Dominic Boreham

Dominic Boreham (1944-2022) was a British-born artist who created many plotter drawings from 1977 onwards. He was also the editor of the Computer Arts Society's PAGE magazine from 1979 to 1982.[1]

Dominic Boreham
Born(1944-12-29)December 29, 1944
Woodford, Essex, United Kingdom
DiedDecember 4, 2022(2022-12-04) (aged 77)
France
NationalityBritish
OccupationArtist
Known forAlgorithmic art

Biography

Dominic Boreham was born in Woodford, Essex in 1944. From 1979 to 1982 he was the editor of PAGE magazine, published by the Computer Arts Society.[2] He moved to Burgundy, France in 1991. He died in December 2022, aged 77.[3]

Education

As a boy, Boreham attended the William Morris Technical School in London. After six years working as an assistant at the Fitzwilliam Museum, he took a foundation course at Cambridge School of Art. He then studied at Wimbledon College of Art from 1974 to 1977, going on to attend the Slade School of Art. Boreham completed a doctorate at the Royal College of Art in 1983.[3]

Artworks

From 1977 until 1983, Boreham solely made drawings using a computer to drive a flat-bed plotter.[4] His plotter drawings were featured in the Computer Arts Society's PAGE magazine in July 1979.[5]

Public collections

His work is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum,[6] the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts,[7] the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Cholet, the National & University Library, Zagreb, and other public collections.[4]

Exhibitions

Boreham's artworks have featured in many exhibitions, including

  • 2014 Automatic Art, GV Art London, 3 July- 10 September 2014.[8]
  • 2018-2020 Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers, organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum and touring to Chester Visual Arts and Firstsite, Colchester.[9] [10]

References
  1. "Dominic Boreham obituary, The Guardian, 20 Feb 2023".
  2. "PAGE magazine". Computer Arts Society.
  3. Chadha-Boreham, Harbajan (20 February 2023). "Dominic Boreham obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  4. "Dominic Boreham". GV Art UK. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  5. "PAGE 42" (PDF). Computer Arts Society. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. "Dominic Boreham". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. "Dominic Boreham". Sainsbury Centre. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. "Automatic Art". GV Art London. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. "Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers". V&A. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. "Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers". Chester Visual Arts. Retrieved 27 July 2023.


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