Dalziel + Scullion


Dalziel + Scullion are Scottish based artists Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion who have worked in collaboration since 1993; their studio creates artworks in photography, video, sound and sculpture that explore new artistic languages surrounding the subject of ecology.

Dalziel + Scullion regularly collaborates with: musicians, naturalists, philosophers and scientists to make artworks that visualise aspects of our shared environment from alternative perspectives and to re-establish and re-evaluate our engagement with the non-human species we live alongside.

Biography

Matthew Dalziel was born in Irvine, Scotland in 1957. He studied sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and graduated in 1988, continuing on to study documentary photography on the then singular course of its type in the UK established by Magnum photographer David Hurn at Newport College of Further Education in Newport. Matthew completed his education with a Post Graduate diploma jointly in Fine Art Photography and Sculpture at Glasgow School of Art and was awarded a merit of high distinction in both subjects. He has exhibited in numerous shows including the 1990 British Art Show and was a founding member of the Glasgow artist group Image & Installation; he served on various Scottish Arts Council Visual Arts Awards Panels and was on the board of directors for Photofeis, International Festival of Photography.
Louise Scullion was born in Helensburgh, Scotland in 1966. She studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art in the Environmental Art Department, graduating in 1988 with first class honours. She then exhibited in numerous shows including the 1990 British Art Show; she has served on various boards and committees including the board of directors of the CCA Glasgow, The Scottish Arts Council Visual Arts Awards Panel and The Creative Scotland award panel.
In 1993 Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion began a collaborative practice, since then Dalziel + Scullion have produced a significant body of work that has been shown widely nationally and internationally including the Venice Biennale; Young British Art in Rome; The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Madison Square Park, New York; The National Maritime Museum, London and at The Meguro Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Their practice is currently based within the University of Dundee where they also teach in the School of Fine Art.

Artwork

In the conventions of art history, the body is something to look at: nudes; figures in the landscape; portraiture. Dalziel + Scullion say something else – the human body is something to look with.
Film & video
Sculpture
Photography