CHERYLENE DYER C.V
Cherylene Dyer was born in Dumfries and studied at Glasgow School of Art graduating in 1998, with an honours degree in drawing and painting. Since graduation she has continued living in Glasgow and painting full time. She regularly exhibits work in London and through out Scotland.
She specialises in figurative oil painting, with her main inspirations coming from the old masters. Listing Rembrant and Caravaggio as key influences in her work. The main aims of her work are to create atmosphere and ambiguity, obscuring the subjects that she paints with glaze upon glaze of paint, she gives to the viewer only the basic information to build an image, compelling them to guess the rest. Quote " my work is intended to force the viewer to act as voyeur. if they ask the questions what is he she up to, or feel they could be party to someone’s private moment, then my work is successful"

SHOWS AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2002 Roger Billcliffe; Glasgow small works on paper exhibition, group show
2001 Art Exposure; Glasgow group figurative show, group show
2001 Attendi Gallery; London figurative show, solo show
2001 Roger Billcliffe; Glasgow New contemporaries, group show
2001 Art fair; Glasgow Art Exposure, invited artist
2000 Scottish Gallery; Edinburgh New contemporaries group show
2000 Art fair; Glasgow Art exposure, invited artist
2000 RSA; Edingurgh Royal Scottish Academy portrait award exhibition
2000 RGI; Glasgow Royal Glasgow Institute annual exhibition
1999 Noble Grossart; Edingurgh Noble Gross Art prize finalist
1999 Attendi Gallery; London scottish figurative show, group show
AWARDS
1998 Princes trust award to help towards starting a buisness
1998 Benno Shotz Prize awarded at graduation for drawing
2000 City of Glasgow Award Awarded at the Royal Glasgow Institutes annual show

ARTICLES
1999 Homes and Interiors Scotland issue 11 article written by Claire Henry, "New inspiration from old masters"