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Norman Dilworth
(1931, Wigan, UK – 2023, Lille, France)
Studied at the Slade School of Art, University College, London, 1952-56.
In 1956 he was awarded a French Government Scholarship and moved to Paris where he continued his studies.
In 1980 he co-curated the seminal Pier and Ocean exhibition at the Hayward Gallery London which explored the relationship between Constructivist Art and the International Avant-garde of Land Art,
Minimal and Conceptual Art and Arte Povera. Around this time he moved to Holland where he held one man exhibitions at Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
In 2005, he was given carte blanche at Musée des Beaux Arts, Calais followed by a retrospective at Musée Matisse, Le Cateau Cambrésis in 2007.
Solo exhibitions
1968 Redmark Gallery, London, cat.
1970 Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
1973 Lucy Milton Gallery, London ( also in 1975 )
1975 Galerie Lydia Megert, Bern, CH ( also in 1977, 1981, 1984 )
Galerie Pa Szepan, Gelsenkirchen, D
1976 Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, NL ( also in 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984 )
1978 Galerie Magazijn, Groningen, NL
Galerie Ekster, Leeuwarden, NL
1981 Sally East Gallery, London, cat.
1986 Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL
1987 Galerie Plus Kern, Brussels, B
Galerie van Rooy, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL ( also in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000 ), cat. 1992 and 2000
1991 Galerie Im Spieker, Borken, D
Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, D
1992 Galerie Durhammer, Frankfurt ( also in 1995 )
1993 Galerie Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, D
Galerie Jeanne Buytaert, Antwerpen, B
1994 Hermen Molendijk Stichting/ CBK, Amersfoort NL, cat.
1998 Galleri Magnus Aklundh, Lund, S
Espace d’Art Contemporain, Demigny, F
1999 International Artist in Residence Programme, Guernsey, GB, cat.
2001 Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, NL, cat.
Espace d'Art Contemporain Agi Schöningh, Demigny, F
2002 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Het Glasen Huis, Amsterdam, NL
2005 Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, F, cat.
Espace Lumière-Centre d'Art, Hénin-Beaumont, F, cat.
2006 Galerie Oniris, Rennes, F
Centre d'art contemporain Bouvet Ladubay, Saumur, F
Galerie Frontières, Hellemmes, F
2007 Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, F (rétrospective), cat.
Galerie de Ziener, Asse, B
Parcours sculptures, Art Paris 07, Grand Palais – Galerie Oniris
2008 Galerie l’Aquarium, cour du Conservatoire, Valenciennes, F
Fabien Delbarre ( 9 + 21 ) Lille, F
OEuvres récentes, Galerie Oniris, Rennes, F
2009 Galerie Média, Neuchâtel, CH
Galerie La Ligne, Zürich, CH
2009 Chapelle des Jésuites, Cambrai, F
2010 Galerie Iconoclastes, Paris
Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
2011 OEuvres récentes, Galerie Oniris, Rennes, F
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
Galerie Gimpel-Müller, Paris
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, GB
City Art Gallery, Huddersfield, GB
2012 Recent wall pieces and sculptures, Galerie Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
Form and Number, Galerie de Ziener, Asse, B
2014 Galerie Oniris, Rennes, F
Group exhibitions from 1990
1990 British-Systematisch, Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Zürich, CH, cat.
Is in de Hal, Rotterdam, NL
1991 D’arte Galleria, Helsinki, FL
3w=B2 (Rijksweg project), Markiezenhof Bergen op zoom, NL, cat.
Works of The Sixties, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
1992 Arbor et Sculptura, Ministerie van Landbouw, The Hague. NL, cat.
1993 Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen, NL
Beelden op de berg 6, Wageningen, NL, cat.
Galerie Durhammer, Frankfurt, D
1994 Blick über den Armelkanal, Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern, D, cat.
Water op Bouvigne, Breda, NL
Kunstmuseum, Thun, CH, cat.
1995 Tradition und Kontinuität, Dessau, D
Cost/Artline, Hoorn, NL, cat.
