BEATRICE DILLON

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Beatrice Dillon is a London based artist working with music, sound and installation. Her recent album 'Workaround' (PAN, 2020) was named ‘Album of the Year’ by The Wire Magazine, with previous critically acclaimed solo and collaborative releases across leading international experimental music labels. Recent presentations include: Ina GRM [FR] Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art [PT], Tokyo MODE [JP], Munch Museum [NO], STUK Leuven [BE], ICA [UK], Strelka Inst. [RU] etc.

Originally trained in fine art she has collaborated internationally with visual artists presenting sound and music at Greene Naftali NY, Palais de Tokyo Paris, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, TATE, Lisson Gallery, South London Gallery, Nasher Sculpture Centre Dallas, etc. Artist residencies include Goethe Inst. UK (2021), STUK International Arts Centre (2021), Transcriptions Senegal (2020), Somerset House (2017-), Abandon Normal Devices (2017) and Wysing Arts Centre (2016). She has mentored on artist development programmes for Royal College of Art, British Council, Goldsmiths, Slade, Jerwood Arts, NTS and Somerset House.

In 2022 Dillon produced two multi-channel sound commissions, 'Impossible Ideal Angle' (Haus der Kunst, Munich) and 'AFOAM' (Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto). The same year, she was commissioned by artist Mark Fell to compose new music for leading UK experimental classical sextet, Explore Ensemble.
'Seven Reorganisations' her first entirely acoustic work explores acoustic reimaginings of digital synthesis and generative processes. The work written for violin, cello, viola, bass clarinet, flute, piano was presented at Sheffield Cathedral (2022), Kings Place London and ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (2023).

In 2023, Dillon composed the soundtrack for award-winning visual artist Helen Marten's exhibition 'Evidence of Theatre' at Greene Naftali NY (Winter 2023). The same year, Dillon produced Norwegian saxophonist Bendik Giske's new solo album (Smalltown Supersound) and remixed legendary Senegalese artist Baaba Maal (Marathon Music). Between 2021-23 she toured internationally with friend and celebrated Tabla player Kuljit Bhamra presenting new solo music. She was a recipient of Artangel's 'Thinking Time' Award (2020) and was previously shortlisted for Arts Foundation Award, Oram Award and the Jules Wright Prize for Sound in Visual Arts.


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