Annabel Dover
British painter
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Annabel Dover (born 1975[1] in Liverpool[2]) is a British artist. She has a BA (Hons) in fine art from Newcastle University (1998), an MA in fine art from Central Saint Martins, London (2002),[3] and a teaching qualification (PGCE) in art and design from the University of Cambridge (2003).[4]
Central Saint Martins, London
Cambridge University
Annabel Dover | |
|---|---|
| Born | Liverpool, England |
| Education | Newcastle University Central Saint Martins, London Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | annabeldover |
Dover uses a variety of media including painting, photography, video,[5] drawing and cyanotype.[3][4][6] Her approach is to explore social relationships that are mediated through objects.[2] The Imperial War Museum acquired a set of Dover's cyanotypes[7][8] which also appear in Blue Mythologies: Reflections on a Colour by Carol Mavor.[9]
Literary Work
Dover's debut novel Florilegia was published in 2022 by Cool Moist Books.[10] It is a work of literary fiction exploring themes of memory, nature and the artistic process.
Critical reception
"Haunting, enchanting, and forensically observed... a tender, anthropological elegy, and it will stay with you long after you finish it." – Sophie Dahl [11]
"A staggering accomplishment. Impossible to categorise, this is a work of exquisite art; encyclopaedic in its scope, drawing connections across time and cultures. An alchemist, Annabel Dover transmutes the minutiae of life into poetry." – Heidi James [11]
"Annabel Dover's writing is a delight: inquisitive, keen-eyed, alive with colour and texture; she has the rare ability to make details sing. I loved this book." – Laura Barton [11]
"You'll never read another book like this... it defies any description save that it is mad, enchanting and mesmerising.... At its end I had no idea what I had been reading but I know it's a work of art." – Polly Devlin[11]
"A fascinating, subversive and moving tribute to forgotten women by a unique artist." – Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett[11]
"A trippy, hyper-connected, vastly entertaining memoir entangled with the history of art, botany and science. It's hypnotising." – Jennifer Higgie[11]
"Binding and entwining ... exceptional and enjoyable ... minds set racing by the everyday strangeness of the experiences, imaginings and perceptions we have encountered in this extraordinary book." – Declan O'Driscoll [11]
"Dover’s bouquet is illustrated with reproductions of cyanotypes, and her text brings together a sense of printing with flowers, explorations of backstreets, esoteric traditions, curatorial oddities, and quiddities. This is a tough book to describe though. Dover takes no prisoners." – Anthony Howell [12]
Selected collections
- Priseman Seabrook Collection, UK[13]
- The Imperial War Museum[7]
Selected exhibitions
- 2006 – Trace and Nostalgia, Persimmon Gallery, Los Angeles, USA[8]
- 2010 – Streaming Film Festival, The Hague, Netherlands[5]
- 2010 – Whistlejacket, CoExist, Southend, England[6]
- 2014 – Unstable Ground, Paper, Manchester, England[14]
- 2014 – News from Nowhere, Kelmscott House, National Trust, London[15]
- 2014 – Artist in Residence, Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival, England[16]