The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton: Artist Biography - Cherylene Dyer

Cherylene Dyer was born in Dumfries and studied at Glasgow School of Art graduating in 1998, with an honours degree in drawing and painting. Since graduation she has continued living in Glasgow and painting full time. She regularly exhibits work in London and through out Scotland. She specialises in figurative oil painting, with her main inspirations coming from the old masters. Listing Rembrandt and Caravaggio as key influences in her work. The main aims of her work are to create atmosphere and ambiguity, obscuring the subjects that she paints with glaze upon glaze of paint.

She gives the viewer only the basic information to build an image, compelling them to guess the rest. The quote of her work is intended to force the viewer to act as voyeur, if they ask the questions of what he/she is up to or feel? They could be part to someone's private moment, and then the work is successful.

Awards

• 1998 Princes trust award to help towards starting a business
• 1998 Benno Shotz Prize awarded at graduation for drawing
• 2000 City of Glasgow Award Awarded at the Royal Glasgow Institutes annual show

Exhibitions

• 2002 Roger Billcliffe; Glasgow small works on paper exhibition, group show
• 2001 Art Exposure; Glasgow group figurative show, group show
• 2001 Attendi Gallery; London figurative show, solo show
• 2001 Roger Billcliffe; Glasgow New contemporaries, group show
• 2001 Art fair; Glasgow Art Exposure, invited artist
• 2000 Scottish Gallery; Edinburgh New contemporaries, group show
• 2000 Art fair;Glasgow Art exposure, invited artist
• 2000 RSA; Edingurgh Royal Scottish Academy portrait award exhibition
• 2000 RGI; Glasgow Royal Glasgow Institute annual exhibition
• 1999 Noble Grossart; Edingurgh Noble Gross Art prize finalist
• 1999 Attendi Gallery; London scottish figurative show, group show

Articles

• 1999 Homes and Interiors Scotland issue 11 articles written by Claire Henry, New inspiration from old masters