Dominic Boreham

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Born(1944-12-29)December 29, 1944
Woodford, Essex, United Kingdom
DiedDecember 4, 2022(2022-12-04) (aged 77)
France
OccupationArtist
KnownforAlgorithmic art
Dominic Boreham
Born(1944-12-29)December 29, 1944
Woodford, Essex, United Kingdom
DiedDecember 4, 2022(2022-12-04) (aged 77)
France
OccupationArtist
Known forAlgorithmic art

Dominic Boreham (1944-2022) was a British-born artist who created many plotter drawings from 1977 onwards. He was also the editor of the Computer Arts Society's PAGE magazine from 1979 to 1982.[1]

Dominic Boreham was born in Woodford, Essex in 1944. From 1979 to 1982 he was the editor of PAGE magazine, published by the Computer Arts Society.[2] He moved to Burgundy, France in 1991. He died in December 2022, aged 77.[3]

Education

As a boy, Boreham attended the William Morris Technical School in London. After six years working as an assistant at the Fitzwilliam Museum, he took a foundation course at Cambridge School of Art. He then studied at Wimbledon College of Art from 1974 to 1977, going on to attend the Slade School of Art. Boreham completed a doctorate at the Royal College of Art in 1983.[3]

Artworks

From 1977 until 1983, Boreham solely made drawings using a computer to drive a flat-bed plotter.[4] His plotter drawings were featured in the Computer Arts Society's PAGE magazine in July 1979.[5]

Public collections

His work is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum,[6] the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts,[7] the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Cholet, the National & University Library, Zagreb, and other public collections.[4]

Exhibitions

References

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