Ann Dodson

Born: Barbados 1958

EDUCATION
1981 – Diploma in Education, McGill University
1980 – BFA, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 – “Recent Works” Kirby Gallery, Barbados, W.I.
1989 – Origin Gallery, Barbados, W.I.

GROUP SHOWS
2006 – “Barbadiana 2006”, Paris, Brussels, Belgium
2004 – “Barbadiana 2004”, Paris, Brussels, Montreal , Ottawa
2001 – “Barbadiana 2001”, Studio L’Image, Paris, France
2001 – “Barbados in 2 Dimensions”, Miami, Florida, USA
1999 – “Barbadiana ‘99”, Escape Confluences, Paris, France
1999 – “Contemporary Barbadian Art”, CARIVISTA Exhibition, Barbados Gallery of Art
1998 – “Sixty years of Art in Barbados”, Barbados Museum and Historical Society
1997 – “Bathsheba Show”, Barbados Museum and Historical Society
1997 – “2 View the Figure”, Kirby Gallery, Barbados
1997 – The Art Foundry Gallery, Barbados
1996 – “Contemporary Art from Barbados”, OAS Headquarters, Washington DC
1996 – “World Art Exhibition”, Queens Park Gallery, Barbados
1996 – “For the Love of Children”, Sandy Lane Hotel, Barbados
1995 – Mango Café Gallery, Barbados
1994 – “Contemporary Art from Barbados”, Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Mass., USA
1993 – “Representing Artists”, Barbados Museum and Historical Society
1992 – “Art Over Sugar”, Vaucluse Sugar Factory, Barbados

AWARDS
1998 – Crop Over Visual Arts Award
1989 – Honorable Mention, 5th Annual Art Collection Foundation’s Exhibition
1977 – NIFCA Award

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The juxtaposition of colour, pattern and shape tend to dominate my creative thought process, whether these are explored in the Barbadian landscape or celebrated in the female figure as she weaves her unique colours, patterns and shapes.