Dorothy Brook
EDUCATION:
1969 – 1973: St Martins School of Art: BA Graphic Design
1974 – 1976: Pottery at Marylebone Institute
1986 to present: Camden and Hampstead Schools of Art: Life Drawing
1990 to present: Jill Berelowitz Sculpture Studio
CAREER:
Dorothy worked as a graphic designer in advertising, then freelance until she became a full-time artist in 1988
MEDIUMS USED IN WORK:
Bronze, Marble Resin, Resin
SUBJECTS OF WORK:
She says “Always fascinated by pattern and curves found everywhere around me, as well as the dynamics of the body in motion, I aim to present abstracted human forms in the most aesthetically pleasing and harmonious way. I try to create a balance between movement and stillness, playing with the lines and negative spaces as well as the shape and form of the body itself. I love to capture the essence of a vibrant dance or the split second before a twist or turn. I am passionate about dance, theatre and music, which trigger the ideas for my sculptures. These influences are integral to my work, both in the two and the three dimensional form.”
EXHIBITIONS:
1992
“Not the Summer Exhibition” Group Show, London
Summer Exhibition, Andrew Usiskin Gallery, Hampstead Summer Exhibition, The Crypt Gallery, London
1993
Group Exhibition, Ben Uri Gallery, London
1994
Group Show with Sculpture Direct at Art ’94, Business Design Centre, London
1995
Finalists’ Show of Nationwide Art Event, Ben Uri Art Gallery, London
1996
Group Exhibition, Bonham’s, London
Summer Exhibition, The Roof Garden, London
1997
“Passion & Sensuality” Group Show with Eight plus One,
The Gallery in Cork Street, London
1998
Group Show, Phillips, London
Spring Show, McHardy Sculpture Company, London
Women artists’ exhibition, Ben Uri Art Society, London
Group Exhibition, Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield
Sculpture Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Broadway, Gloucestershire
“Contemporary Sculpture”, Rob Whittle Fine Arts, Mosley Group Shows in Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Broadway, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Honiton, Leicester, Nottingham and Stratford 2000 “Timepieces” Group Show with Eight plus One in partnership with Rado, The Gallery
in Cork Street, London Artz Festival, Wizo / Ben Uri Art Society, London Autumn Show, 1 of 4 featured artists, McHardy Sculpture Company, London 2001
“To Life!” Solo Show, The Gallery in Cork Street, London 2002
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
“Touch Me, Feel Me”, Warstone Gallery, Birmingham Jubilee Show, McHardy Sculpture Company, London Group Shows at First Sight Gallery, Bath; Mayne Gallery, Kingsbridge; Anderson Gallery, Burford; Cusp Gallery, Burghley House; Mayne Gallery, Kingsbridge 2003
Group Show, Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield “Parallel Perspectives”, 5 women artists, London Jewish Cultural Centre, London 2004
Travelling Exhibition, Turner Fine Art in various galleries around the UK
Group Show, 1 of 3 featured artists at McHardy Sculpture Company 2005
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
Group Show, Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
“Form into Colour”, Joint exhibition with painter Marilyn Simler, at West-Eleven Gallery, London
Group shows, Anderson Gallery, Burford and Artifex Gallery, Birmingham 2006
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
Group show, Mike Porter Gallery, Bath
Group Show, ‘One Family’ Summer Sculpture Show, Hampstead, London
Dorothy Brook sculpture for sale from The Sculpture Park is detailed below:
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AbstractBolero by Dorothy Brook
£8,640 inc VATDorothy Brook, Bolero, Bronze
Abstract bronze sculpture which looks like a smooth piece of fabric with textured edges and twists and falls.
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AbstractCaught in Time by Dorothy Brook
£12,960 inc VATDorothy Brook, Caught in Time, Resin, 1 from an edition of 9, 220cms high, 180cms wide by 75cms deep.