Approved: 13.07.2017

Robin Dowell

Artist, Lecturer / academic

Approved: 13.07.2017

The majority of my work originates in journeys on foot, and the searches and consequent discoveries made therein; artefact or memory, waymarker or narrative. The transformation from routine to prosaic ritual is reflected in the elevation of vernacular materials. Recurrent themes are finding or gathering, chance and choice, and location or disorientation. 

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    Artist Statement

    The majority of my work originates in journeys on foot, and the searches and consequent discoveries made therein; artefact or memory, waymarker or narrative. The transformation from routine to prosaic ritual is reflected in the elevation of vernacular materials. Recurrent themes are finding or gathering, chance and choice, and location or disorientation. 

    Over the past few years my practice has become more political, and I am interested in the idea of the landscape as a metaphor for our relationship with the Earth as well as each other. Concerns include international politics: environmental issues, nationalism, extremism as well as intolerance and inequality.

    CV & Education

    My practice is largely conceptual and, as such, often site-specific. I have also exhibited in the following galleries:

     

    Quicksilver Gallery, London 1998

    Ray Finnis Charitable Trust Award Winner 1998

    Commonwork Land Trust, Kent 1998

    Chocolate Factory, London 1999

    Millinery Works, London 1999

    Eclipse Gallery, Penzance 1999

    Mazey Day, Penzance, 2002

    Contour Gallery, Newlyn 2003-2004

    Cornerstone Gallery, St Ives 2003-2005

    Penzance Art Gallery, Penzance 2006-07

    Commission for St Buryan Community Garden 2009

    The Coffin Store, Truro 2013

    Inland Art Festival, Redruth, 2016

    All in One, Chiari, Italy 2016

    Shortlisted for Transition 2017

    Shortlisted for the DARE Prize 2017 (with Joanna Lampard)

    Awarded Inland Art Festival Residency Award

    Static Island, Back Lane West, Redruth 2017

    Tywarnhayle fieldtrip for Groundwork, May 2018

    St Buryan fieldtrip for Groundwork, May 2018