Sean Dawson

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Born: 1964, London
Lives: London

Education
Royal College of Art, London. MA Painting, 1993-95
Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London. BA Fine Art/Painting, 1990-93


Solo Exhibitions
LO-FI-SCI-PLI: Paintings; Buchmann Galerie, Berlin. Jan/March 2008
SILENT GLITCH Paintings: Buchmann Galerie, Berlin. Nov 05/Jan 06
Two-person show, with Dennis Hollingsworth, Buchmann Galerie, Cologne. March/Apr 2005
Solo show, Alfred Camp Gallery, London. March'01.
Apopalyptics: New Paintings’, 152c Brick Lane, London. May 1998


Group Exhibitions
2007 Passion for Art, Sammlung-Essl, Klosterneuburg, Vienna. Nov/Dec 2007 (cat.)
2007 Dream of Putrefaction, group show curated by Dereck Harris, Fieldgate Gallery, London. March/April
Dream of Putrefaction, group show curated by Dereck Harris including Michelangelo Antonioni, Kirsten Glass, Anton Henning, Marylin Minter & others, Metropole Galleries, Folkestone. Jan/Feb
2006 Cologne Art Fair, Buchmann Galerie, Koln. November
Berlin Art Fair, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin. September
Basel Art Fair, with Buchmann Galerie, Basel. June
Slider, group show curated by Richard Priestly including Ian Monroe, DJ Simpson & others, Cell Project Space, London. April/May
Brussels Art Fair, with Buchmann Galerie, April
Vienna Art Fair, Buchmann Galerie, Vienna. April
2005 Group Show, Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna. Nov 05/Jan 06
Cologne Art Fair, with Buchmann Galerie, Cologne. Oct/Nov
Basel Art Fair, with Buchmann Galerie, Basel, Switzerland. June
Vienna Art Fair, with Buchmann Galerie, Vienna. April
Brussels Art Fair, with Buchmann Galerie, Brussels. April
2004 Caution: Uneven Surfaces, group show including John Chilver, Liz Neal, Markus Vater and others, Temporary Contemporary, London. Dec 04/Jan 05
Kingdom, group show curated by Patti Ellis including Steven Gontarski, Neil Rumming, Toby Ziegler and others, Market Gallery, Glasgow. Nov/Dec
East International 2004, selected by Neo Rauch & Gery Harry Lybke including Frank Ahlgrimm, Hurvin Anderson, Martin Kobe, Jo Mitchell, Rosa Loy and others, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich School of Art & Design. July/Aug
2003 Wheeling: Motorcycles in Art, curated by Marcus Sendlinger including Liz Craft, Martin Eder, Grayson Perry and others, Cell Project Space, London. December
Bag Lady, group show curated by Richard Priestly including Ian Monroe, Bob and Roberta Smith, Neil Zakiewicz and others, Cell @ 258 Cambridge Heath Road, London. Nov/Dec
2002 John Moores 22, selected by Matthew Collings, Fiona Rae and Jenny Saville including Ian Davenport, Mark Francis, Gerard Hemsworth and others, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Sept/Dec
Neverland, group show curated by Monika Oecshler including Kirsten Glass, Caroline McCarthy, Paul McDevitt and others, Cell Project Space, London. June/July.
2001 Group show, de March & Solbiati Gallery, Milan. May 01
2000 The Wreck of Hope, group show including Torie Begg, Jo Mitchell, David Thorpe and others, The Nunnery. London March ’00
1998 Close Up On Pattern, group show including Dan Hays and others, Laure Genillard Gallery, London. Oct-Dec 1998



Bibliography
2006 Silent Glitch at Buchmann Galerie, Jane Neal, p125, Modern Painters. March Issue
Silent Glitch at Buchmann Galerie, Katrin Wittneven, Der Tagesspiegel. 14th January
2005 Sean Dawson: Paintings, Die Kolner Magazine. April Issue
2004 Kingdom, John Beagles, p11, a.n. Magazine. November Issue
East International, Daniela Johnson, p65, Flash Art. October Issue # 238
East International, Martin Herbert, pp28-30, Art Monthly. September Issue # 279
East International, Andrea Mason, pp6-7, a.n. Magazine. September Issue
East International, George Szirtes, pp118-119, Modern Painters. Autumn
Go East, News, p22, a-n Magazine. July 2004
News, by Richard Dyer, p15, Contemporary Magazine, Issue 60. Feb/Mar 2004
2003 Bag Lady, review by Helen Sumpter, Time Out Magazine. 10-17 Dec 2003
212121Painting: From Postconceptualism to Recontextualism, Brian Muller, pp32-41, Contemporary Issue 58. Dec 03/Jan 04.
Sean Dawson, by Richard Dyer, pp46-49, Contemporary Issue 58. Dec 03/Jan 04.
2002 London Calling, Nick Jones' review of John Moores 22, Facto Magazine. November 2002 Who Needs Harry's Bar, review of John Moores 22, The Independent. September 2002 Lost in Liverpool, review of John Moores 22, TheTimes. September 2002
Independent Spirit, review of John Moores 22, AN Magazine. October 2002
Neverland, reviewed by Sarah Kent, p51, Time-Out Magazine. 10-17 July 2002.
2000 The Wreck of Hope, Stuart Croft, p24, AN Magazine. May 2000.
1998 News at the Galleries, London. Flash Art. May/June 1998
Art Review, Sue Hubbard, Time-Out Magazine, London. May 1998


Grants/Awards
Individual Visual Artists Award, Arts Council, London. December 2004
LAB Individual Artists Visual Arts Award. Jan 2001


Publications
Passion for Art, exhibition catalogue produced by Sammlung Essl Museum, Vienna. Nov 2007
EAST International 2004, catalogue (The Kingdom of Incest, text on Sean Dawson by Cedar Lewisohn). July/Aug 2004
The TI Group Art Collection: Painting Graduates of the RCA 1975-2000, TI Group plc