Dido Powell

My preference for strong, deep colours reflects years living in Ghana and international travel.

I focus on still lifes, people, interiors and landscapes, scrutinising them from unexpected angles, cropping them sharply and accentuating key colours. I explore discrepancies in scale between objects and their settings, evoking curious and uncanny moods, hovering on the edge of surrealism.

Objects reflected on glass also offer inspiration by providing a source of abstract distortions.

I live and work in London.

1978-79 Institute of Education, University of London.
Postgraduate Certification in Education: Distinction.

1974-78 University of Leeds
Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours) in Fine Art and History of Art

SOLO

2011 Adam Street Club, Adam Street, Embankment, London, solo show


2011 Bloomsbury Art Fair, Mecklenburgh Square, London, solo stand


2010 The Gallery, Shepherd Market,London, Dido Powell, East and West

2007 Chelsea Arts Club
Dido Powell ‘Double Image’

2005 Gallery 286, Earls Court, London
‘Recent Paintings by Dido Powell’ (May)

2003 The Royal Commonwealth Society, Trafalgar Square London
‘Close Up’ (May)

2003 Gallery 286, Earls Court, London
‘Recent Paintings’ (March)

1992 The British Council, Accra, Ghana.
One-person exhibition, ‘Accra Observed’

1986 Kingsgate Workshops Gallery, London
‘Twin Occupations’. Large drawings

1984 Kingsgate Workshops Gallery, London
‘Reflections’


GROUP

2011 Bloomsbury Art Fair, Mecklenburgh Square, London

2002 ‘The Affordable Art Fair’, 26th February 2002, Battersea Park
‘The Art Movement’

2001 The Royal Academy, London
Summer exhibition.

1998 Royal College of Art, London The Attlee Foundation

1998 Hollywood Road Gallery, Chelsea, London 
British and Irish Paintings

1994 Royal Festival Hall Galleries, Southbank, London
‘Contemporary Art Society Market’

1990 Royal Festival Hall Galleries, Southbank, London
‘Contemporary Art Society Market’ ...