1996 Aspekte niederländischer Kunst heute, Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid, D, cat.
Contemporary Concrete Art, Académie des Beaux-Arts de Budapest, H
Art and Technology, Royal Shell Research Laboratories, Amsterdam, NL, cat.
De Geur van hout, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, NL, cat.
1997 Between Trees and Waves, Avegoor, NL, cat.
13. Mednarodni Bienale Male Plastike, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, D, cat.
1998 Like Waves Breaking on the Shore. Ad Dekkers In His Time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL, cat.
Equivalences, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
1999 Positionen, Stiftung Bauhaus, Dessau, D
Kunst in den Treptowers, Berlin, D, cat.
Concrete Kunst, Cultureel Centrum, Knokke-Heist, B, cat.
Permutations, Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich, GB
Kelling Arts Festival, Norfolk, GB
2000 Segmente, Erfurt, D
Tuin van verbeelding, Von Gimborn, Arboretum, Doorn, NL, cat.
Klein-beeld 2000, Midden-Beemster, NL, cat.
2001 Ad Dekkers and Norman Dilworth - Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Hommage à R. P. Lohse, Gmunden, CH, cat.
2002 25x25 Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken, D, cat.
2003 Konstruktive Kunst aus England, Niebüll, D
De bomen van Pythagoras, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, NL
2005 Placements, Galerie König, Hanau, D
Symposion, Gorinchem, NL, cat.
Old + New, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
Norman Dilworth/François Morellet, FIAC 05, Paris – Galerie Oniris
Sjoerd Buisman/Norman Dilworth - Art Affairs, Amsterdam
2006 N. Dilworth/ F. Morellet/ V. Molnar/ M.-T. Vacossin, ArtBrussels 06 – Galerie Oniris
2007 Dilworth/ Morellet/ Nemours/ Vacossin/ Perrodin/ Leblanc, ArtBrussels 07 – Galerie Oniris
Dilworth/ Morellet/ Molnar/ Vacossin/ Nemours, ArtParis 07 – Galerie Oniris
2008 Dilworth/ Morellet/ Molnar/ Vacossin/ Nemours/ Knifer/ Perrodin/ Leblanc, ArtParis 08 – G. Oniris
Delaye-Saltoun Gallery ( with Anthony Hill ) London
Portland gallery- « British abstract Art 1950-1985 « London, cat.
Galerie de Ziener « Van Stof tot Asse « Asse, B
Musée des Beaux Arts de Calais « Alice, son miroir et ses merveilles « Calais, F
2009 Dilworth/ Morellet/ Molnar/ Vacossin/ Knifer/ Leblanc, ArtParis 09 – G. Oniris
Galerie de Ziener « All Together Now « Asse, B, cat.
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montbéliard « L'Oblique « Montbéliard, F
Galerie Gimpel-Müller ( avec Gudrun Piper ) Paris
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
Landesmuseum Mainz « Positionen Konkreter Kunst Heute « Mainz, D, cat.
Laurent Delaye Gallery « The North Sea « London
2010 Dilworth/ Morellet/ Molnar/ Vacossin/ Knifer/ Leblanc/Denot/Doehler/Popet, ArtParis 10 – G. Oniris
Vilma Gold Gallery “ The Ground Around “ London
Leeds City Art Gallery “ Construction + Its Shadow “ Leeds, GB
The Green House “ White Christmas “ St Peter Port, Guernsey, GB
2011 Dilworth/ Morellet/ Molnar/ Vacossin/ Knifer/ Leblanc, ArtParis 11 – G. Oniris
Dilworth (one man show)/Molnar/ Nemours/Vacossin, Salon du dessin 2011, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris – G. Oniris
Festival International de Sculptures Contemporaines “ Escaut, Rives, Dérives “ Cambrai, F, cat.
Konstrukcja w Procesie ( 1981 ) Museum Sztuki, Lodz, PL, cat.
