Gavin is an artist based in East London. Originally from the North East of England, he trained in Fine Art at Middlesex University specialising in painting. Alongside his painting, Gavin is also an experienced screen printer.

Gavin often keeps his paintings loose and expressive, using fluid movements and textures to create engaging and lively pieces which thoughtfully lead the viewer to a chosen narrative.

In recent years Gavin’s practice has focused into exploring homosexuality and the various subcultures which surround it, looking into the expectations and stereotypes which gay men face and how in turn this can effect ones mental health. His paintings are loose and expressive tackling the emotional highs and lows of being a gay man in contemporary Britain. Queer culture exists beyond a week at Pride and it has a proud and sadly unearthed history which in turn has effected notions surrounding masculinity/ femininity and indeed what it means to be gay.

Exhibitions

2024. Familiar Strangers - Brookfield Estates

2024. Superpower - Sothebys Auction

2024. Autonomous - Adorn The Common

2024. Fierce Scandal - Lido Stores Margate

2023. Winter Salon - Folkstone Art Gallery

2023. Printwork At Broadworks - Broadworks Hive

2023. Artshop UCA Brewery Tap Gallery

2023. Queeriosities - Museum Of The Home

2023. Bollocks And Pyjamas -Atom Gallery

2023. Overhung - North London Printmakers/Inky Fingers

2023. East Art Fair -Old Spitalfields Market

2023. The Affordable Arts Fair - Art friend

2023. The LAB E20 - Sota

2023. London Design Festival - Absorb Arts

2023. POP! - Art Car Boot Fair

2023. Blisters: Time To Play - Printclub London

2023. Artshop - White Paper pen

2023. Rejects - Artfriend

2023. Queer Frontiers - Artiq

2023. Art On A Post Card - Dreweatts Auction/Hoxton Gallery

2023. Fauna and Flora - The Art Car Boot Fair

2023. Oh How Queer - Burgh House

2023. Louder and Prouder - Brunswick Gallery

2023. Christies Late Pride - Christies

2023. Artefact - Design Centre Chelsea

2023. Spring Bounce - Art Car Boot Fair

2023. East Art Fair - Old Spitalfields Market

2023. The Affordable Arts Fair - Hampstead

2023. Kink - East Art Gallery

2023. Wild Thoughts - The Lido Stores

2022. Just Be Nice - East London Art Gallery

2022. Sugarcube ll - The Lido Stores

2022. Folkstone Art Gallery - The Open Call

2022. Discerning Eye - Mall Galleries

2022. Focus 22 - Design Centre Chelsea

2022. Art Shop - White Paper Pen

2022. The Hoxton Hotel - Southwark

2022. Louder and Prouder - Brunswick Gallery

2022. Queer Frontiers - Artiq

2022. Contemporary British Painting 3 - Bermondsey Project Space

2022. Leaf - The Artists Friend, Box Park

2022. Design Centre London - Chelsea

2022. The Affordable Arts Fair - Hampstead

2021. Choose Love - Soho Revue

2021. Satelittes - Rise Art

2021. The Other Art Fair - Saatchi

2021. The Affordable Art Fair - Battersea

2020. Twelve days of Christmas - Artiq

2020. Choose Love Auction - Printclub London

2020. Queer Frontiers - Artiq

2019. Blisters Season 8 - Printclub London

2019. Pride - Queer Frontiers - Brewer Street Soho

2019. The Affordable Art Fair - Battersea

2018. Thirdway - Bog Standard - Artiq

2018. The Affordable Art Fair - Battersea

2018. Blisters Season 7 - Printclub

2018. Art Car boot Sale - Printclub

2018. Choose Love - Help Refugees UK

2018. Colour My world - Brighton Pride

2017. The Affordable Art Fair - Battersea

2017. Film Fours Summer Screen - Somerset House

2017. Winter - Bridgeman Studios

2017. Summer Salon - The Palm Tree Gallery

Gavin Dobson

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A handful of Adam by Gavin Dobson

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The Showers by Gavin Dobson

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Solo hold by Gavin Dobson

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Red hot, Cools down by Gavin Dobson

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Relax by Gavin Dobson

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The Race is on by Gavin Dobson

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Seahorse by Gavin Dobson

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Puffin by Gavin Dobson

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Three Flying Ducks by Gavin Dobson

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Sloth by Gavin Dobson

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Toucan by Gavin Dobson

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Melted Summers - Rocket by Gavin Dobson

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