About the work

Flaneur is a drawing adapted from a larger body of work called Significant Culture, a large scale fresco composed of drawings printed onto PVC mesh. The work mimics a style of mosaic making known as Graffito, in which tiny holes and lines are cut into marble and filled with stucco. 

Date and country of birth

1986, GB

About the artist

Born 1986 Sunderland, Dominic Watson lives and works in London. Graduated from BA Sculpture at Camberwell College of Art, London; and MFA at the Glasgow School of Art (2014).

Watson currently lives and works in London, where he co-runs an artist led project space, PLAZAPLAZA in elephant and Castle.

His work is held in public and private collections including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, and the Ingram Collection of Modern British Art, London.

Selected exhibitions include Home 2, Home Gallery, Hastings (2013); Semi Pro, PLAZAPLAZA, London (2012); Appropriate Response, Vulpes Vulpes, London (2012); RE-RUN 2, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham (2012); An in Joke, PLAZAPLAZA, London (2012); and A in Backwards Italics, Royal College of Art, London (2010).

Awards include selection for New Contemporaries (2013); selection for the London Open (2015); a recipient of the John Kinross Fellowship, awarded by the Royal Scottish Academy (2014); and received a Fellowship in Contemporary Art Practice from the British School of Rome (2017).