Robin Dowell
The majority of my work originates in journeys on foot, and the searches and consequent discoveries made therein; artefact or memory, waymarker or narrative. The transformation from routine to prosaic ritual is reflected in the elevation of vernacular materials. Recurrent themes are finding or gathering, chance and choice, and location or disorientation.
Over the past few years my practice has become more political, and I am interested in the idea of the landscape as a metaphor for our relationship with the Earth as well as each other. Concerns include international politics: environmental issues, nationalism, extremism as well as intolerance and inequality.
My practice is largely conceptual and, as such, often site-specific. I have also exhibited in the following galleries:
Quicksilver Gallery, London 1998
Ray Finnis Charitable Trust Award Winner 1998
Commonwork Land Trust, Kent 1998
Chocolate Factory, London 1999
Millinery Works, London 1999
Eclipse Gallery, Penzance 1999
Mazey Day, Penzance, 2002
Contour Gallery, Newlyn 2003-2004
Cornerstone Gallery, St Ives 2003-2005
Penzance Art Gallery, Penzance 2006-07
Commission for St Buryan Community Garden 2009
The Coffin Store, Truro 2013
Inland Art Festival, Redruth, 2016
All in One, Chiari, Italy 2016
Shortlisted for Transition 2017
Shortlisted for the DARE Prize 2017 (with Joanna Lampard)
Awarded Inland Art Festival Residency Award
Static Island, Back Lane West, Redruth 2017
Tywarnhayle fieldtrip for Groundwork, May 2018
St Buryan fieldtrip for Groundwork, May 2018
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