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Qualifications


2000 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, London - Master of Fine Art: Painting
1996 Leeds Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting  


Solo Exhibitions
forthcoming
14 Aug - 14 Nov 2010


2008
2008
2001
2000
1998


'Towards The Light - Pip Dickens', Selected and new works, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, Yorkshire
Supported by the Arts Council of England
and Museums Libraries & Archives Council. Touring Exhibition various UK venues up to and including 2012.
'Pip Dickens', Selected Work, Antler Homes, Leeds
'Fabrications', Selected Work, Brahm Gallery, Leeds
Pip Dickens',Cassian de Vere Cole Fine Art, London
'Pip Dickens',Cassian de Vere Cole Fine Art, London
'Pip Dickens',Yorkshire Television, Leeds


Two-person Exhibitions
2002 'Oil & Stone', sculpture of Deveren Bowman and paintings of Pip Dickens at East 73rd Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions
2010
2009
2009
2009

2009
2009
2009
2008
2007
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2006
2004
2004
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2003
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1999
1998
'Twelve Constellations', Vulpes Vulpes, London
'Porno-Graph
' , invited artists make work in response to various types of graph paper,Brahm Gallery, Leeds

'A Feast for the Eyes', Gallery II, University of Bradford
Art Auction for the Medical Foundation For the Care of Victims of Torture,
Royal Institute of Great Britain, London - donated work
'A Room with a View',
Gallery II, University of Bradford
On Your Wall' ,
Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds
'Mill' , works on paper, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London
'Femme Fatale' , arts@trinity, Leeds
Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Berkshire
'Pip Dickens',Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London, curated by Alan Kluckow
'Nocturnal', Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
'Double Take', The Business Arts Council, San Francisco, USA
'Edna', Retrospective of past winners of the Edna Lumb Art Travel Award, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery
'In The Mix', Tangent Contemporary Art at the Nectar Wine Bar at the Marina, San Francisco, USA
'Starting A Collection', Art First, London
'Illusion', Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
'ten', bcontemporary, London
'Sharon Ben-Tal, Pip Dickens & Laurel Hunter', Tangent Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
'Beneath The Surface III', Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
'Best of Art 2002', Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
'FRESH ART FAIR' Business Design Centre, Islington, London,
'Beautiful & Unique'Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh

'6th Debenhams Windows Exhibition', Manchester
'Hang Over' exhibition, Smart Studios, Leeds
'Bittersweet' , Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
'Grrr!', The Paper Bag Factory, London
'Edna Lumb Art Travel Award Retrospective', Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax

Awards/Competitions
2010
2009
2008
2008
2001
2000
1997
1995
The Leverhulme Trust - Artist in Residence: University of Huddersfield, Department of Music
Celeste Prize 2009: Painting - shortlisted
Jerwood Contemporary Painting 2009 - nominated
Blackpool Illuminations Design Competition - shortlisted
AXIS Sponsored Stand Award @ FRESH ART FAIR
Jeremy Cubitt Prize (Slade School of Fine Art)
NatWest Art Prize - shortlisted
Edna Lumb Art Travel Award - Research in Iceland

Commissions/
Residencies
2010-2011
2009-2010

2007 - on hold
Artist in Residence: University of Huddersfield, Department of Music
Artist in Residence
: Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, Yorkshire

Public Art commission for new £27m development in the West End of London with MAKE architects

Collaboration

Monty Adkins is a composer, performer, and lecturer of experimental electronic music and audio art.
He has drawn upon a range of paintings by Pip Dickens to produce sound pieces. These have premiered and been performed internationally

30.04.10

fabrications IV & V (after Pip Dickens): performed at N.one8, Leeds Metropolitan University
26.03.10
fabrications II (after Pip Dickens): performed at the New York City Electroacoustic Festival, NY, USA
http://www.nycemf.org

16.02.10

fabrications I (after Pip Dickens): performed at the C.H.A.T. Festival, UNC, North Carolina, USA
http://www.chatfestival2010.com

11.12.09
fabrications III: universal (after Pip Dickens): performed at the Zepplin Festical, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain
http://www.sonoscop.ne
04.11.09
Fabrications I & II: performed at the Flykingen Institute, Stockholm (premiere)


Publications/
Critical Reviews

Catalogue: Toward the Light - Pip Dickens, catalogue published by Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford 2010 ISBN 9780946657650
'The Alchemy of the Surface: The Paintings of Pip Dickens', by Roy Exley, 2010
Surfacing Art Journal (online journal), April 2009

"I Follow My Art", catalogue, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, London, 2009
Feature interview: Yorkshire Today monthly magazine, April 2009
Contributor /seconds 9 : Vanishing Point: The Vicious and Virtuous Circle,
the online journal of contemporary art and its research, 2008
Review, Blackpool Gazette, March 2008, p7
Preview, Metro, 2004
Review, Metro, 2004
Catalogue: 'Edna', published by Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, 2004
Invited contributorThe Leeds Guide,October 2004
Dig Yorkshire, Highlights: 'Edna', web review, 2004
Invited contributor 'Leeds versus London ', contemporary art & leisure scene comparison article for The Leeds Guide, June 2002
Catalogue: 'Fresh Art', published by Fresh Art Fair, Business Design centre, London, p40
Catalogue: PIP DICKENS, published by Simba Print 2000, 2001
Reviews, Art Review, May 2001, p28
Previews, Art Review, February 2001, p24
Feature: Pip Dickens, Galleries magazine, February 2001, p17
Picture Story, Times Higher, May 22 1998, p7


Collections
Numerous Private Collections UK and overseas

Corporate Collections
Grand Hyatt Residence & Spa, Moscow, Russia
Doyle Caygill Capital SA, Geneva, Switzerland
The Arch, London
Sovereign Capital, London, UK

 Professional Experience

2009 Judging Panel Bradford Open 09, art competition
2006 - 08 Part-Time lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Fine Art Course
2006 Part-Time lecturer, Hull School of Art & Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art Course
2005 Visiting Lecturer, University of Lincoln - BA (Hons) Fine Art Course
Part-Time lecturer, Hull School of Art & Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art Course
2004 Part-Time lecturer, Hull School of Art & Design - BA (Hons) Fine Art Course
2004 Part-Time lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Fine Art Course
2003, 2004 Visting Lecturer, Leeds College of Art & Design - Foundation Course Fine Art
2002

Book cover design elements for 'A War of Individuals: Bloomsbury Attitudes To The Great War'  by Jon Atkin, published by Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-6071-0

2001

Book design elements for 'Trade Wind Hitchers'  by Nicola Russell, published by Seafarer Books ISBN 0-95381-802-0

2000

1999

1996-1998

Slade Undergraduate teaching experience

Publicity Organiser Grrr!  exhibition at the Paper Bag Factory, Deptford, London, UK

Marketing Officer, Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery & Studio Theatre, Leeds, UK including launch of'The Ugly Show' and other PHOTO 98 projects plus design/direction for all marketing and publicity material


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