Phil Dadson

B. 1946

February Music Day 27, 2016, graphite on black painted archival paper, 695 x 940 mm (framed) $2400

Little Doomsdays Rock Records, p. 56 circa 2019, graphite, Indian inks and acrylic on 300g art paper, 530 x 700 mm framed $2200

Rangitoto Summer Series 10, 2020, Indian ink on paper, 290 x 400mm $1750

Rangitoto Summer Series 8, 2020, Indian ink on paper, 290 x 400mm $1750

Rangitoto Summer Series 6, 2020, Indian ink on paper, 290 x 400mm $1750

Rangitoto Summer Series 11, 2020, Indian ink on paper, 290 x 400mm $1750

Artist biography

Philip Dadson is a musician and sound & intermedia artist, who was in the foundation group for the Scratch Orchestra and founder of From Scratch. He lectured at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland from 1977, leaving in 2001 to take up full-time art practice. His trans-disciplinary practice including solo performances and exhibitions; building experimental musical instruments & sonic objects, digital video/audio & installation, music composition, graphic scores & drawing, sound sculptures and improvisations with invented instruments.

In 2010 the Wellington Sculpture Trust commissioned Akau Tangi, a wind powered sculpture installed on Cobham Drive, Wellington. The eight poles, some partly submerged in the sea, are each topped with a rotating cone that produce a low level musical note. The rotating cones also have an internal light source powered by the wind driven rotating cones.

In 2015, a feature film documentary titled Sonicsfromscratch (directed by Simon Ogston and Orlando Stewart), documenting Dadson’s career, was premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Phil has works in the Auckland Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington, MOMA, New York, Wallace Arts Trust collections and various private.

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions