Damaris Athene (Dresser)
b. 1992, Bristol, UK
Lives and works in Cambridge, UK
Education
2015 BA Painting (Fine Art), Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
2011 Foundation in Art & Design, Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK
Solo Shows
2018 I Shall Walk Softly There, Wigan STEAM, Wigan, UK
2017 Lovely in Her Bones, St Barnabas Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Group Shows
2018 Creative Reactions, St Barnabas Church, Cambridge, UK
2018 Rejuvenation, UNA Gallery at The Shoe Factory, Norwich, UK
2018 AWOMENfest, Peckham, London, UK
2018 John Hughes Art Festival, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
2018 Winter Blues, Cass Art Space, London, UK
2018 Queen’s Arts Festival, Queen’s College, Cambridge, UK
2017-18 Winter Open Exhibition, Hot Numbers, Cambridge, UK
2017 Winter Show, St Barnabas Press, Cambridge, UK
2017 Platform for Emerging Arts #15, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
2017 Open Studios, St Barnabas Press, Cambridge, UK
2016 Epidermal Dress: An Exhibition, London, UK
2015 Undergraduate Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
2015 Anatomy 2015, The Old Operating Theatre Museum, London, UK
2014 Hans Brinker Painting Prize 2014, Hans Brinker Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland
2014 Open 2014, Peckham Platform, London, UK
2014 Verge, Parkhall Business Centre, London, UK
2014 7th Site Presents: Jar, Ongean, London, UK
2012 End, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
Awards and Prizes
2018 Aesthetica Art Prize (Round Two), York, UK
2015 Clyde & Co Art Award (Shortlisted), London, UK
2014 Hans Brinker Painting Prize (Shortlisted), Amsterdam, Holland
Press
2018 A5 Magazine, Portfolio #10, January
2017 Camberwell College of Arts Blog, ‘IN THE KNOW: Alumna Damaris Athene’s solo show, Lovely In Her Bones’, 2nd June
2016 Camberwell College of Arts Blog, ‘CAMBERWELL CAMEO: Damaris Athene’s Epidermal Dress Exhibition’, 27th April
2015 Camberwell College of Arts Blog, ‘Power To The People? by Damaris Athene’, 15th June
2015 Art & Music Magazine, ‘New Era Estates’, Issue 29 - Spring, interviewing Barby Asante, Laura Oldfield Ford & Jordan McKenzie