Gordon Dalton is an artist, curator and critic based in Cardiff, Wales.
Recent exhibitions include Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere, (Castlefield Gallery, Manchester), The Thatness of Wild (Bloc Gallery, Sheffield, 2007); Among the living, MIMA, Middlesbrough; Milton Keynes Gallery; Chapter, Cardiff and the ICA, London; Oh show me your beauty when the witnesses have gone (Gallery Skuc, Llubjiania, 2007); Over & Over, Again & Again (Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, 2005); Flourish (Moravian Gallery, Brno, 2005); Ribbed for your Pleasure, (Cynthia Broan, New York, 2005) Born Under A Bad Sign (Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, 2005); Sci-fi (MOT, London, 2005); Shattered Love (Keith Talent Gallery, London, 2004); Spectator T: Art Sheffield 05 (Sheffield, 2005); Star Radio (National Museum & Gallery/CBAT, Cardiff, 2005); Battle of Forest Hills (Moot Gallery, Nottingham, 2006).
Recent curated projects include We interrupt this programme (Changing Room, Stirling; Waygood Gallery, Newcastle, 2000/2002); Masters of the Universe (Chapter, Cardiff, 2003); Strange, Vane, Newcastle, 1998); Ain't no love in the heart of the city; Another New Babylon (temporary public art projects across, CBAT, Cardiff, 2004/6) and Things we lost in the fire (Transition Gallery, London 2006; City Gallery, Leicester, 2007)d
He has contributed catalogue essays for Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; VANE, Newcastle; Chapter, Cardiff; International 3, Manchester; David Risley Gallery, London. He has written for a-n magazine, Product, Circa, Miser & Now, Western Mail and is currently an editorial advisor for Dialogue, an online arts magazine from Axis (
www.axisweb.org/dlHOME.aspx); a regular Correspondent for Contemporary Magazine and Flash Art.
Dalton was Visual Arts Coordinator for Cardiff's shortlisted bid to be European Capital of Culture; initiated and developed DEPOT - a proposal for a new 3000sqm temporary art space in Cardiff with architects Caruso St John. He recently coordinated May You Live In Interesting Times, Cardiff's inaugural Festival of Creative Technology. He is currently the co-director of Mermaid & Monster (
www.mermaidandmonster.com), a new commercial art agency in Wales.
Forthcoming exhibitions include Panopti(con), Bank Art, Los Angeles; Art Futures, London, Gorilla Lipstick, Marksman Gallery, Reading.