Born 1964 London; lives and works in East London and Central France
Studied: Royal College of At, London. MA Painting, 1993-95 Central St Martins, London. BA Fine Art/Painting, 1990-93
Solo Shows: Invokations; Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim. Oct/Nov 2021 Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim. April/May 2015 Relics and Remixes; Mannheimer Kunstverein. Fab/March 2015 (cat.) Inscapes; Fabian Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich. April 2014 Trashstar Plumes; Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim. Feb/March 2013 Dark Wave Forms; Buchmann Galerie Berlin. Sept/Oct 2010 Paintings; Buchmann Box Berlin. March/April 2009 LO-FI-SCI-PLI; Buchmann Galerie Berlin. Jan/March 2008 Silent Glitch; Buchmann Galerie Berlin. Nov 05-Jan 06
Group Shows: 2023 London Calling 2.0; Peter Zimmermann Galerie, Mannheim, April/May 2022 Acchrochage; Peter Zimmermann Galerie, Mannheim. October 2021 Minimal-Conceptual-Abstract; Fabian Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich. 25.03-30.4.2021 2018 Colour Chamber; Fabian Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland The Sky's Gone Out; Arthouse1, London, UK 2017 Accrochage; Peter Zimmermann Galerie, Mannheim, Germany 2016 Art for Art’s Sake: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection; The Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, USA Thirty Year Anniversary; Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland 2014 Wunderkammer; Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland Abstrakt - Informel, Drei Generationen; White Brush Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany Accrochage; Peter Zimmermann Galerie, Mannheim, Germany Obsessiv; curated by Fabian & Claude Walter & Romerapotheke Gallleries, Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland Art for Art's Sake: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation; Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA 2013 Art for Art's Sake; curated by Billie Weisman, Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, USA Accrochage; Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany Obscure; Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland 2012 Hallogallo; curated by Sean Dawson, Andrea Medseji-Jones & Mike Stubbs, London Metropolitan Gallery, London, UK ABSTRACT Confusion; Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany ABSTRACT Confusion; Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck, Germany 2011 Twenty-Five; group exhibition, Fabian Claude & Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland Abstract Confusion; Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Montabaur, Kunstverein Ulm, Germany New Abstraction; Fahnemann Galerie, Berlin, Germany 2010 Crystal World; Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany East End Promise; Londonewcastle Project Space, London, UK Rohkunstbau XVII; curated by Mark Gisbourne, Schloss Marquardt, Potsdam(cat.) Monuments with a Horizon Line II; Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany Buchmann Box, Berlin 2008 Aesthetics of Similarities, Another History of Future; Prague Triennale Veletrzni Palace National Gallery, Prague, 2007 Passion for Art; Sammlung Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria The Eclectic Eye - Selections of Fantasy and Illusion; CAC Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, New Orleans, USA Dream of Putrefaction; Metropole Galleries, Kolkestone, Kent. UK 2006 Slider'', Cell Project Space, London, UK 2005 Paintings; with Dennis Hollingsworth, Buchmann Galerie, Koln 2004 Kingdom; Market Gallery, Glasgow Caution: Uneven Surfaces'', Temporary Contemporary, London, UK East International; selected by Neo Rauch & Gerd Lybke, Norwich School of Art 2003 Minimalism & More: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation; Pepperdine's Weisman Museum, California, Wheeling: Motorcycles in Art; curated by Marcus Sendlinger, Cell Project Space, London Bag Lady; Cell Project Space, London 2002 Neverland; curated by Monika Oechsler, Cell Project Space, London John Moores 22; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. UK 2001 de March & Solbiati Galerie, Milan 2000 The Wreck of Hope; The Nunnery, London 1998 Close Up On Pattern; Laure Genillard Gallery, London 1996 J Walter Thompson Gallery, London 1995 Out of the Nineties; Mall Galleries, London 1994 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Selected Press & Bibliography: Sean Dawson im Mannheimer Kunstverein: Neue Abstraktion der britischen Kunst; Milan Chlumsky, Rhein-Necker Zeitung. 4th February 2015 Mit Anspielungen an Gothic und Science-Fiction; review of Relics & Remixes at Mannheimer Kunstverien by Helga Koebler-Stahlin, Mannheimer Morgen. 31st January 2015 Mondrian Werden Wir Hier Heute Auf Jeden Fall Nicht Mehr Sehen; Christian Malycha in conversation with Sven Druhl about Abstract Confusion, pp 384-387, 2011 Kunstforum International, Issue 211. Oct/Nov. Sean Dawson: artist profile; Verena Ummenhofer, pp 158-161, Kunstforum International, Issue 206 New Abstraction. Jan/Feb. 2011 Rohkunstbau XVII: Atlantis II; Matthias Reichelt, Kunstforum Issue 204. 2010 Tiefe des markischen Meeres; Rohkunstbau review, Andreas Hillger, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 7th August Angelus Novus; Rohkunstbau review, Matthias Reichelt, junge welt. 7th August Schemen von Atlantis; Rohkunstbau review, Richard Rabensaat, Markische Oderzeitung. 9th July Lustvolles Arkadien; Rohkunstbau review, Christian Schindler, Oranienburger Generalanzeiger. 8th July Im Palast der verlorenen Erinnerung; Rohkunstbau review, Thea Herold, Berliner Zeitung. 6th July Das versunkene Paradies; Rohkunstbau review, Christina Tilmann, Der Tagesspiegel. 4th July Inseltraume, Trauminselm; Rohkunstbau review, Martin Stefke, Markische Allgemeine. 3rd July 2009 Monuments with a Horizon Line II; Daniel Miller, exhibition review Frieze on-line, 5/3/09 2008 ITCA Prague 2008 exhibition review; Tony Ozuna, The Prague Post. June 25th 2007 The Dream of Putrefaction, preview by Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Plan B magazine. Jan 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. 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. The Wreck of Hope, Stuart Croft, p24, AN Magazine. May 2000. News at the Galleries, London. Flash Art. May/June 1998 Art Review, Sue Hubbard, Time-Out Magazine, London. May 1998
Publications: Relics & Remixes; published by Mannheimer Kunstverein & Peter Zimmermann Galerie, 2015. ISBN: 978-3-00-049210-5 Neue Abstraktion; exhibition catalogue with text by Mark Gisbourne, published by Fahnemann Galerie, Berlin. September 2011 ABSTRACT Confusion; exhibition catalogue with texts by Monika Machnicki & Christian Malycha & edited by b-05. Kerber Verlag Bielefeld, May 2011. Collections (selection) Essl Collection, Vienna, Austria Frederick R Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, USA Laure Genillard, London, UK Reinhard Onnasch Collection, Berlin, Germany The London Institute, London, UK T.I. Group, London, UK