What is compelling about Dawson’s work is the paradox, in a slick, hi-def, 3D-printed world, of presence-in-reduction: he simultaneously pushes sculpture forward while keeping it rooted in the workshop. It is not about hiding the seams, but reveling in them.
—Dougal Phillips
Exhibition Dates: 15 November – 8 December 2018
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cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
152 x 102 x 4 cm

brass, silver solder and light bulb
303 x 70 x 120 cm

brass, silver solder and light bulb
303 x 70 x 120 cm
Marley Dawson Public Furniture
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018
Group Show, State of Play
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017
Group Show, Future Eaters
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2017
Marley Dawson Construction (Barangaroo 2016)
Barangaroo Sculpture Walk, Sydney, 2016
Marley Dawson Palethorp
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Group Show, Statistics and Dynamics
Hemphill, Washington DC, 2014
Group Show, Dawson, Griggs, Moore
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013
Marley Dawson
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013
Group Show, SEXES
Performance Space, Sydney, 2012
Marley Dawson HEAVY INDUSTRY / LIGHT COMMERCIAL
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011
Group Show, Purlieu
Awesome Arts Festival, Perth, 2010
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2009-10
Marley Dawson Box of Birds
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2009
Marley Dawson Trick Shop
Locksmith Project Space, Sydney, 2009
Marley Dawson Shed
Chalk Horse, Sydney, 2008
Group Show, OBLIVION PAVILION
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008
Group Show, ECR
Parramatta City Raceway, Sydney, 2008
Group Show, She's not Structural
Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, 2007