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Dan Pyne
born 1967- Fitzrovia, London
My practice has principally become an infinite exploration of surface and experiments in process that teeter between structure, control and self creating organic objects. I like to work in the space between sculpture and painting, shaping works for their haptic qualities as much as visual. Having trained as a scientific and medical Illustrator I found myself avoiding representation in favour of abstraction. However geological, biological, chemical processes, and structures still feed and inform my work. Through accreted surfaces with half familiar forms I seek to provoke questions beyond mere construction and elicit a primal response. Raising thoughts of birth, life, existence, proliferation, decay and the relationship between the organic and non organic.
Member of the Newlyn Sciety of Artists
Associate member of The Penwith Society of Arts
1985-1986 | Foundation course in Art and Design: East Ham College of Technology.
1986-1990 | B.A.Honours Art & Design: Specialising in Scientific Illustration. Middlesex University