Alec Dawson
Alec Dawson is a photographic artist since 2007. He has no formal training in the arts and is almost entirely an auto-didact on the subject of photography. Alec enjoys exhibiting his photographic art on the internet and local exhibitions as well as giving lectures to photographic societies.
Photography Festivals
2016 – Perugia Social Photo Fest, Exhibited: Nobody Claps Anymore , Perugia, Italy
2015 – Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Projections Program, Exhbited: Nobody Claps Anymore, Ballarat, Australia
2014 – Ulsan International Photography Festival: Human + Graphy, Exhibited: Nobody Claps Anymore / Nocturna, Ulsan, South Korea
2014 – Head On Photo Festival, Featured Exhibition: Nobody Claps Anymore, Sydney, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2014 – Nobody Claps Anymore, He Made She Made Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Nobody Claps Anymore, Zigi’s Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2018 – Protest: An American Tradition, Misfit Gallery, La Jolla, California, United States
2018 – Behind Closed Doors Fetish Art Exhibition, Mesheeka Gallery, San Diego, California, United States
2017 – Perfect 10, Bodega Gallery, San Diego, California, United States
2016 – Southern California/Baja Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, California, United States
2016 – Final MAS Attack, Mutual Appreciation Society group show, Torrance Art Museum, California, United States
2015 – Nude Survey 3, Planet Rooth Design Haus, San Diego, California, United States
2015 – SHVR Pop-Up Show, The Fruit Gallery, Durham, North Carolina, United States
2014 – AddOn, Head On Photo Festival – Featured Exhibition, Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Nudes on TAP, Head On Photo Festival – Associated Exhibition, TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013 – Nudes on TAP, Head On Photo Festival – Associated Exhibition, TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 – Nudes on TAP, Head On Photo Festival – Associated Exhibition, TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 – Photostart, Australian Center for Photograph, Sydney, Australia
Books / Monographs
2014 – Nocturna, Blurb, Inc., LINK
2014 – Diplopia, Blurb, Inc., LINK
2011 – Austamatic: A hipstamatic tour of Australia, Blurb Inc., LINK
Books / Anthologies
2016 – Normal Magazine, HS N ° 1 – Art Book, Normal Magazine, LINK
Collections
Alec’s works have been purchased by private collectors, internationally.
Media Coverage
2020 – Alec Dawson il fotografo del “tableau vivant” racconta le sue opere…, MW Magazine: Laura Papa Promotion & News, LINK
2018 – La Fotografia D’Arte, MW Magazine: First Gender Neutral Magazine, Issue 12, Page 113, Printed in Italian, LINK
2017 – Im Zwiespalt mit, Sich Selbst: Innere Konflikt, Geo Wissen, Issue 59, Printed in German, LINK
2016 – Alec Dawson Photographer, Blog Post, Oxford School of Photography, LINK
2016 – Alone together: the silent despair of the suburbs – in pictures, The Guardian, LINK
2016 – Il festival che ritorna. Per vederci meglio, Luoghi Comuni, photo in article is of my work in the festival, LINK
2015 – Artist Profile: Alec Dawson, Prime 8, Interview took place in 2014, LINK / LINK
2015 – Elect Alec Dawson for Prez, Undr Rpblc Issue #37, October, LINK
2015 – Nobody Claps Anymore, a dramatic photo shoot Alec Dawson, Phototrend, July, LINK
2015 – Images from Nocturna, The Opera, Vol IV, July, LINK
2015 – Alec Dawson: Nobody Claps Anymore, NuArt Revue Magazine, Summer 2015, pages 116-163, June, LINK
2015 – Le désespoir en image par Alec Dawson, Pixelsites, May, LINK
2015 – Les Tableaux Vivants et Mélancoliques d’Alec Dawson, The Bergerie, May, LINK
2015 – From Start to Finish: An interview with Alec Dawson, Ragazine, May, LINK
2015 – Photographs featured on SF MOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) Tumblr blog, multiple postings, LINK
2015 – Dark and Haunting Portraits of People Struggling with ‘Emotional Cancers’, PetaPixel photography blog, Michael Zhang, April, LINK
2015 – Alec Dawson: Transforming Nude Photography, Video Interview and Photos, Touch magazine, Issue 37, March, LINK
2015 – Alec Dawson, Lightbox Plus / Large Images, Interview, LIFO Magazine, February, LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson: Nocturna, Interview, Fluffer Magazine, Issue #3, LINK
2014 – nobody claps anymore by alec dawson, lamono magazine, LINK
