I use my body as my medium to draw in space. The ephemeral, hieroglyphic forms I create emerge spontaneously in solitude and in collaboration with other artists. They are direct emotional responses to the environments I am located within, the people I share them with, internal dialogues and to my body itself. This is the language I use to convey my deepest emotions. Captured photographically, they transform into permanent records of time and space. Committed in monumental form to papyrus, new perceptual dimensions emerge. I am excited to announce the first solo exhibition of my work: 'Ephemeral Hieroglyph' at HSoA Gallery, London in Autumn 2021. This exhibition follows work I undertook with @estorickcollection and @pitzhanger in 2019 and will be staged prior to installations I will create at galleries in the UK/US in 2022. © Dominic Blake 2016-2021
Upcoming:
'Are Life Models Artists?', book, due for publication Summer 2023 (details to follow soon).
'Trees of Eternity', book, due for publication September 2022 by KScope Music.
Past:
Travelling the Great Circle, book, published January 2022 by KScope Music and available via Rough Trade Books & Barnes and Noble (in the US).
Aesthetica Magazine: Contributing writer, August 2021.
Charleston Press No. 4: 'Model and Artist in one body'; chapter co-authored with Aurélie Debaene, commissioned by The Charleston Trust, August 2021.
Royal College of Art: 'Are Life Models Artists (or mercenary drawing instruments?)', lecture, 2020/21 >> 23.02.22.
The National Gallery: 'Are Life Models Artists?', lecture, 2019.
Mall Galleries: 'Are Life Models Artists?', lecture, 2019.
'Revaluing the Life Model in Art Practice', symposium, Aesthetics Research Centre, University of Kent: Co-curator with Dr. Aurélie Debaene / keynote speaker, May 2022.
'Are Life Models Artists (or Mercenary Drawing Instruments?): An Experiential Analysis', lecture, University of Kent, May 2022.
Artist in Residence, The Crypt Gallery, London, August - September 2021.
'Photographic performance art in the digital age', article featuring in the summer 2021 edition of Los Angeles based Art for All Magazine.
Royal Academy of Arts Staff Summer Group Show, 2019.
Pitzhanger Manor: Performance installation in response to Anish Kapoor's Red to Blue series, 2019.
Royal College of Art: Performance installation - Interpretation of untitled Henry Moore sculpture, 2019.
The Royal Society of Sculptors: 'Signals' Performance Installation, 2018.
