ARTIST STATEMENT - 2008

My most recent concern artistically is with how we experience the visual world. I believe we see fragments and focus randomly on the impressions we encounter. Images and movement are viewed not purely in a sequential animation but more in the manner of a jigsaw that our brain works instantaneously to join up and make sense of. In my current work I am unpicking this process and aiming to show the viewer the world as they truly see it.

BIOGRAPHY

Dale was born in Lancashire in 1971. He studied at Blackburn College of Art and then went on to achieve his Batchelor of Art degree at Middlesex University.

Dale won the Apthorp Fund for young artists and then went on to win the Liquitex Student Award in the USA. He has exhibited at the Academy of Arts in New York and in the Cable and Wireless exhibition in London. He has also shown at the Rainbird Gallery in Farringdon on several occasions and was one of their featured artists on the Artistbank website. Dale undertook extensive mural work in Cairo. He also won a large commission to produce the biblical paintings for the Millennium Church in Dublin. In 2005 Dales’ work was featured in the TV show ‘A Brush With Fame’. In addition to this Dale illustrated various punk record covers.

After a break from his artwork, when he pursued a career in the music industry, in 2006 Dale was a finalist in the both Pride in the House and Liberte D’expression competitions.

Dale had his first solo show, Echoes And  Exorcisms at Signal Gallery Hoxton in London, in April 2008. This show was extremely successful and Dale is collected by a range of buyers from all over the world.

During 2008 has taken part in the Supercans Festival and also Upfest in Bristol, where his outdoor works created quite a stir.  He has contributed works to several high profile charitable events, including the Street Art awards where his work was chosen to feature in an article in The Independent newspaper and on the BBC.

Dales' second solo show, 'Heart In Darkness' at Signal Gallery in January 2009 proved to be a huge success, as anticipated. He will be showing again in the gallery in April 2010. In the meantime he is taking part in a number of important group shows and festivals both in the UK and abroad.

Public collections include Trent Park, Middlesex University and the London Borough of Barnet.