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William Dick
London,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jun 2003
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Artist Media:
Drawing Other (39)
Painting Encaustic (24)
Painting Other (11)
Artist Statement:


I have always drawn on ancient
symbols from my own Scottish
background and I feel the
similarity of these symbols,
circles, concentric circles,
spirals etc, all common in
Pictish/Celtic Art convey
something of the magic and
religious function that Art
once held in this culture.

The works illustrated use...

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Collections:


Aberdeen Art
Gallery, Scotland
Barclays
Bank PLC, England
Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art,
Dundee, Scotland
The
Hunterian Museum, University
of Glasgow, Scotland
The Scottish
Arts Council, Scotland
The
Bemis Foundation, Omaha,
U.S.A.
The
University of Nebraska, Omaha,
U.S.A.

Nogradi Torteneti Muzeum,
Salgotarjan, Hungary

Moscow Union...

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Exhibitions for William Dick:



SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2007
Lighthouse, Poole Center for the Arts, Poole
Billingham Art Gallery, Billingham

2006
St. Jakobikirche, Stralsund,
Germany

2005
St. Jurgen Starkow
Mecklenburg, Vorpommem,
Germany

2003
Sutton House, London, UK

2002
Pilgrim Gallery, London, UK

2001
UNESCO Gallery, Amman, Jordan
The British Council, Amman, Jordan
St Marys Woolnoth Church, City of London, UK

1997
Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland

1996
Tricycle Gallery, London, UK
The Economist, London, UK
Monaghan Museum Gallery, Monaghan, Ireland
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland


BIOGRAPHY

1950 Born Glasgow, Scotland
1971-72 Glasgow School of Art
1972-76 Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
1976-77 Post Graduate, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
1977-78 St. Martin's School of Art, London
1978- Lecturer - Ealing School of Art, London, Harlow School of Art,
Coventry Polytechnic, Southwark College, London,
University of Nebraska, Omaha, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Creighton, University, Omaha, U.S.A
Kearney State College, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Limerick School of Art, Limerick, Ireland,
Westminster-Kingsway College, London


AWARDS

2008
Artists Workshop, Szeged, Hungary

2007
Artists Workshop, Szeged, Hungary

2006
Artists Residency, YADDO, New York, Saratoga Springs, U.S.A.

2005
Artists Workshop, Szeged, Hungary

2004
Triangle Artist's Workshop, New York, U.S.A.
Pilar Juncosa Award, Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro a Mallorca, Spain

2001
UNESCO-Aschberg Scholarship, Amman, Jordan
Artist in Residence, Darat al-Funan Art Center, Amman Jordan
British Council Award
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award

1992
British Council Award, Moscow, Russia

1991
Artist in Residence, Crawford Arts Centre, St.Andrews

1990
Salgotarjan Intersymposium, Hungary
British Council Award, Hungary

1989-90
Artist in Residence, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, U.S.A.

1989
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award

1977
Elizabeth T. Greenshields Scholarship

1976
Winsor & Newton Finalist

1975
George Duncan Travelling Scholarship
Carnegie Scholar, Royal Scottish Academy

1974
First Prize Grampian Television Award


ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2007
Lighthouse, Poole Centre for the Arts, Poole
Billingham Art Gallery, Billingham

2006
St. Jakobikirche, Stralsund,
Germany

2005
St. Jurgen Starkow
Mecklenburg, Vorpommem,
Germany

2003
Sutton House, London, UK

2002
Pilgrim Gallery, London, UK

2001
UNESCO Gallery, Amman, Jordan
The British Council, Amman, Jordan
St. Mary Woolnoth Church, City of London, UK

1997
Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland

1996
Tricycle Gallery, London, UK
The Economist, London, UK
Monaghan Museum Gallery, Ireland
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland

1994
Meffan Gallery, Forfar, UK

1991
Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews, UK
Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK

