Jeremy Dickinson
From the artist
Jeremy Dickinson’s new work continues to focus on his passion for transportation, whether it is the small paintings of toy buses in miniature junkyards, or larger scale works where whole collections of vehicles are sorted into groups according to, for example, country of origin or colour. Meticulously painted, they lovingly depict their subject matter with a collector’s obsessive gaze. Many of the vehicles are his from childhood, these being identifiable by a painted green ‘J’ on their underside. Others have come to his collection later, but these also show much evidence of play – their anonymous history is an important part of the reason for their inclusion. Other objects often appear with the vehicles, taking on the role of makeshift street furniture. Souvenirs from family holidays, old toy building blocks and scenic accessories from Dickinson’s long dismantled model railway layout are all used. For some years, he has also been working on the ‘Civic Pride’ series of paintings, which depict British city buses. The sources for the these paintings are photographs taken by unknown bus enthusiasts, bought at rallies and flea markets around the country.
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artist's biography
D.O.B. 1963
1963 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Education
1983-86 Goldsmith’s College, London
One Person Exhibitions
2009 Galerie Xippas, Athens
2008 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
‘Fishbowl Histories’, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2007 Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, Korea
Galerie Xippas, Paris
2006 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
2005 Galerie Xippas, Paris
Seomi Art, Seoul, Korea
TKGY at lammfromm, Tokyo
2004 Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
‘1:76 Scale’, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Galerie Xippas, Athens
Galleria Micia, Takamatsu, Japan
2003 HammerSidi Gallery, London
‘Bus Park’, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2002 ‘Autojumble’, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Seomi Art, Seoul, Korea
2001 Galerie Xippas, Paris
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
2000 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Galerie Nils Staerk, Copenhagen
1999 Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Lotta Hammer Gallery, London
Galerie Axel Thieme, Darmstadt, Germany
1998 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
Fondazione di Ca La Ghironda, Bologna
1997 ‘Recent Paintings’, Velge & Noirhomme, Brussels
1996 ‘Demolition Derby’, Faggionato Fine Arts, London
1995 ‘Fleet Histories’, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
‘New Paintings’, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
1994 ‘Civic Pride Paintings’, Cohen Gallery, New York
1993 Projects Room, Cohen Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions
2009 New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, London
2009 New British Artists, Cambridge Art Fair
2007 ‘SCALE….scale’, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
‘ Pleins Phares – Art Contemporain et Automobiles’, Musee National Collection Schlumpf, Mulhouse, France
2006 ‘10th Anniversary’, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
‘See Jane Run’, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
‘Moved by the Machine: Art Inspired by the Automobile’, Dubuque Museum of Art, Iowa
‘New and Almost New’, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
‘Welcome Home’, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
2005 ‘New Prints’, TKGY at lammfromm, Tokyo
2003 ‘On’, Galerie Xippas, Athens
‘The Miniature Show’, Graystone, San Francisco
‘Yours Truly’, Galerie Nils Staerk, Copenhagen
‘Back to the Roots’, Galerie Axel Thieme, Darmstadt
2002 'Whimsey II’, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
‘Playground’, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, California
‘Peintures - contrainte ou recette’, L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
2001 ‘All of my Heart’, Gallery Hotel Art, Florence
‘20 Jahre’, Gallery Axel Thieme, Darmstadt
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
‘Summertime’, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2000 ‘Petty Crimes’, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
1999 ‘John Moores 21’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
‘Six British Artists’, Galerie Axel Thieme, Darmstadt
1998 ‘Empty Container’, Refusalon, San Francisco
1996 ‘Something Else’, Exmouth Market, London
1995 ‘That’s not the way to do it’, University of Northumbria, Newcastle
‘Obsession’, The Tannery, London
1994 ‘The Pleasures of Paint’, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta
1993 ‘Four Artists’, 20 Dering Street, London
OES Gallery, Surrey Quays, London
‘Wonderful Life’, Lisson Gallery, London
Other Projects
2001 Co-designed Royal Mail Buses Stamps, released 15 May
1995 Illustrated ‘The Aston Martin DB3S’, Published by Palawan Press
Bibliography
2009 Profile of Jeremy Dickinson, Autocar magazine
2007 ‘Mini Obsession’, Milk magazine, Tokyo, issue No. 1, March
2005 ‘Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2005-06’ (illustrated)
2004 ‘Bus Park’, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark, exhibition catalogue (illustrated)
‘Ta’ Bussen’, Horsens Folkeblad, September 18
‘Piecing together an image’, Alexandra Korexenidis, Athens
‘Playing with Jeremy Dickinson’, Stathis Panagoulis, Time Out Athens,
2003 ‘Painting Reincarnation’, BT Magazine, Tokyo, March
2002 ‘Shopping Boogie-Woogie’, Brutus Magazine, Tokyo, December
Yayoi Kojima, ‘Art London-Jeremy Dickinson’, Brutus Magazine, Tokyo, November
‘Peintures – contrainte ou recette’, L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
2001 ‘Jeremy Dickinson’, Galerie Xippas, exhibition catalogue
H.F. Debailleux, ‘Des Autos Nickel-Chrome’, Liberation, February
‘Dickinson et Belin’ Vogue, March p 58 (French Edition)
‘Philately will get the bus everywhere’, Buses Magazine, May
Alan G. Artner, ‘Art Chicago Paints Surprises’, Chicago Tribune, May
Jeanne Fryer-Kohles, ‘Summer assortment …’, The Columbus Despatch, July
‘Cotoiements Improbables’, Automobiles Classiques, December
2000 So-En Magazine, Tokyo, March
‘Petty Crimes’, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, exhibition catalogue )
‘What is Art?’ Le Millenium, Tokyo, issue 30
1999 ‘Jeremy Dickinson’, Angles Gallery’, review by John Judge, The Reflections, Reviews, Reactions, Zing Magazine, winter edition
‘Jeremy Dickinson’, Galerie Xippas, exhibition catalogue, (illustrated)
‘Love Art, Feed Mammon’, Alternative Investments, The Observer
‘Jeremy Dickinson Malt Autos’, Darmstadte Kulturnachrichten, October
‘Jeremy Dickinson’, Rhein Main Zeitung, Kultur, September 24
‘John Moores 21’ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, exhibition catalogue
1998 ‘Jeremy Dickinson’ The Guide, Los Angeles Magazine, June
‘Jeremy Dickinson’, Angles Gallery’, review by Meghan Dailey, Art Forum, October
Fondazione di Ca La Ghironda, Bologna
1996 Andrew Cross. ‘Obsession’, Art Monthly, February
Martin Herbert. ‘Jeremy Dickinson’, Art Preview, Time Out
David Barrett, ‘Something Else’, Frieze, November
1995 Richard C Morais. ‘Pickled Sheep and Bullet Holes’, Forbes, February
Ralph Rugoff. ‘Small Worlds: It’s a Tiny Town, Jake, L.A. Weekly, April
Brad Webber. ‘Fleet of Dreams’, Chicago Tribune
Kim Levin. Village Voice, December 19, Choices section
1994 Jerry Saltz, ‘A Year in the Life of Painting’, Art in America, October
Kim Levin, ‘Jeremy Dickinson’, Village Voice, October 4
‘Preview: A Brief History of Buses’, New York Magazine, October
1993 Sarah Kent, ‘Four Artists, Time Out, London, May
James Odling-Smee, ‘Wonderful Life’, Art Monthly, October
Roberta Smith, ‘Art in Review: Jeremy Dickinson, Civic Pride Paintings’, New York Times, October