Een Groep, galerie de Ziener, Asse, B
2012 " Klare Taal " Locus Solus, Antwerp,B
" The Slade School and Construction ", Derwent Gallery, London, GB
" Noirs et Blancs ", Galerie Gimpel&Müller, Paris, F
" Positionen Konkreter Kunst Heute ", Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Trier, D
" Concrete Parallels ", Centro Brasileiro Britanico, Sao Paulo, Brazil
" Mathematisch – Vorm – Systeem ", De Markten, Brussels, B
Exhibition with Reiner Kallhardt, Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, D
2013 Art Cologne with Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, D
Art Paris, Grand Palais with Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, GB
Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris, F
Galerie Oniris, Rennes, F
Salon du dessin, Carrousel du Louvre with galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris, F
Strand Gallery at Venice and Murano, Italy
" Een Groep " Galerie De Ziener, Asse, B
" Amsterdam drawings ", Galerie Art Affairs, Amsterdam, NL
Frieze Art Fair, London with Dan Galleria, Sao Paulo, Brasil
" Beauté Rationnelle " , Topographie de l'Art, Paris, F
2014 Karlsruhe Art Fair with Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris, F
Galerie Oniris, Rennes, F
Art Paris, Grand Palais with Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris, F
Galerie Oniris, Rennes, F
Public Collections
Agricultural University, Wageningen, NL
Allianz, Berlin, D
City of Amsterdam, NL
Arts Council of Great Britain
Arts Council of Wales, GB
The British Council, GB
Camden Council, London, GB
Doncaster City Art Gallery, GB
Dresdener Bank, Dessau, D
The City of Dordrecht, NL
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, F
Institut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam, NL
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL
Mancherster City Art Gallery, GB
Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, PL
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, S'Hertogenbosh, NL
Musée de Grenoble , F
Musée de Montbéliard, F
Musée Matisse Le Cateau Cambrésis, F
Musée de Calais, F
Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, D
National Collection, Warsaw, PL
Reading University, GB
Rijksgebuwendienst, Rotterdam, NL
Städtische Kunstsammlung, Gelsenkirchen, D
Städtische Kunstsammlung, Mönchengladbach, D
Städtische Kunstsammlung, Neu-Ulm, D
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Stichting Beeldenpark Dordwijk, Dordrecht, Nl
Tate Gallery, London, GB
University College, London, GB
University of East Anglia, GB
Ville de Valenciennes, F
Ville de Vitry, F
CNED,Villeneuve d' Ascq, F
Selected commissions
1984 Renovation of Betondorp, Amsterdam, NL
1985 Reliefs for the offices of Dick Peek and Kees de Kat ( architects Amsterdam )
Sculpture for the Beeldenpark Dorwijk, Dordrecht, NL
1986 Sculpture for Stopera, Amsterdam, NL
1987 First Prize winner sculpture for Domplein, Utrecht, NL
1988 13 m high lightobject for the Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Utrecht, NL
Garden sculpture for Het Verpleeghuis, Maassluis, NL
1990 Relief for Stadsdeel Zeeburg, Amsterdam
1991 Tower for Rijkerswoerd, Arnhem, NL
Relief Zeebrugge Townhall, NL
1993 Sculpture in the park, Agricultural University, Wageningen, NL
1994 Woningbouwvereniging, Nieuwegein, NL
1995 Relief for Dresdener Bank, Dessau, D
Ziekenhuis Leyenburg, NL
1996 Sculpture – app. 25 m long - for the interior of Wilhelminahof, Rotterdam, NL
1997 Sculpture ( exterior ) for Oud Beijerland, NL
1999 Sculpture + Relief for Allianz Offices, Treptowers, Berlin, D
2006 Sculpture for Centre National d'Education à Distance, Villeneuve d'Ascq, F
2007 Sculpture for the garden of Galerie de Ziener, Asse, B
2009 Large mural for the building " Les Terrasses des Arts ", Vitry sur Seine, F
2011 Sculpture for the park of château Lebreton – insurance company Matmut
Saint Pierre-de-Varengeville, F