1990
New Gallery, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, U.S.A.
Zodiac Gallery, Omaha, U.S.A.
Lanchester Gallery, Coventry, UK
Nogradi Torteneti Muzeum, Salgotarjan, Hungary
Pier Gallery, Stromness, Orkney, UK
Artspace Gallery, Aberdeen, UK

1989
Seagate Gallery, Dundee, UK
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Mark Four Gallery, Lincoln, U.S.A.

1988
University of Exeter, Exeter. UK
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Southampton Arts Centre, Southampton, UK
The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
Crescent Arts Workshop, Scarborough, UK

1987
Artworks Space, London, UK
Eagle Works Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1974
Dundee Young Painters, Dundee City Art Gallery
1975
Painters in Dundee, Roseangle Gallery, Dundee
Pernod Exhibition, Royal High School Edinburgh
1975/77
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1976
Winsor & Newton Exhibition, Royal High School, Edinburgh
Winsor & Newton Finalists Exhibition, Mall Gallery, London
1977
Group Exhibition, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1977-78
Scottish Print Open, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Dudhope Arts Centre, Dundee,
Inverness Art Gallery, Spectro Gallery, Newcastle,
Glasgow Print Studio, Crawford Art Centre, University of St. Andrews
1978
Scottish Arts Council Purchases, Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh
1981
Modern British Prints, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
1982
Paperworks, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth,
The London Group, Camden Arts Centre, London, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives,
Gardner Centre for the Arts, University of Sussex,
1983
Scottish Print Open III, Scottish Arts Council Travelling
1984-85
T.S.W.A. National Exhibition, Newlyn and Penwith Galleries, Cornwall, Plymouth City Art Gallery, Arnofini Gallery, Bristol,
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff,
Mostyn Art, Gallery, Llandudno, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow,
Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Camden Arts Centre, London
1986
British International Print Biennale, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
1987
Group Exhibition, Camden Arts Centre, London
Open Exhibition, Oriel Y Ddraig Gallery, Blaenau Ffestiniog,
Hazardous Vessels - William Dick, Adrian Frost and Diane Marston, Chisenhale Gallery, London
International Exhibition, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1988
International Drawing Triennale, Wroclaw, Poland
Inverclyde Biennial, McLean Museum and Art Gallery,Greenock
Espana 88, Malaga, Spain
1989
Bemis Foundation Artists, New Gallery, Omaha, U.S.A.
International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
Varna International Print Biennale, Bulgaria
1990
Intersymposium Exhibition, Salgotarjan, Hungary
1991
Male Formy Grafiki, Lodz, Poland
Collectors Eye, Gruzelier Modern and Contemporary Art, London
Summer Exhibition, New Gallery, Omaha, U.S.A.
Works on Paper, Gruzelier Modern and Contemporary Art, London
Gruzelier Contemporary Art, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
1992
Corporate Locations, First Data Resources, Omaha, U.S.A.
Art For Sale, London
National Exhibition of Prints, Ujpest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1993
Kiev-East European, Kiev, Vilinius, St. Petersburg, Russia
International Graphic Biennial, Maastricht,Netherlands
Bradford Open Print Exhibition, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
1994
International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
Small Graphic Forms, Ujpest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
International Exhibition,Tarii Crisurilor Museum, Oradea,Romania
Cuprum VI Biennale, Centrum Miedziorytu, Lublin, Poland
1997
Three Painters, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, Germany
Weihnachtsausstellungen, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, Germany
1998
Resonant Colours, Coningsby Gallery, London
Art at Vitalis, London
Whitechapel Open Studios, London2000
Reflections, Southside Arts, Southampton
Camden Open, Camden Lock, London
2001
Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
2002
Woolff Gallery, London
2003
Pilgrim Gallery, London
Space Open Studios, london
William Dick & Janet Patterson, Pilgrim Gallery, London
2004
Triangle Open Studios, New York, U.S.A.
2005
Summer Salon, Gallery V, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.




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