Dominic Wilcox

Dominic Wilcox was born in Sunderland, UK and attended the Edinburgh College of Art, where his love for the arts really flourished.  Now he can be found working in London, where his central headquarters are, or around the world at various locations.
Dominic does not like to work with mediums such as paint, ceramic, or metal, but rather he prefers to work with items that he finds around his house, or items that play a vital part in everyday life. His work, as described by himself is, " usually layered with an ultra dry wit,  places a spotlight on the banal, always adding a new, alternative perspective on things we take for granted." (dominicwilcox.com/background). He is a very renowned artist around the world and continues to push the limits of what is and is not considered art. He uses his creativity and innovation to make things that, although unique, are visually appealing and interesting. They usually have a very in depth story behind them, however, Dominic does like to create art for the sake of art most times.
He graduated from Edinburgh College with a degree in Visual Communications, he then moved to Japan and decided that he should go back to school. He then attended the Royal College of Art where he studied under Ron Arad in the Design Production department, he later graduated with a MA in such.

In 2002 he started working on a piece with Mick Rock, a renowned photographer. Together they created the Mosley meets Wilcox collection exhibited in late 2004.The collection was bowls that had famous faces engraved into them. As the shadows pass through the dish it casts a larger shadow of the face onto the surface on which its sits. Other pieces in the collection feature shoes and pencil holders for office desks. The collection includes famous faces like David Bowie, Ziggy, Mick Jagger, Blondie, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop. The collection is rare and completely awe inspiring.
Since 2005 Wilcox has been working by himself on many pieces as well as being commissioned by many large companies to help advertise their products. Theses companies include Nike, Vipp, and Esquire magazine. He has made a variety of things for them such as a cave for Nike shoes made of plastic soccer and basketball figures melted together; much like his army man bowl, however the figures are not melted together, but glued rather.
In 2009 he released his sketchbook online at his own website called Variations on Normal. He puts up, in addition to his sketchbook, his observations and experiments while developing new works. Here he puts up pictures of his inventions that involve everyday items whose meaning has been shifted. I think that this is on of the most interesting display of art on a website I've ever seen. He is currently a part of a 30 day challenge which requires him to make art work out of everyday object everyday with only 5 euros for spending money. This is really cool I think because it forces him to think outside of his normal area of art and think about what he is going to make and how he is going to make it.

I think that this is my favorite of the things that he has fashioned so far in his 30 day challenge. They are just regular filpflops that he has bought and glued them together to make a wedge shoe. Its really cool how he did because who would think of doing this? It is completely unconventional and I like it! Its very innovative and unique. I never would have thought of making these. I like the way that he takes things that we see everyday and makes them into something very very different. I like that he thinks outside of the box and doesn't really care what people think. He just makes art for the sake of art. It is his release and I think its awesome how he uses his energy, negative or positive, in such an awesome way! I think that it takes practice to be this creative, however, I think that he has a natural gift! He just makes the coolest things and I think that he is an inspiration to all artist who desire to be in todays field of art.