Artists / Dominic Beattie

Born 1981 in London, UK Lives and works in London Dominic's visually arresting graphic style is a meld of long held interests and learnt techniques.
His interest in pop sensibilities and tribal iconography are apparent in his dynamic drawings. He attempts to create an intense visual experience through the use of bold block colour and rhythmic outlines. Abstract images pulse and spin on a completely flat plane. Compositions are collaged and pushed together until they become successful studies for larger works. These works tend to break out of their original rectangular format and grow with new unfamiliar shapes.
Dominic's use of historically masculine, manufactured materials such as resin, steel and aluminium, reference the cold Abstract Art of pioneers like Frank Stella and John McCracken, but the delicacy of his line work and composition implies a human touch, reminiscent of decorative elements within native American artwork.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Manholes,Homefront Gallery, London
2010 Totems, Hospital Club, London

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 This Is The End Of The Beginning, Moorhouse Art, London This Is The Beginning Of the End, Homefront Gallery, London
2011 Please Drive Slowly Through Our Village, Fold Gallery, London (8th July-7th August) Creekside Open, selected by Dexter Dalwood, APT Gallery, London
2010 London Art fair, London Voida Voida, Le Petit Mignon, Berlin
2009 Off Modern, Corsica Studios, London Wet Nightmare, Fold Gallery, London
2006 V22 Contemporary Art Collection Exhibition, Clerkenwell Workshops
2004 Exhibition 22, Artspace 22 (organised by V22) Ladbroke Hall, London Tonight, Studio Voltaire, London
2003 Disciplinary Procedures, Centenary Gallery, London



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