Name/Title
Red Clover (Trifolium) BlueEntry/Object ID
2022.02.01Description
Andrew Dadson (b. 1980; White Rock, British Columbia) is a Vancouver-based artist who works in painting, photography, and installation. His art is characterized by its large scale. Dadson is well-known for his abstract style of (sculptural) painting that tests the physical limits of the medium paint and the canvas through the use of heavy, successive and impasto layers of paint that are dragged and built up upon the surface and edges to create texture.
He is also recognized for his large-format photographic prints of landscapes. Dadson's use of scale and close-ups reflect the detail and texture of the natural landscape. He supplements these images by hand painting the monochrome print with natural dyes and paints to critique the marks left by humankind on the environment.
Currently, Dadson lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2003. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2019), 313 Art Project, South Korea (2019), Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2017), and Galleria Franco Noero, Turin (2017).Made/Created
Date made
2019Edition
ed. 2/3 + 2 artist proofDimensions
Height
181.6 cmWidth
135.9 cm