Mike Chavez-Dawson
Mike Chavez-Dawson (born 14 April 1974 in Maidstone) is an English artist and curator.
Chavez-Dawson graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University, Interactive Arts BA (Hons) in 1997 and MA (Art as Environment) in 1999. He is attaining a PhD (by practice) research fellow at MIRIAD under the supervision of Dr. Patricia Allmer,[1] Prof. Jim Aulich and Prof. John Hyatt. He was the Visual Arts Editor for Flux Magazine and founding curator for Flux Space for just over a decade.
Chavez-Dawson's work covers a number of disciplines including fine art & design, performance, music, curating and publishing.[2] Collaborations with artist/writer Len Horsey have seen his interdisciplinary practice develop. Together they have devised a variety of performance & multi-part works titled Artours as live texts for numerous group exhibitions, projects and events.[3]
Works
- 2011 'Notational Portrait(s) Performance Fig.1 Billy Childish, 18032011', Castlefield Gallery, Manchester[4]
- 2010 'Apophatic Pareidolia is a condition...', BEARSPACE, London[5]
- 2010 The Night of the Comet (Live Event), British Art Show 7, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
- 2010 Re-Motive View(s), The Surreal House, Barbican Art Gallery, London[6]
- 2009 Title Murdered, Storey Gallery, Lancaster[7]
- 2009 'Selling the Psycho-Geographical Breakdown', Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
- 2009 'A bANdA dA' (Altermodern: Tate Triennial 2009, Shezad Dawood Selects for Late at Tate Britain), TATE Britain, London[8]
- 2008 'The Remarkable Apperception, (The Market Place Requires Heykll & Jybe)', Embassy, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2008 The Mind Projected Cinema, Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable, Kent[10]
- 2007 Mr. Nature-Bold as The Mariachi (Feature - Shezad Dawood), Wysing Art Centre, Cambridge
- 2003 'Essential Phenomena, (Lavish Conviction, Part 2)', VTO, London[11]
Curated projects
- 2011 Magda Archer: Crazy Mad, Cornerhouse, Manchester[12]
- 2011 Re-Covering and The Reading, Untitled Gallery, Manchester[13]
- 2010 Unrealised Potential, Cornerhouse, Manchester[14]
- 2009 The Kiss of a Lifetime (Part 2), VANE (As part of the Northern Print Biennale), Newcastle[15]
References
- ^ "Dr Patricia Allmer". http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/profile/pallmer. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ Jack, Ian (January 16, 2009). "The era of the true art collector has returned". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/17/art-buying-recession. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "Inter-textual-ventions". http://www.artcalendr.com/index.cfm/events/calendar.eventDetail/title_id/6439987035/event/%E2%80%98Inter-textual-ventions%E2%80%99%20by%20Mike%20Chavez-Dawson. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "Notational Portrait(s), Castlefield Gallery". http://castlefieldgallery.co.uk/Archive.asp?eKey=367&eP=2. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "Apophatic Pareidolia, Bearspace". http://www.bearspace.co.uk/index.php?view=details&id=67%3Aapophatic-pereidolia-is-a-condition-mike-chavez-dawson-a-co&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=2. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "Re-Movie View(s), Barbican". http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=10890. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "Title Murdered, Storey Gallery". http://www.storeygallery.org.uk/programme.php?item=00032. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "A bANdA dA, Tate Britain". http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/film/17287.htm. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "The Mind Projected Cinema". http://www.whitstablebiennale.com/biennale-2008/section/artists-events/mike-chavez-dawson.html. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "Essential Phenomena at VTO". undo.net. http://www.undo.net/it/mostra/16473. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "Crazy Mad". http://www.cornerhouse.org/art/art-exhibitions/magda-archer-crazy-mad. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "Re-Covering and The Reading, Untitled Gallery, Manchester". http://otherroom.org/2011/06/23/re-covering-curated-by-mike-chavez-dawson/. Retrieved October 29, 2011. Re-Covering and The Reading, Untitled Gallery, Manchester
- ^ "Unrealised Potential". http://www.cornerhouse.org/art/art-exhibitions/unrealised-potential. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "The Kiss of a Lifetime". http://www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/ExhibitionDetail.php?exhibID=53&page=exhib1&archive=true. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
External links
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| Name |
Chavez-Dawson, Mike |
| Alternative names |
Dawson, Mike |
| Short description |
English artist and curator |
| Date of birth |
14 April 1974 |
| Place of birth |
Maidstone, England |
| Date of death |
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