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ALASTAIR DICKSON
9 Channel Avenue Ward’s Island
Toronto Ontario
Canada M5J 1Y6
Telephone: 416/203-0829
Fax: 416/916-7645
E-mail: mail@alastairdickson.com

Artist after brief encounter
with Jean Dubuffet


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Solo exhibitions
Character sculptures from The Stone of Folly animated film,
Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
The Salon Show, John Steinberg Salon, Toronto
Head Games, Jet Fuel Café, Toronto
The Lost Menagerie, Rectory Gallery, Toronto
The Archeology of Shape, Coningsby Gallery,
London, England

Group exhibitions
Artscape Tenants Show, City Hall, Toronto
Territory, Gallery 13 13, Toronto
Island: Toronto’s Offshore, The Network Gallery, Toronto
Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront, Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
Best of Show Award
Prime Gallery, Toronto
Round Up: Toronto Island Artists, Toronto
Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto
Toronto Island Art Gallery, Toronto
Works in private collections

Workshops
OAC Artist in Education projects in schools in Toronto and Peterborough

Film Project
Co-writer, designer and creator of sets, props and
animated figures for stop frame animation film
The Stone of Folly
released 2002

The Stone of Folly was awarded the Prix du Jury for short films at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. It was an official selection of the 2002 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival and the Hiroshima Animated Film Festival. It won 2002 Best Animated Short at the Chicago Film Festival.


Work Experience
Sculptor, self-employed woodworker and gardener, theatre sets and props maker, workshop leader, Toronto
Four month sabbatical in Paris, France
Sculptor, Pietrasanta, Italy
Sculptor, woodworker; Toronto
Woodworker, Toronto and London, England
Woodworker, London, England
Set builder and stagehand, Munich, Germany
Maker of musical instruments

Commissions
Installation for Chinook Centre, Calgary
Sculpture for windows at Tiffany’s, Toronto
Private commissions

Education
Diploma in German, University of Munich
Diploma in sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art

Personal
Born in Dunfermline, Scotland
Married with two children

 

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