Damion Hampton

Damion has exhibited paintings at the Annual National Students' Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London in conjunction with the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA.) Damion has had a painting exhibited at the Christies Student exhibition, London and recently been involved in assisting performance artists. He has also been involved in public art at the Folkestone Triennial in Kent (2011). He recently graduated from the University for the Creative Arts, and plans to continue through to PhD level.

Artist Statement

In a Nutshell
My proposed project is a series of paintings that deal with idealism and the theorisation of ideas from data. Using information derived from my personal life I am interested in composing forms of shorthand on canvas, in the form of text and diagrams, exploring issues around the abstraction of data and the visual affects of such coding through the act of painting.

Introduction into Practice
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Elements of the work could be considered a kind of pseudoscience, the theorisation of unanswerable questions in science. In the context of painting I am interested in two key elements: The composition of materials and the textual discursive affects in terms of diagrams, text and organising text. Together t...

EDUCATION

Postgraduate Award in MA Fine Art 2012
University for the Creative Arts, UK

BA., (Hons) Fine Art 2008-2011
University for the Creative Arts, UK

NCFE Level 3 in Graphic Crafts 2006-2007
BTEC Diploma in Fine Art 2006-2007


OTHER SKILLS

Graphic Design
3D Design
Fine Art
Stone Carving
Advertising and Marketing
Photoshop
Website Designer
Website Developer
SEO Launch


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

"What if Gallery" exhibition 'What's Next," group show
2012 Dartford, UK

Art of the Day (AOD) Saatchi Gallery
2011, Los Angeles, US

Green Chair Gallery, virtual exhibition
2011, UK

UCA Pop Up Gallery, group show
2011, UK

UCA Pop Up Gallery, group show
2011, UK

UCA Canterbury, group show
2011, UK

Folkestone Triennial
2011, UK

Christies Gallery student exhibitions
2007, London, UK

Mall Gallery, group show
2007, London, UK





INTERVIEWS

Creatabot (ART MAG)
2011

Guardian newspaper
2006



AWARDS
Royal Society of British Artists award
2007, London

Award given by Dover Town Mayor for excellence in Fine Art
2007. Kent