Hugh Dichmont
Artist and writer based in Nottingham, UK
Education and Employment:
Nottingham Trent University- Fine Art (BA) Hons; 2007
Reviews Editor for a-n The Artists Newsletter; August 2008-ongoing
Selected Group Exhibitions/Collaborative Projects:
• Persistence of Vision- Curve, Leicester (Forthcoming, October 2010)
• Murder in the Kremlin- The Wasp Room, Nottingham
• Fictions- Bonington Gallery, Nottingham
• U So Dead Ugii- Stand Assembly studios, Nottingham
• All Smoke and No Fire; Freerange- The Old Truman Brewery, London
• Future/Past- Erewash Museum, Ilkeston
• L'Etranger- Hand and Heart gallery, Nottingham
• Uneasy Dreams; 2007 Tether Festival- Tether studios, Nottingham
• Nottingham Trent Fine Art 2007- Bonington studios, Nottingham
• Burning Holes- Surface Gallery, Nottingham
• Anon- Southwell Art Space, Southwell
• Fickle Pictures- Surface Gallery, Nottingham
• Trampoline New Media Festival- Broadway cinema, Nottingham
• Node- Someth;ng Studios, London
• Traversing Territories- 1851 gallery, Nottingham
• Urge- Raffles Art Gallery, Nottingham
Selected Publications:
• Monument; °surface- YH485 Press
• The Street: Shimabuku- Art Art Art magazine
• The Long Take; Moot- Leftlion online
• Interview with Nicholas Kaplony- Art Art Art magazine
• Meursault the Redeemer; L'Etranger- Open Hand Publication, in association with Hand and Heart gallery
• Jackinabox; Special commission for Exit Here- Exit Here website, plus other online resources
• Interview with Sorrel Muggridge- Leftlion magazine
• Morphologies- a-n The Artists Newsletter
• Pressure Valve; Reciprocal Writing Project- Open Hand publication, in association with 2007 Tether Festival
• Where We Are Now; Collaboration with Chie Hosaka- Nottingham Trent Fine Art 2007 catalogue
• Spectacles; Collaboration with Aaron Juneau- Surface Gallery publication
• The Redemptive Beauty of Life After Death- a-n The Artists Newsletter
• Easy Listening II- Sideshow Festival publication
Curation and organisation:
• Co-director- Tether; June 2007-ongoing
• Co-director- The Wasp Room, Nottingham; November 2008-December 2010
• Curator- Imagination Christmas; The Wasp Room, Nottingham; December 2009
• UK Curator- Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean; various locations, Skopje; September 2009
• Co-curator with Fay Nicolson- Fictions; Bonington Gallery, Nottingham; May 2009
• Project Liaison- All Smoke and No Fire; The Old Truman Brewery, London; June 2008
• Co-director with Samuel Mercer- Tether Festival; Various Locations, Nottingham; November 2007
• Co-curator with Chie Hosaka- Burning Holes; Surface Gallery, Nottingham; April 2007
• Co-curator with Chie Hosaka- Fickle Pictures; Surface Gallery, Nottingham; March 2006
Talks and seminars :
• Three Minute Wonders for Metal Culture; TAP, Southend-on-Sea; April 2010
• Art-Jacking for Lincoln Art Programme; Lincoln University, Lincoln; October 2009
Awards:
• As part of Tether- Shortlisted for the Nottingham Creative Business Awards (Visual Arts); 2008, 2009