Education
1990
Royal College of Art, London, UK
1985
Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design, London, UK
Dexter Dalwood
Working in the traditional genre of history painting, Dexter Dalwood merges art history and the pop-cultural in imagined scenes such as Jackie Onassis’ yacht, Kurt Cobain’s greenhouse or Mao Tse-Tung's workspace. Dalwood paints from collages he first creates out of printed matter, often appropriating elements from artists like Henri Matisse, Ed Ruscha, and David Hockney. His paintings reward close observation, for the event or situation depicted is often reflected in the styles of painting that were developed during the periods referred to in the work.
Dexter Dalwood (b. 1960, Bristol, UK) lives and works in London and Mexico City. Over the past few decades, Dalwood’s work has been shown at prestigious institutions such as Tate (St. Ives, UK); FRAC Champagne-Ardennes (Reims, France) and Museo Nacional del Arte (Mexico City, Mexico) as well as leading galleries such as Lisson (London); Simon Lee (London and Hong Kong) and Gagosian (London, New York and Beverly Hills).
Dexter Dalwood, Kurt Cobain’s Greenhouse, 2000, oil on canvas, 214 x 259 cm
When painting starts to look like painting – the worked surface, time and energy spent – I feel sick, I want to get away from it.
Biography
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
2022
Esto No Me Pertenece, Centro de las Artes San Agustín, Oaxaca, Mexico
Sides, De Brock, Knokke, Belgium
2021
Esto No Me Pertenece, Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico
2059, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
2019
What Is Really Happening, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2017
Ein Brief, Hubert Winter Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2016
Propaganda Painting, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
2014
London Paintings, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2013
Dexter Dalwood, Kunsthaus, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
2012
Orientalism, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Dichter Und Drogen, Nolan Judin Berlin, Germany
2010
Dexter Dalwood, CAC Málaga, Spain
Dexter Dalwood, FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France
Dexter Dalwood, Tate, St. Ives, UK
2009
Endless Night, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
There is No Darkness But Ignorance, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
Dexter Dalwood: Recent History, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
2004
Dexter Dalwood: New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Dexter Dalwood: New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
2000
Dexter Dalwood: New Paintings, Gagosian, London, UK
1995
Dexter Dalwood, Galerie Unwahr, Berlin, Germany
1992
Dexter Dalwood, Clove Building, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2022
Grayscale, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
2021
Of Clocks and Clouds, Palfrey, London, UK
2020
Modern Media Networks: Painting and Mass Media, Tate Modern, London, UK
2018
Hello World. Revising a Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
A Murmur of History, DE LEÓN, Bath, UK
The Elephant in the Room: Sculptures of the Marx Collection and of the Collection of the Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Bacon to Doig, National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales
History in the Making, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Michael Jackson: On the Wall, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Michael Jackson: The Birth of an Icon, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, Espoo
Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
2017
New Pleasure, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Age of Terror since 9/11, Imperial War Museum, London, UK
The Critic as Artist, Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, Reading Museum, Reading, UK
Melancholia: A Sebald Variation, Somerset House, London, UK
"Look Me In the Eye Sister", Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
The Painting Show, Aram Art Gallery, Goyang AramNuri Arts centre, Goyang, South Korea
Open Plan, Bath School of Art & Design, Bath, UK
True Faith, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
In the Pines – Slight Return, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Painting Show, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
The Painting Show, Aram Art Gallery, Goyang, Korea
Drawing Biennial 2017, Drawing Room, London UK
2016
Fragmentos a su imán, Galería Horrach Moya, Palma de Majorca, Spain
Painters’ Painters, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Mon art à moi, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
Experience Sonore, Museed’ArtModerne, Troyes, France
Happy Ending, Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
The Painting show, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015
Faux Amis, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
Zabludowicz Collection: 20 Years, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Fighting History, Tate Britain, London, UK
ICA Off-Site: Hong Kongese, Duddel’s presents, Hong Kong, China
Absence (Looking for Hammershøi), David Risley Gallery, København, Denmark
2014
New Acquisitions: The Karpidas Foundation gift in memory of Konstantin Karpidas, Whitworth Art Gallery,Manchester, UK
Painting About Painting, Simmons & Simmons, London, UK
The Venice Syndrome, Grandeur and Fall in the Art of Venice, GammelHoltegaard, Denmark
Not Being Attentive I Notice Everything, Robert Walser and the Visual Arts, AargauerKunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Reality: Modern and Contemporary British Painting, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2013
Here We Go, Karsten Schubert, London, UK
Six Unrelated Solo Shows, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thirteen, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Le Corps de l'Absence, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Châlons-en-Champagne, France
Disaster, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2012
The Space Between, Gallery Karsten Schubert, London, UK
