Norman Dilworth

Norman Dilworth (1931-2023) was an English artist, born in Wigan, Lancashire. His work is systematic, constructivist and concrete. It is mainly exhibited and appreciated in continental Europe, where it is held in many national collections.

Biography Norman Dilworth was born on 12 January 1931 in Wigan, Lancashire, where he attended Wigan Art School from 1949 to 1952. From 1952 to 1956 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he won the Tonks Prize in 1955. The following year he was awarded the Drawing Prize by the Sunday Times

Tributes The commune of Paris-Plage, which hosted the works of Dilworth, paid homage to him by laying a plaque, with the artist's signature and handprints, on the ground of the Garden of Arts.

Solo exhibitions Redmark Gallery (London) 1968 Galerie Nouvelles Image (The Hague) 1970 Lucy Milton Gallery (London) 1973 Galleria Primo Peano (with Peter Lowe) (Rome) 1975 Art Affairs, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1995 Durhammer Gallery, Frankfurt (Germany) 1995 Art Affairs, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1997 Magnus Aklundh Gallery, Lund (Sweden) 1998 Contemporary art space, Demigny (France) 1998 Artist in residence, Guernsey (Channel Islands) 1999 Art Affairs, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2000 Museum Het Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort (Netherlands) 2001 Contemporary art space, Demigny (France) 2001 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2002 Het Glasen Huis, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2003 Museum of Fine Arts and Lace, Calais (France) 2005 Espace Lumière, Hénin-Beaumont (France) 2005 Oniris Gallery, Rennes (France) 2006 Bouvet Ladubay Saumur Contemporary Art Center (France) 2006 Galerie Frontière$, Hellemmes (France) 2006 Sculpture / Art|Paris tour at the Grand-Palais, Oniris stand 2007 and 2008 Retrospective at the Matisse Museum / Cateau-Cambrésis 2007

Group exhibitions 1972: 4 Artists Galerie Nouvelle Image, The Hague 1973: 4 English Systematic Artists, Amsterdam 1974: British Painting '74, Hayward, London 1980: Pier + Ocean: construction in the art of the seventies, Hayward, London/Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo.

Art collections Villa Datris Foundation for Contemporary Sculpture, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France National Contemporary Art Fund, La Défense, France Matisse Museum, Cateau-Cambrésis, France Grenoble Museum, France Montbéliard Museum, France City of Valenciennes, France Tate Gallery, London The British Council, UK Art Council of Great Britain Manchester City Art Gallery, UK National Collection, Warsaw, Poland Stzuki Museum. Museum of Modern Art, Łodź, Poland City of Amsterdam, Holland City of Dordrecht, Holland