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AMY DOVER IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR BASED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH A FOCUS ON THE RELATIONSHIP AND PERCEPTIONS OF HUMANS AND NON-HUMAN ANIMALS. THROUGH HIGHLY DETAILED DRAWINGS SHE TOYS WITH ALLEGORICAL NARRATIVES AND SURREAL MOMENTS TO CHALLENGE THE VIEWERS PERCEPTIONS OF THE CREATURES WITHIN THEM.
SHE HAS RECENTLY BEEN CREATING WORK ON THE HUMAN IMPACT ON ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE 6TH MASS EXTINCTION, AND HOPES TO RAISE THIS AS A CRITICAL CONCERN. WORKING WITH CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND UNIVERSITIES, DOVER HAS TRAVELLED THE WORLD WITH HER SKETCHBOOK AND CAMERA TO TELL THE STORIES OF ANIMALS.
AMY DOVER ALSO WORKS AS A FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR AND HAS WORKED FOR SUCH CLIENTS AS WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION, M&S, THE ROYAL BALLET, REDBULL, BARBOUR, PEARLFISHER, TARGET AND GARDINER RICHARDSON.
ORIGINALLY FROM DURHAM SHE IS CURRENTLY BASED IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND GATESHEAD. SHE WORKS AS A SENIOR LECTURER AT TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY AND HAS JUST COMPLETED A MASTERS AT EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART, AT EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
Edinburgh College of Art Postgraduate show . Edinburgh - August 2019
Live Draw,Fragile Earth. MIMA . Middlesbrough - July 2019
A Eulogy For Animals Lost . Newcastle - July 2018
Late Shows . Newcastle - May 2013
Urban Outfitters . Newcastle - November 2012
The Late Shows . Newcastle - May 2012
Onethirty3 . Newcastle - May 2012
World of Curiosity . Newcastle - December 2011
Of birds and Beasts . Electrik Sheep. Newcastle - July 2009
Exposure Gallery . London - March 2009
I N T E R N A T I O N A L E X H I B I T I O N S
Night of The Hunter - Antler Gallery . Portland USA - Jan 2013
Get The Lead Out IV - Swoon Gallery . California, USA - November 2012
Arty People - Various places, Sweden - 2012
Wild at Heart - Thinkspace . LA, USA - May 2012
Designers Against Child Trafficking - Touring, USA & South America - 2010 - 2011
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
Imaginary Worlds - Oriel Davies Gallery . Wales - February 2017
The Festival of Illustration - June 2015
Conningsby Gallery . London - June 2014
Traces . London - February 2014
Redbull Cooler Canvas . Newcastle - December 2013
Ouse Stret Arts Club . Newcastle - December 2013
To Autumn . Washington - August 2013
Cardboard Shelter . Tyneside - December 2012
Traces . London - August 2012
Etsy Illustrated . London - May 2012
Nest . Barnard Castle - January 2012
Onethirty3 . Newcastle - December 2011
Nightshade - KK Outlet . London - April 2011
VNA Presents Lacoste L!ve . London - December 2010
Nightshade . Newcastle - October 2010
Summer Art Jam . London - July 2010
Kitch-en Gallery . Newcastle - March 2010
Kounter Kulture . Truman Brewery - London - October 2008
Hidden in Plain View . Vane Gallery - Newcastle - October 2008
Image courtesy of Barbour
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