ANDERS DICKSON

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Anders Dickson was born in 1988, in Wisconsin, the United States, and is currently based in New York. He studied philosophy at the University of Minnesota (2007- 2009) and attended the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau in 2010. He later completed his studies at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe (2010–2014) and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main (2014–2017). From 2017 to 2019 he was an artist in residence at De Ateliers in Amsterdam.

Anders has presented his works in: solo show "rot in the small season" at KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo, 2026; "Le Show d’Houdini" at CAC Bretigny, France, 2026; solo show "Common sense / infinite dis-ease" at Wschod Gallery, New York, 2024; “Ghost Image” (curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen) at galerie Judin, Berlin, 2024; solo show “Sgomento Zurigo (with Ken Kagami)” in Zurich, 2023; “Soulscapes” at Meyer Riegger, Berlin, 2023; solo show “Power/Cells, the Commons”, Pakt///, Amsterdam, 2022; “Barbe a Papa”at CAPC Museum Bordeaux, Bordeaux, 2022; “WALK” at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2022; solo show “Mindquake: back from the head” at Eliane, Bordeaux, 2021; “In their Shoes” at KAYOKOYUKI Gallery, Tokyo, 2021; “Dancing with Octopuses” at Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, 2021; solo show “A Sudden Wilt (with Clémence de La Tour du Pin)” at 15 Orient Gallery, Paris, 2020; solo show “The Unclean Cult of The Sunflower” at Izacaia, Vienna, 2020; solo show “Bone Orchard” at Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, 2019; solo show “Once A Closely Guarded Secret” (curated by Martin Herbert) at De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2019; solo show “Waterbound with Smokie Allies” at The Oracle, Berlin, 2018; solo show “Studies in Transfiguration and Beyond the threshold and back agai” with Uwe Henneken at Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, 2018; “Paranoid House” at Vleeshal, Middelburg, 2018; and “Monday is a day between Sunday and Tuesday” at Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin, 2017.

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Exhibition view, rot in the small season, 2026, KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo / Japan

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Exhibition view, rot in the small season, 2026, KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo / Japan

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let Blood, Cleanse my Words, 2026, oil on canvas, 76 x 137 cm

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/Private Negotiation/, 2025, cardboard, magic sculpt, wire, aqua resin, 50 x 32.5 x 38 cm

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Wanting You, 2025, acrylic paint, yarn, cat tails, tape and flocking on canvas, 73 x 46 cm

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Autumn in Satan’s Small season, 2025, watercolor and pen on multiple pieces of paper, frame, 68.2 x 85 cm, Frame: 77.3 x 94 cm

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You, leech of my words, 2026, cardboard, magic sculpt, enamel paint, 62 x 150 x 3 cm

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Exhibition view, Common sense / infinite dis-ease, 2024, Wschod gallery, New York / United States

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gutter fish #3, 2024, cardboard, aquaresin, magic sculpt, metal, 101 x 71 x 20 cm

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Exhibition view, Common sense / infinite dis-ease, 2024, Wschod gallery, New York / United States

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Exhibition view, Common sense / infinite dis-ease, 2024, Wschod gallery, New York / United States

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A blind eye (to pancake), 2023, chipboard, aqua-resin, magic sculpt, felt, hospital tubing, rubber, feather, glue, acrylic paint, 25 x 25 x 10 cm

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(torso) Not yet titled, 2024, Chipboard, aquaresin, enamel, mylar vellum, bells, glue, paper maché, 30 x 40 x 61 cm

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Receipt printing in infernal madness, 2024, cardboard, surgical band, aquaresin, magic sculpt, worbla thermal plastic, 53 x 50 x 20.5 cm

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Dog theater sand play therapy, 2024, mixed media, 43 x 26 x 40 cm

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Exhibition view, Common sense / infinite dis-ease, 2024, Wschod gallery, New York / United States

