16th November – 16th December 2012
French Riviera is to present Thomas Dozol’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Dozol’s practice begins with the photographic image, which he shoots on film. He then removes the background context and highlights the figure using geometric shapes and dayglo colours. Through his silkscreen techniques of repetition and slight offsetting of two layers, he creates a powerfully understated visual language. The resulting images present the body as an icon.
Thomas Dozol lives and works in New York, NY, USA. Recent solo exhibitions include I Like You Better with Static Noise, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (2012), Works on Paper, Lamar Dodd School of Arts, Athens, GA (2011), and I’ll Be Your Mirror, Mais Soma, Sao Paulo (2010). Recent group exhibitions include The Dark Cube, Palais de Tokyo, Paris and Collection Particulière, French Riviera, London (both 2012).
Thomas Dozol – Côtes d’Azurs will be the tenth exhibition at French Riviera, a gallery founded by artists Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski in February 2011, as a platform for exhibiting emerging artists currently without representation in the UK.
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Thomas Dozol was born in 1975 Fort De France, Martinique and grew up on the French Riviera. He graduated from Université Paris Dauphine, Paris in 1999 with an MA in Mathematics and Economics, he also has a BA in Acting from Ecole Florent.
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French Riviera is a gallery in Bethnal Green, East London, presented by artists Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski as an extension of their long-standing collaboration. Occupying their studio in a shop on Bethnal Green Road, the gallery offers a platform to artists who are currently without representation in the UK. Artists shown at the gallery include Leslie Kulesh, Hannah Perry, Matthew Noel-Tod, Lucy Woodhouse and Jon Nash.
