Background
Dant was born in Cambridge in 1967 but now lives and works in London.
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Adam Dant
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He was educated at the Liverpool School of Art (1987–1990Graphic Design Bachelor), the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Faculty of Fine Arts (1988) and the Royal College of Art (1989–1991, Fine Art Printmaking, Master of Arts). Among the artists that have inspired him, Dant lists Albrecht Dürer, Pieter Bruegel, JMW Turner, George Cruikshank, Edward Burra and Saul Steinberg. Critics have most often liken Dant to Hogarth, whose 18th-century satirical prints were created with a moral purpose in mind.
"Mine are underpinned by subversion," Dant says, "dressed up in traditional clothes."
In 1995, Dant created the Donald Parsnips Daily Journal, an art world pamphlet.
lieutenant appeared daily for five years. Dant subsequently made a reputation as the creator of "mockuments".
These are works based on floor plans of the Louvre, the National Gallery and Tate Britain, in which flowcharts lead from image to image to create a psycho-history of the institution being anatomized. Dant has work in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Musee d’Art Contemporain in Lyons, The New Art Gallery Walsall, the Deutsche Bank and Union Bank of Switzerland collections, and in many leading private collections including that of Charles, Prince of Wales.
He has exhibited at Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
The art writer Anthony Haden-Guest describes the new work as "witty and richly complex".
Achievements
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1991 (aged 24) -
Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Jerwood Drawing Prize
The Jerwood Drawing Prize, formerly the Malvern Open Drawing Prize and then the Cheltenham Open Drawing Competition, is the United Kingdom's leading award in contemporary drawing.The Jerwood Drawing Prize, formerly the Malvern Open Drawing Prize and then the Cheltenham Open Drawing Competition, is the United Kingdom's leading award in contemporary drawing.