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i am proud to announce the birth of our little baby boy Diego, born on 30 May. we are very happy but really exhausted
little Diego keeps me busy 24/7 so i’ll be taking some time off from my work until sometime in 2009. in the meantime you may still contact me either by leaving a [...]
Juno Doran's Page
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- Website
- http://www.junodoran.net
- Member type
- Artist
- If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?
- Conceptual, Digital, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Video
- I am...
- Juno Doran, visual artist, Portuguese born, UK based since 1992. Lived and worked in London for many years, then last year decided to move away to a mild form of isolation in the Forest of Bowland, North Lancashire, where I'm surrounded by fields of philosophical sheep, pheasants and many other strange feathered creatures. I love it here but my creative dynamic still draws completely from my urban experience.
- About my artwork
- The work is essentially narrative, deriving mostly from personal experience, and historical and literary references; the process is strongly influenced by the nature of the snapshot photograph as a basis for constructed painterly scenes. It progresses through several stages; some of the images are created in the studio, others are obtained from outside sources, going through a radical adjustment using digital software until the resulting images are finally interpreted on canvas.
I'm currently working on two different projects. “Memory Paintings“, started in 2006, a painterly interpretation of old family photographs, taken previous to the end of the Portuguese dictatorship in 1974, and an exercise in ideas of social identity in a changing Europe.
The second project is titled “you only live when you bleed“. Started in 2007, it derives from a personal exploration of the deeper and darker feelings in the human condition and has been inspired by my own recent personal experiences.
LATEST SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & FEATURES
2008 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, group exhibition, 31 Grand, New York
2007 Piece donated to Art Auction 2007, Medical Foundation for the care of victims of torture, The Building Centre, London
2007 Decadence, Decay and Demimonde, group exhibition curated by Ben Austin, Home House, London
2007 Sugar & Spice, group exhibition curated by Ken Pratt, Vegas Gallery, Shoreditch, London
2007 I’ll be your mirror, group exhibition curated by David Hancock, Gallery Primo Alonso, Hackney, London
2007 Use of image of painting “Self portrait as a child” in extensive promotional print material by Axis
2007 featured in Shortlist magazine, "The 10 new British artists worth investing in now", issue 2, 27 September 2007, UK
2007 online feature in Gothic Imagination, University of Stirling, by Professor Glennis Byron.
2007 featured in Axisweb, February/March, curated feature on Painting
- Artists I like
- Shirin Neshat, Sophie Calle, Paula Rego, Gerhard Richter...
- Interests
- art & life;
coffee & cigarettes;
the smell of airports;
the places in between;
bibliomania;
lost time;
the road of excess;
etc.
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Posted on 22nd April 2008 at 10:30am —
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The 2009 IJC is open to all artists worldwide, age 18 and older. All works must be original. Entries in the following medias will be accepted: Painting, Drawing, Mixed media, Printmaking, Watercolor, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Photography.
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we 'knew' each other a while back when I was curating shows at 'here gallery'- I think we emailed each other a few times. Good to see your work again.
Camilla
I had a look at your website and think your work is fantastic. I especially like the Black paintings. They really moved and inspired me.
I'd like to add you to my friends list.
best wishes
Janee
I've seen some of these drawings before somewhere - have they been in a magazine?
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