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County Down
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Dawn Crothers
Born 1982, Belfast
Education
2004 Foundation Studies at Castlereagh College, Belfast
2005 University of Ulster, Belfast College of Art, BA in Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions
2008 The Whalley Gallery, Holywood, Co.Down
2009 The Whalley Gallery, Holywood, Co.Down
2010 The Whalley Gallery, Portrush, Co.Antrim
Group Exhibitions/Events
2010 Mixed Summer Exhibition, Killarney Art gallery
2010 Mixed Ladies Exhibition, Whalley Gallery
2010 3 Day Exhibition and Painting Demonstration, The Odyssey Arena, Belfast
2010 Refound, Painted Furniture Exhibition, Belfast
2010 May Day Festival, Live paintings Demonstration and Exhibition, Holywood
2009 Mixed Christmas Exhibition, Whalley Gallery, Holywood
2009 Husband and Wife Show, featuring Graham Knuttel, Whalley Gallery
2009 Ben Clark Foundation Charity Art Exhibition, Gasworks Belfast
2009 Charity Auction for Sullivan Upper School, Clandyboye Lodge
2009 Summer Art School for Children, Holywood
2009 Charity Auction for Rockport School, Craigavad
2008 Mixed Christmas Exhibition, Whalley Gallery, Holywood
2008 Charity Auction, Tiny Life, La Mon House Hotel
2008 Opening Gallery Exhibition, Whalley Gallery, Holywood
2008 Holywood Glamour Night Exhibition, Queens Leisure Complex
2007 Mixed Christmas Exhibition,The Yard Gallery, Holywood
2007 Mixed Summer Exhibition, the Yard Gallery, Holywood
2006 Mixed Christmas Exhibition, Charles Gilmore Galleries, Belfast
2005 Mixed Summer Exhibition, Charles Gilmore Galleries, Belfast
2004 Mixed Exhibition – The LINC Resource Centre, York Road, Belfast
Collections/Collectors
Sir Hugh Orde, Former Chief Constable, Northern Ireland
Jonny Quinn – Snow Patrol
Dawn Purvis MLA
CUSP Group, Belfast
Franklynn Investments
Ardmore Advertising, Holywood
IN Magazine, Holywood
CMPR, Belfast
The Alexander Group, Lisburn, Co.Down
Beechlawn Hotel, Belfast
The Strangford Arms Hotel, Newtownards, Co.Down
The Fontana Restaurant, Holywood
The Coast Restaurant, Holywood
Fat Cats Bistro, Groomsport
Los Angeles, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Switzerland
France
South Africa
Dawn Crothers – Artist Statement
Dawn Crothers is one of the few lucky artists to hit the ground running in the early days of her career. With her first solo exhibition in October 2008 being such a massive ‘sell-out’ success, she’s quickly established herself as a household name in Northern Ireland. In fact, as Dawn’s popularity has grown her impact on a much higher level is starting to be felt. Now, it seems every one of her finished paintings naturally achieves collector status.
Such a sudden jump to popularity is something Dawn admits she didn’t expect. Having made the transition from sculpting to painting, on a whim almost five years ago, she was shocked when her first sheet painting sold the day it was put on show.
Studying Fine Art at the University of Ulster, Dawn quickly built developed a keen interest in the work of Jack B Yeats. Whilst she’d admit few similarities between his work and her own, subtle connections can be made between their mutual use of colour and abstract thoughts. When painting, Dawn likes to close herself off from everything in order to fully concentrate on what she wishes to achieve, experimenting as she goes along to reach an aesthetically pleasing end product.
Whilst she’s moved away from sculpting, its influence is still alive in her paintings. Perhaps in the way she adds layers and textures to position her work in an almost three dimensional arrangement. Or, her use of materials and the way she scrapes into the paint to add a depth rarely seen in the others’ work.
Dawn creates quirky, colourful and bright paintings, all based on different animal themed characters and selected purely for her love of animals. She says, “People enjoy being able to name the characters and they grow quite attached to them. I will always hear back about how much of a talking point the paintings have been over dinner parties and other occasions.”
All of Dawn’s paintings are a reflection of her personality with their bubbly and approachable attributes. She wants her work to put a smile on people’s faces and she likes to think her paintings can draw people in by introducing them to a completely new side of art.
Her paintings make it obvious Dawn is taking art back to its most pure and simple form by removing the pretentiousness so often associated with it. She doesn’t believe all art should assume there must be more to it and so, with her work, she ensures no hidden meanings - what you see is really what you get!
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