DEXTER DALWOOD

Dexter Dalwood was born in Bristol, England in 1960. He received an M.A. at the Royal College of Art in London and a BA at St. Martins School of Art, London, before having his first solo exhibition at the Clove Building, London in 1992.

Dexter Dalwood was born in Bristol, England in 1960. He received an M.A. at the Royal College of Art in London and a BA at St. Martins School of Art, London, before having his first solo exhibition at the Clove Building, London in 1992.

In 1998, Dalwood exhibited the paintings Sharon Tate, Paisley Park, Laboratoire Garnier, and Apollo 12 in the critically acclaimed show of new British art, "Die Young, Stay Pretty" at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Curated by Martin Maloney, this exhibition highlighted an emerging tendency among young British artists towards the painterly and partly playful.

The following year, Dalwood's paintings, including The Queen's Bedroom and Studio 54 among others, were shown at the Saatchi Gallery in London. This much publicized exhibition, "Neurotic Realism: Part Two," aimed to show a new character of the British art scene, and succeeded in revealing Dalwood as a major talent within it.

His work has been included in the 2002 Sydney Biennial, Australia, "Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop" at Tate Liverpool, England as well as a solo show of new paintings at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills. Dalwood showed at the Tate triennial exhibition, "Days Like These" at Tate Britain, London. In 2004 he showed new works in a solo exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, New York (Chelsea).

His work has been featured in various publications, most notably Dexter Dalwood: New Paintings, essay by Dave Hickey (Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills 2002), Young British Art -The Saatchi Decade (Booth Clibborn Editions, London 1999) and New Neurotic Realism (Saatchi Gallery Publication, 1998).