Struggle(s), Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
Le Serment de Résistance, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Setting the Scene, Tate Modern, London, UK
2011
Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin, Ireland
Sometimes I wish I could disappear, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nothing in the World But Youth, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
Germany Is Your America, Broadway 1602, New York, NY
Drawing 2011, The Drawing Room, London, UK
A Private Collection, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Backstage Riders, House E, Berlin, Germany
2010
Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London, UK
Art Foundation Mallorca Collection 2010, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Spain
Eleven, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Beauty is Diamond, Laleh June Galerie, Basel
2009
Rank - Picturing the Social Order 1516-2009, Leeds City Art Gallery, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, Grundy Gallery, Blackpool, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
2008
ART Futures 2008, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
Pop Art: Now and Then, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
...same as it ever was, The Arts Gallery - University of The Arts London, London, UK
2007
Fit to Print: Printed Media in Collage, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Von Bill Viola bisAernoutMik, Hamburger Bahnhof,Berlin, Germany
POPcentric, Gering &López Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Lights, Camera, Action: Artists Films for the Cinema, Initial Access, Frank Cohen Collection, Wolverhampton, UK
2006
The Triumph of Painting, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
ACTION, Galeria Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
Reflections, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Painting Codes, GC.AC - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monfalcone, Italy
2005
Rifle Range, Riflemaker, London, UK
Works on Paper, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Contemporary Painting (New Aquisitions), Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
London Calling, Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, Norway
Growing Up, Absurd Herbert Read Gallery, Kent, UK
2004
Galleon and Other Stories, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
This Much is Certain, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Other Times- British Contemporary Art, City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2003
Days Like These (Tate Triennial), Tate Britain, London, UK
My Way Home, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Exploring Landscape: Eight Views from Britain, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Hollywood is a Verb, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
Remix, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Sydney Bienniale, Sydney, Australia
2001
View Five: Westworld, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Generator 3, Baluardo di San Regalo, Lucca, Italy
Arthur C. Rose presents…, Vilma Gold, London, UK
2000
Twisted: Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting, Van Abbe
Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Sausages and Frankfurters: Recent British and German Paintings from the
Ophiuchus Collection, The Hydra Collection, Hydra, Greece
1999
Neurotic Realism: Part Two, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Caught, 303 Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Young and Serious- Recycled Image, Ernst Museum Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Heart and Soul, 60 Long Lane, London, UK. This exhibition travelled to Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA, USA
Rebecca, Sali Gia, London, UK
Dirty Realism, Robert Pearre Fine Art, Tuscon, AZ, USA
1998
Facts and Fictions, In Arco, Turin, Italy
Die Young, Stay Pretty, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
Cluster Bomb, Morrison Judd, London, UK
Humdrum, The Trade Apartment, London, UK
1997
Thoughts, City Racing, London, UK
1996
Remaking Reality, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
1995
John Moores 19, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
1994
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Base, Salama-Caro Gallery, London, UK
1993
Wild, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Harris Museum, Preston, UK
1992
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Public Collections
France
FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims
Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin
Italy
Trevi Flash Museum of Contemporary Art, Trevi
Switzerland
Centre PasquArt, Biel
UK
Tate Britain, London
The Saatchi Gallery, London
The British Council Collection
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Selected images
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Dexter Dalwood, Think with the Heart (Mexico), 2017, oil on canvas, 65 x 55 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Hard, 2018, oil on canvas, 131 x 97 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Hard 2, 2019, oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Lufthansa, 2018, oil on canvas, 186 x 150 cm
Dexter Dalwood
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Dexter Dalwood, Think with the Heart (Mexico), 2017, oil on canvas, 65 x 55 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Hard, 2018, oil on canvas, 131 x 97 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Hard 2, 2019, oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Lufthansa, 2018, oil on canvas, 186 x 150 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Think with the Heart (Mexico), 2017, oil on canvas, 65 x 55 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Hard, 2018, oil on canvas, 131 x 97 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Hard 2, 2019, oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm
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Dexter Dalwood, Lufthansa, 2018, oil on canvas, 186 x 150 cm
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