2014 – Photographer Alec Dawson Turns Existential Despair Into Jaw-Droppingly Amazing Nudes, Interview by Erica Jagger, LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson, Nocturna, on Blurb, L’Oeil de la Photographie, LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson, Nobody Claps Anymore, Editor’s Pick, LensCulture, LINK
2014 – Erotismo e tensione drammatica, Inside Art Magazine, article by Virginia Marchione LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson’s Nude Overlays, Erotica, Juxtapoz Magazine, LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson: Nobody Claps Anymore, BETA developments in photography, Issue #10, by Ballarat International Foto Festival, LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson’s ‘Nobody Claps Anymore’ Photographs Take Us Into A Cinematic World, Interview by Moray Mair, Mutant Space, LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson: Nocturna, L’Oeil de la Photographie, LINK
2014 – Alec Dawson: Nobody Claps Anymore, L’Oeil de la Photographie, article by Alison Stieven-Taylor LINK
2014 – Artist Profile: Alec Dawson, The Argus LINK
2014 – “Nobody Claps Anymore” by Alec Dawson, The Photographer’s Room LINK
2014 – Behind the Camera: Alec Dawson, Interview, InFocus Australasia, Issue #13 April 2014 LINK
2013 – Alec Dawson – Tableaux (suite), Scoptophilia (blog) LINK
2012 – Alec Dawson – Lost in thoughts, Scoptophilia (blog) LINK
2012 – Kristy meets Alec Dawson, Pedro TV LINK
2009 – The Sinful Art of Alec Dawson, Seattle Sinner, Issue 82 LINK
Talks / Courses
2016 – The Language of Photography with Alec Dawson, Digital Photography 251, MiraCosta College, San Diego
2015 – The Language of Photography with Alec Dawson, San Diego Photography Collective, San Diego
2015 – El Lenguaje de Fotografía con Alec Dawson, Preparatoria, Ibero-American University, México
2015 – El Desnudo: Clásico y Contemporáneo en la Fotografía de 1840 a la Fecha, Circo Volador: Centro de Arte y Cultura, México
2014 – Art Nude Workshop, Albury/Wodonga Photography Club, Wodonga VIC, Mayday Hills Asylum, Beechworth, Australia
2014 – Tableaux Workshop, Albury/Wodonga Photography Club, Chiltern, Australia
2014 – The Language of Photography with Alec Dawson, Albury/Wodonga Photography Club, Wodonga, Australia
2014 – The Art Nude: Classic & Contemporary Art Nude Photography since 1840, Albury/Wodonga Photography Club, Wodonga, Australia
2014 – The Language of Photography with Alec Dawson, Head On Photo Festival, The ArtHouse Hotel, Sydney, Australia
2014 – The Art Nude: Classic & Contemporary Art Nude Photography since 1840, Sydney Photography Club, Studio 1A, Sydney, Australia
2013 – The Language of Photographs, Sydney Photography Club, Sydney Mechanics School of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
2013 – Portraiture Development & The Art Nude, 6 week course at TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013 – The Art Nude: Classic & Contemporary Art Nude Photography since 1840, TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Articles
2014 – Show Time! …What’s Involved in Putting On Your First Exhbition, Contributor, InFocus Australasia, Issue #21 December 2014 LINK
Photographic Initiatives
Street Story Project – Founder / Director: The Street Story Project (www.StreetStory.co) is a website to for homeless people to share their photographic narratives. An online venue and vehicle for the homeless to be self expressed. Founded January 2016.
Photography Festival / Installation Work / Volunteer Work
2016 – Medium Festival, Volunteer, San Diego, California
2014 – Installed: Sudarios by Erika Diettes, Head On Photo Festival, St Canice Church, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Installed: Head On Portrait Prize, Head On Photo Festival, Paddington Reservoir, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Installed: i-Street, Ben Lowy mobile photographs, Head On Photo Festival, Paddington Reservoir, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Installed: Chris Rainier National Geographic photographs, Head On Photo Festival, Paddington Reservoir, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Installed: Chen Wei photographs, Head On Photo Festival, QVB, Sydney, Australia
Education
1999 University of California, Berkeley – B.S. Civil Engineering
2012 Australian Centre for Photography: Portraiture Development, Proof-Process-Scan, B&W Printing
2015 Landmark Forum / Landmark Curriculum for Living