ALEX DORDOY

Dordoy often paints multiple versions of the same image in varying bright hues, suggesting the passing of time by means of an artificial light source. While the presence of civilization is apparent in many of his works, the figure is distinctly absent. The conspicuous lack of a protagonist or empathetic subject in Dordoy’s works implicates the viewer as a participant.

Dordoy received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the Glasgow School of Art (UK) in 2007 and completed the residency program at De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL) in 2009.

Selected exhibitions: A Room Hung With Thoughts: British Painting Now, curated by Tom Morton, The Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX (US); The Flowers and the Hours, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Prepositions, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK); Self-Portraits, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Monster, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); High Voltage Three, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv (IL); Off the Beaten Track, Gallery Baton, Seoul, (SK); All Eyes | We are the collection, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL); Im Frage, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NL).

Selected collections: Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL); The Roberts Institute of Art (RIA), London (UK); THE EKARD COLLECTION; Start Museum, Shanghai (CN); AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL); KRC Art Collection, Voorschoten (NL); and the Zabludowicz Collection, London (UK), among many private collections.

Courtesy GRIMM, Amsterdam/London/New York.