: 23.09.2008

Following a career as an illustrator in the UK, I lived in southern France (2001-2019) where I explored the creative potential of freedom from the restrictions which the demands of commercial illustration placed upon me. I completed a Masters degree in Fine Art at UWIC in Cardiff, Wales in September 2008 and my piece for the MA final show was chosen by the artist Simon Fenoulhet for review

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    Artist Statement

    Following a career as an illustrator in the UK, I lived in southern France (2001-2019) where I explored the creative potential of freedom from the restrictions which the demands of commercial illustration placed upon me. I completed a Masters degree in Fine Art at UWIC in Cardiff, Wales in September 2008 and my piece for the MA final show was chosen by the artist Simon Fenoulhet for review and inclusion as an MAStar on this site. During the summer of 2009, I made a raft journey of 1000 miles down the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to Memphis, Tennessee, creating ephemeral, site-specific pieces along the riverbank as I went. Subsequent to this experience, site-specific installation, and an engagement with the transient aspects of this kind of work, has become an important part of my practice. I have made several large-scale installations natural environments in UK, as well as one in USA. Two residencies (2015 and 2017) in Scotland opened up significant new directions with my environmental work. Representations of trees is currently a major preoccupation.

    CV & Education

    RESIDENCY at National Trust for Scotland's Inverewe Garden and Estate, Wester Ross, Scotland. September & October 2017

    OUTLAND - a solo exhibition of work from Outlandia at the Sawyer Gallery, Inverewe, Wester Ross, Scotland. August 2017

    Cley 17 - CONNECTIVITY. Cley-next-the Sea, Norfolk. July to August 2017

    TREES AND OTHER OBJECTS - exhibition (and accompanying publication) with Steve Baker at the Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich. June-August 2017

    River Waveney Sculpture Trail - August to September 2016

    nca16 exhibition (Norfolk Contemporary Art Society) September 2016

    Residency: Outlandia, Glen Nevis, Scotland (one week) September 2015.

    Project: NORFOLK 2000: Five artists respond to two thousand years of immigration to East Anglia. Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Norwich, UK 2015.

    Public realm: River Waveney Sculpture Trail, River Waveney Study Centre, Earsham, nr Bungay, Suffolk, UK 2015 - CLEY 15, Marvellous in Ordinary, Cley, Norfolk, UK 2015 - PLAY YUHSELF (a collaboration with the artist Adeola Dewis) an installation  and performance, Coed Hills Artspace, nr Cowbridge, Wales 2014 - CLEY 13, The Flight of the Spoonbill, St Margaret of Antioch Church, Cley, Norfolk, UK 2013 - Flora and Fauna, Burghley Sculpture Garden, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincs, UK 2012 - UPSTREAM (a collaboration with the artist V.Skip Willits) Bickelhaupt Arboretum, Clinton, Iowa, USA 2011 - Art in the Garden 2011, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire 2010 - Outdoor Art Exhibition, Coombe Abbey Country Park, Binley, nr Coventry. 

    Solo exhibition: NO MAN'S LAND - a response to the centenary commemoration of the First World War - St Peter Hungate Church, Norwich, UK. August - November 2014.

    Group exhibitions: Underground (Looking Twice) with the Lonely Arts Club, The Undercroft, Norwich, UK 2015 - Anti-Angel: the Medieval Other, St Peter Hungate Church, Norwich UK 2013 - In Other Words, The Officers' Club, Stall Street, Bath, UK 2013 - Turn The Page, The Forum, The Forum, Norwich, UK 2011 - becoming..., The Old Library, Cardiff, Wales 2011 - Inside Out, Rhondda Heritage Park, S.Wales 2010 - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Milsom Place, Bath 2010 - Outdoor Art Exhibition (curated by Out Yer Tree), Coombe Abbey Country Park, near Coventry, UK 2009 - A Sense of Place, Photographique Gallery, Bristol, UK 2009 - Aller-Retour (from Beziers to Bristol), La Maison Sans Fiche, Roujan, southern France 2009 - Exposure 3, St Margaret's Church, Norwich, Norwich 2008 - MA Final Show, UWIC, Howard Gardens, Cardiff 2008 - Salvation (Fringe Arts Bath), Walcot Chapel, Walcot Street, Bath 2008 - Satellite, Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff. 

    Qualifications and training: MA Fine Art, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff 2008 - Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Exeter University 1976 - Diploma in Art and Design, Graphics, Chelsea School of Art 1972.