BEATRICE DILLON

INFO
Beatrice Dillon is a London-based artist and music producer working with sound, performance and installation. She has performed and presented her work at leading arts institutions across Europe, UK, Japan, North America. Her last solo album Workaround (PAN, 2020) was named ‘Album of the Year’ by The Wire Magazine. She is a recipient of the Artangel 'Thinking Time' Award (2020).


Recent multi-speaker sound works: Basho [INA GRM, Paris 2024], Impossible Ideal Angle [Haus der Kunst, Munich 2022], Afoam [Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto 2022], Infraordinary [Somerset House London, 2019, curated by Christian Marclay], Ecstatic Material with Keith Harrison [Outlands Network, UK 2019] and Taut Line [Abandon Normal Devices, Manchester 2017].

In early 2020 Dillon was invited to Dakar, Senegal as part of 'Transcriptions' residency to study sabar rhythms performed by the family of the modern master of the Senegalese Sabar, Doudou N’diaye Rose (1930 – 2015). There she collaborated with artists Ibou Mbaye (Ndagga Rhythm Force) and Beaugar Seck. Between 2021-23 she toured with friend and renowned Tabla player Kuljit Bhamra - 'a virtuosic performance' (The Guardian). In 2022, she was commissioned by artist Mark Fell to compose new work for leading UK experimental classical group Explore Ensemble. Seven Reorganisations, her first entirely acoustic work explores acoustic re-imaginings of digital synthesis and generative processes. Premiering at Sheffield Cathedral, No Bounds (2022) the work was later developed for performances at Kings Place London, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (2023) and SchlossMediale Werdenberg (2024). 


Originally trained in Fine Art, Dillon has collaborated with acclaimed international visual artists, most recently as film soundtrack composer for Turner-Prize artist Helen Marten (Greene Naftali NYC 2023). In 2023, Dillon produced the new album by saxophonist Bendik Giske (Smalltown Supersound 2023) and remixed legendary Senegalese vocalist Baaba Maal (Marathon Music).

In autumn 2024, Dillon will present 'Sift: Piano, Vibraphone, Other', her first orchestral work, commissioned for and performed by London Symphony Orchestra as part of Nonclassical's 20th Anniversary.

CONTACT
For all enquiries please contact Annex Agency chloe@annexagency.co.uk

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