Damaris Athene (Markham 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 Exhibitions
2019 Cheer Up Love, Peterhouse, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
2019 Trauma, Stantonbury Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
2018 I Shall Walk Softly There, Wigan S.T.E.A.M., Wigan, UK
2017 Lovely in Her Bones, St Barnabas Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Group Exhibitions
2019 John Hughes Arts Festival, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
Selected Open, Michaelhouse, Cambridge, UK
2018 Present, Perfect, Continuous, Zverev Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russia
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Royal Arsenal, London, UK
Beep Painting Prize 2018, Swansea College of Art, Swansea, UK
PrintFest Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent, UK
Creative Reactions, St Barnabas Church, Cambridge, UK
Rejuvenation, UNA Gallery at St Mary’s Works, Norwich, UK
AWOMENfest, DIY Space for London, London, UK
John Hughes Arts Festival, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
Winter Blues, The Cass Art Space, London, UK
Queen’s Arts Festival, Queen’s College, Cambridge, UK
2017 Open Exhibition, Hot Numbers, Cambridge, UK
Winter 2017 at St Barnabas Press, St Barnabas Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Platform for Emerging Arts 15, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
Open Studios 2017, St Barnabas Press, Cambridge, UK
White Clouds with Ink, The Blue Moon, Cambridge, UK
2016 Epidermal Dress: An Exhibition, London, UK
2015 Undergraduate Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
Anatomy 2015, The Old Operating Theatre Museum, London, UK
2014 Hans Brinker Painting Prize 2014, Hans Brinker Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland
Open 2014, Peckham Platform, London, UK
Verge, Parkhall Business Centre, London, UK
7th Site Presents: Jar, Ongean, London, UK
2012 End, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
Awards and Prizes
2018 Beep Painting Prize (Shortlisted), Swansea, UK
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 Damaris Athene interview, Art Reveal Magazine no.38, April 2018, p.6-11; ISBN 9781388503475
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
Art & Music Magazine, ‘New Era Estates’, Issue 29 - Spring, interviewing Barby Asante, Laura Oldfield Ford & Jordan McKenzie
Talks
2019 Artist talk and panel discussion on the nude in art, Peterhouse, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
2018 Artist talk, Wigan S.T.E.A.M, Wigan, UK
Collections
Private Collection (Cambridge)
Private Collection (Bristol)
Teaching
2017-present Artist Facilitator, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
2017-present Artist Facilitator, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge