Penelope Dalton is an artist, critic and writer.

Education

Dalton trained at

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wo ...

and

Brighton University The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achieve ...

and gained a PhD in Creative studies from Plymouth University in 2008.

Career

Dalton taught studio practice and critical theory at

Dartington College of Arts Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme. It existed for a period of almost 50 ...

and

Birmingham City University , mottoeng = "Do what you are doing; attend to your business" , established = 1992—gained university status1971—City of Birmingham Polytechnic1843—Birmingham College of Art , type = Public , affiliation = ...

. Dalton spent many years as an academic researcher in socially contextualised practice in printmaking and art education, drawing on feminist and linguistic theory. In recent years she has eschewed 'theory'. The arts - she now believes - are being absorbed within the economies of entertainment, social welfare and consumerism. Her recent work returns to a modernist approach, and focusses on the materiality of painting as an imaginative practice of analogy and poetics.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* "Different strokes" Westminster Reference Library. London, (2017) * "Paint Jobs"

St Marylebone Parish Church St Marylebone Parish Church is an Anglican church on the Marylebone Road in London. It was built to the designs of Thomas Hardwick in 1813–17. The present site is the third used by the parish for its church. The first was further south, near Ox ...

Crypt, London (2015) * "Stuff and Nonsense" Tokarska Gallery, London (2014)

Group exhibitions

* "Contemporary Painting: In Good Health". (2017) The Menier Gallery, London * "Stations of the Cross" Brentwood Cathedral (2015) * "Contemporary British Abstraction" SE9 Container Gallery, London (2015) * "Contemporary British Painting" Huddersfield Art Gallery (2014) * "@PaintBritain" Ipswich Art School Gallery,

Ipswich Museum Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage located on High Street in Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. It was historically the leading regional museum in Suffolk, housing collections drawn from both the fo ...

(2014) * "Artness" Artmeet Gallery, Milan, Italy (2014) * "A World to Win: Posters of Protest and Revolution"

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London (2014) William Morris Gallery (2016) * "Propaganda Posters From the Schreyer Collection"

, London (2002) * "Exposition de Grabado Contemporaneo ight contemporary women printmakers Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

British Council The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh lan ...

.(1998) * "The Power of the Poster"

, London (1998) * "Women's Art" Spacex (art gallery), Exeter (1989) * "Prints With a Point" Hard Times Gallery, Bristol (1987) * "3 Women Artists" Battersea Arts Centre, London (1984) * "Reflections: 5 Women Artists"

Aspex Gallery Aspex Portsmouth (also known as "Aspex") is a contemporary visual art gallery located in the Gunwharf Quays area of Portsmouth. Formed in 1981 as the exhibitions arm of Art Space Portsmouth in a converted chapel in Brougham Road, Southsea, the g ...

, Portsmouth (1982)

Collections

* Musée de la Publicité, Paris *Komechak Art Gallery, Chicago *

The Priseman Seabrook Collection The Priseman Seabrook Collection is a British-based private collection founded by the artist Robert Priseman and his wife Ally Seabrook. It is composed of three distinct categories: 21st Century British Painting, 20th and 21st Century British Wor ...

* Swindon Art Gallery *

London *The Working Class Archive *

Goldsmiths A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold. In German, the Goldsmith family name is written Goldschmidt. Goldsmith may also refer to: Places * Goldsmith, Indiana, United States * Goldsmith, New York, United States, a h ...

Archives catalogue *Feminist Archive South, UK.

Publications

* (2008) Pen Dalton: Doctoral thesis: ''Family and Other Relations:'' * (2006) Pen Dalton: ' "Like"' in Henry Rogers, (ed.) ''Art Becomes You: Parody, Pastiche and the Politics of Art: Materiality in a Post-material Paradigm.'' BIAD/IKON Gallery. Article Press. *(2006)Pen Dalton: 'Where is 'the subject' of contextual practice?' in ''The Journal of Visual Art Practice'', Intellect Publishers. vol. 3 no 1 *(2006) Pen Dalton: 'Feminist Methodologies in Art Education: Critique' in The International Journal, ''n.paradoxa,'' vol. 17, pp 72–76. *(2003) Pen Dalton: critical essay: 'Losing it' in Lloyd Lewis, P. and Shaffrey C., (eds) ''Losing It:'' a catalogue for an exhibition of screen based video, Fenton Gallery, Cork, Eire. pp. 1–4. Article Press. *(2001) Pen Dalton. book: ''The Gendering of Art Education : Modernism, Identity and Critical Feminism''. *(1999) Pen Dalton: 'Oedipal dramas in art education' in ''The International Journal of Art and Design Education''. vol.18 no 3 October. pp. 301–306 *(1995) Pen Dalton: 'Modernism, art education and sexual difference' in Barrie, P. and Deepwell, K ads. ''New Feminist Art Criticism.'' Manchester University Press. *(1992) Pen Dalton: 'Psychology and the subject of art education' in J& J Swift (ends) ''Disciplines, Fields, Change in Art Education'', vol 3 Article Press. pp. 83–96 *(1979) Pen Dalton: 'What is art education for? ''Feminist Art News'' no 1 Spring. (1980) 'What is art education for? (reprinted) Pollock G and Parker, R. (eds) ''Framing Feminism: Art and the Women's Movement''. 1970-85. Pandora *(1978) Pen Dalton: 'Feminist art practice and the mass media' in ''Feminist Arts News,'' no 1; reprinted (1979) in ''Women's Studies International Journal'' vol 3 no 1, reprinted (1980) in Baerh, H. (ed) ''Women and Media,'' Oxford, Pergamon Press

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Penelope 1944 births Living people Alumni of the University of Plymouth 21st-century British painters Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London 21st-century British women artists