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MarkDickens

Role

Artist on Stage/Founder

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Art Education
1988 Post Graduate Diploma (Italy) Il Bisonte Internationl School of Advanced Graphics. Florence. Italy
1984 Exchange Student, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA
1983-6 BA Hons. Fine Art Printmaking. Central School of Art and Design. London

Selected Recent Exhibitions

Nov 2007 ArtParis/Abu Dhabi Art Fair. Emerates Palace. Waterhouse and Dodd Gallery, London.
Nov 2007 The london Group Open. Menier Gallery London.
Nov 2007 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries.
Oct 2007 'Collective Response' Selective london group exhibition, Guildhall Art Gallery London
Oct 2007 Bridge Art Fair. London Group, Trafalger Hotel, London.
Feb 2007 Watercolour and modern works on paper fair. Royal Academy. london. Long & Ryle Gallery
Jan 2007 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London. Long & Ryle Gallery
Nov 2006 Salon Show, Invited Artist. London Group/ Arti et Amicitiae. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Oct 2006 'Circus' The Artpack Exhibition, The Empire London.
Sep 2006 The London Group Annual Show, Bankside Gallery
Jan 2006 London Art Fair, Mclean Fine art
Oct 2005 'Tip of your Tongue'Poetry Festival Invited Artist, Acorn Theatre, Penzance, Cornwall
Sep 2005 One Man Show, Lamont Gallery, London
Mar 2005 1st BlindART Exhibition Co-Founder. Royal College of Art
May 2004 One Man Show, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London

Statement

I'VE ALWAYS FELT THE NEED TO CONSTANTLY EXPAND MY VOCABULARY OF IMAGES AND TECHNIQUES. NOT TO BE BOUND BY THE CONSTRAINTS OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS. IMPROVISATIONAL RATHER THAN FORMULAIC. I LIKE TO THINK OF MY WORK AS A LIBERATING VISUAL EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH MYSELF AND THE VIEWER