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TEETH_ removing hair explained, 2022, Cardboard, wood, wire, inkjet print, tissue paper, worbla crystal art, glue, wood filler, plastic sheeting, 25 x 35 x 22 cm
Exhibition view, singalong, 2022, sgomento zurigo, Zurich / Switzerland

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TEETH_ removing hair explained, 2022, Cardboard, wood, wire, inkjet print, tissue paper, worbla crystal art, glue, wood filler, plastic sheeting, 25 x 35 x 22 cm
Exhibition view, singalong, 2022, sgomento zurigo, Zurich / Switzerland

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139 years of sediment, 2022, Oil, acrylic, sand, gravel, glitter, pipe cleaner on canvas, artists frame, 175 x 40 x 6 cm

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Homespun in spite of myself, 2023, watercolor, pencil, duct tape, paper, 48 x 63 cm

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Exhibition view, PowerCells the Commons, 2022, Pakt, Amsterdam / Netherlands

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Exhibition view, PowerCells the Commons, 2022, Pakt, Amsterdam / Netherlands

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Lighting lips, 2022, cardboard, wood filler, flasche paint, epoxy clay, wood, foam, 60 x 60 x 50 cm
Exhibition view, PowerCells the Commons, 2022, Pakt, Amsterdam / Netherlands

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another local disaster, 2022, cardboard, jeans, glue, sand, wood, wire, foamcore, aluminum foil, thumbtacks, wood filler, 28 x 15 x 18 cm

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Market fertilizer, 2022, acrylic and gouache on canvas, artists frame, 60 x 90 cm

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US blues/ Force., 2023, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 76 cm

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Exhibition view, Barbe à Papa, 2022, CAPC, Bordeaux / France

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disclosure pinata for a happy ending, 2022, cardboard, tissue paper, wood glue, wood and rope, 160 x 160 x 150 cm
Exhibition view, Barbe à Papa, 2022, CAPC, Bordeaux / France

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Snail Pissoir (amsterdam), 2019, foam, metal, wire, photograph, and plaster, 330 x 280 x 350 cm
Exhibition view, Hodo Chill and the songs of rain, 2019, Wschod Gallery, Warsaw / Poland

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Exhibition view, Hodo Chill and the songs of rain, 2019, Wschod Gallery, Warsaw / Poland

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Exhibition view, Hodo Chill and the songs of rain, 2019, Wschod Gallery, Warsaw / Poland

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lost in pleasant thought, 2019, bronze, 18 x 22 x 20 cm

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Exhibition view, other truths from the party, 2021, Wschod gallery, Warsaw / Poland

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Party lines, 2021, video, 17 min, Exhibition view, other truths from the party, 2021, Wschod gallery, Warsaw / Poland

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Still from _Party lines_, 2021, video, 17 min, Exhibition view, other truths from the party, 2021, Wschod gallery, Warsaw / Poland

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vertiginous pinata, 2021, Photo Print on Alu-dibond, 65.1 x 43.4 cm

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Exhibition view, other truths from the party, 2021, Wschod gallery, Warsaw / Poland

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Spit split_Take this gift and call me in the morning_ side effects, 2021, acrylic glass, wire, blood tables, photos, ink jet print, sparklers, tape, foam board, 130 x 10 x 13 cm

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Loose signs for the times, 2020, watercolor on paper, photo series of 700, Hanging variable of 5 individual 35 x 45 cm pieces
Exhibition view, walk!!!, the Schirn, Frankfurt / Germany

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Loose Signs for the Times, 2020, watercolor on paper, photo series of 700, hanging variable of 5 individual pieces, 35 x 45 cm

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at the crossroads a bonding pair discuss what a body can do, 2020, watercolor, pencil and marker on paper, 2 pieces of paper together, tape, 60 x 40 cm

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Bite, 2020, acrylic on wood panel, 123 x 67 cm

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Terrestrial soul hunting fog_UAP, 2021, oil, acrylic, 2 wood panels, artists frame, 116 x 123 cm

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not yet titled, crucified repose, 2026, acrylic, oil, sand on canvas, 70 x 90 cm