Jennifer Dickson trained as a painter and printmaker at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art, London from 1954 to 1959, and her graduate studies in etching were under Stanley William Hayter at the Atelier 17, Paris from 1960 to 1965. She went on to found and direct the graduate printmaking programme at Brighton College of Art (now Brighton University) and was instrumental in integrating photography into the programme in the early 1960s. Dickson moved to Canada in 1969 where she taught at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montréal.
Dickson’s first solo exhibition was held at New Vision Centre, London in 1962. This was rapidly followed by a string of solo exhibitions held annually in countries throughout the world, including the UK, Belgium, South Africa, Jamaica, USA and Canada. A 25 year Retrospective of her work was held at Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto in 1985. Dickson’s work has also been included extensively in many international group exhibitions since 1956.
Dickson was made a member of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, London in 1965, and was elected Royal Academician in 1976 (ARA 1970). In 1988 she was made a Doctor of Laws at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1995. In 2002 she received the Victor Tolgesy Arts Award from the Council for the Arts in Ottawa for her contribution to the arts in Ottawa, where she lives and works.
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Born: 1936 in Piet Retief, South Africa
Nationality: British
Elected ARA: 24 April 1970
Elected RA: 29 April 1976
Elected Senior RA: 1 October 2012
Gender: Female
Preferred media: Printmaking and Photography
Jennifer Dickson RA
The Watcher Observed, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
Vanbrugh's Bridge over Brown's Lake (Blenheim), 1993
Photo-etching
Jennifer Dickson RA
The Sacred Springs (Wells Cathedral), 1993
Photo-etching
Jennifer Dickson RA
Sibilant Staircase (Belvoir)
Photo-etching
Jennifer Dickson RA
Blinded Watcher, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
Dream of the Captive in Blue, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
Cheiromantic Dialogue, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
Dream of the Captive in Red, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
The Fugitive Sleeps, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
Triptych for life ensnared, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
The Secret Garden, 1974-75
Half-tone photo-etching hand-tinted in watercolour
Jennifer Dickson RA
The Divan of the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, 2003
Cibachrome print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Sanctuary: Four (Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Sumela Monastery), 1999
Giclée print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Sanctuary: One (The Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Akdamar Island), 1999
Giclée print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Sanctuary: Five. Light of Light (Kariye Camii, Istanbul), 2001
Giclée print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Sanctuary: Three. The Tree of Life (Sultan's Lodge, Selimye, Edirne), 1999
Giclée print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Virgin and Child, Kariye Camii, Istanbul, 1999
Cibachrome print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Süleymaniye Mosque and Türbes, Istanbul, 2003
Cibachrome print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Walking with the Gods of Antiquity, Pinara, 1999
Giclée print
Jennifer Dickson RA
Sanctuary: Two (The Eski Camii, Edirne), 1999
Giclée print
2011 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Canada
2005 Sanctuary: A Landscape of the Mind, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2001 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2000 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Golin-Harris International, New York, USA
1999 The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London, UK
1998 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa
Tatar-Alexander Photography, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AT Kearney, London
1997 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The City Gallery, London, UK
Art Gallery of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and tour to The Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery of
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
National Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Musée du Quebec, Canada
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
National Film Board of Canada
National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Birmingham City Art Gallery, UK
British Museum, London, UK
South London Art Gallery, London, UK
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
University of West Indies, Jamaica
National Gallery of Art, Wellington, New Zealand
Chicago Art Institute, USA
Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA
Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA
Hermitage Museum, Lenningrad, Soviet Union
2002 Victor Tolgesy award, Council for the Arts, Ottawa
1988 Honorary Doctorate, University of Alberta, Edmonton
1980 Biennale Prize, 5th Norwegian International Print Biennale
1978 Walter Moos Award, First Canadian Biennale of Prints and Drawings
1973 George A Reid Award, Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers
Special Edition Purchase Award, World Print Competition, San Francisco Museum of Art
1963 Prix des Jeunes Artistes pour Gravure, Paris Biennale