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| Username | DAKArtist |
| Profile Type | Artist |
| First Name and Last Name | Douglas Karson |
| City | Bristol |
Art Style
| Art Style | Painter and Sculptor |
Biography
| About | Douglas Karson is an American-born artist living and working in Bristol. Self-taught, his practice incorporates storytelling, poetry and ink on paper with a particular focus on painting. Bold colour, geometry and a sensitivity to line and balance characterise his paintings, which are informed by personal and spiritual philosophies. His ongoing series, THE RULES, uses elements from Greco-Roman philosophy, Chinese mythology, Yogic theory and Hindi philosophy to formulate a process of painting-as-manifesto, or manifesto-as-painting. A rigid formal framework and methodology engenders infinite potential outcomes, each a cross-cultural message suffused with subtle politics. Douglas believes passionately in creating and nurturing artist communities. Douglas has participated in and organised over 30 group and solo exhibitions internationally in the UK and the United States. |
Exhibitions
| Featured Exhibitions | Keep Art It Residency – Jan 2021 – May 2021 Bristol, UK – Galleries Shopping Centre Audience chosen
Art HOLE Magazine – June 2020 Featured Artist
The RULES Exhibition – Solo Show 26th Jan – 28th Feb 2020 Bristol, UK
West Bristol Arts Trail – Oct 18th,19th 2019 Bristol, 2019
A5 Magazine: Feature, Issue no. 22, Jan 2019
WotisArt magazine: Feature, Issue no. 22, Jan 2019
Clifton Open Exhibition August 2018. Clifton Art Club, Bristol, UK
10 Year Retrospective Group Show Selection June 2018. Hamilton House, Bristol, UK
Creativ Paper Magazine: Douglas Karson, Feature, Issue No. 009 Vol 1, pg 46 – April 2018 Art Reveal Magazine: Douglas Karson, interview, no.36, January 2018, pg 54; ISBN 9781388973230
The Canteen, Hamilton House – Artist of the Month – Bristol, UK, February 2018
Average Art Magazine: Featured Artist November 2017
Artfinder.com Online Gallery: Featured Art of the Day – August 2017
Spike Island Newsletter: Featured artist Bristol, UK, August 2017
The ONE2 festival Co-Founder, Organiser, Exhibiting Artist Hackney, London – May 2017
The Art Pop Up: 10 day Solo Exhibition Blackfriars, London – October 2016
Travelled, worked and studied abroad (including a year living in Japan) 2015-2016
Lululemon Yoga Brand UK Showroom Artist: London, UK – Art and Yoga – 2011-2014 |
Education
| Education History | University of New Hampshire August 2002 – May 2006 B.A. Political Science, Minors in Philosophy and Italian
Durham, NH, USA |
Contact Details
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| Represented by | Keep Art It LTD and Singulart |