Adam Dunne is a creative maker based in south east London where he has created artwork for the last twenty years.

He was raised in Wiltshire before moving to Nottingham, where he studied Fine Art. He subsequently moved to Tokyo and then London. All of these locations have influenced Adam’s practice, ranging from the Neolithic standing stones and burial sites to Japanese and British brutalist architecture.

As a son of a carpenter Adam’s love of the tactile was developed at an early age and this relationship with three dimensional making processes resonate throughout his work.

The minimalist and brutalist attitude is clear in these artefacts that move between the whimsical and the weighty, the  playful and serious. The physicality of the built environment and the methods used to create it influences the work directly. The work borrows from the processes of construction; sawing, drilling, casting, screwing and the materials of construction; concrete, plaster and steel. Adam is also interested in our relationship between these processes and materials in our increasingly digital and virtual world.  

The scale of the sculptures and our relationship with the materials allows the sculptures to occupy a space between the domestic and the industrial. The process of making the moulds and casts is playful, so is the staircase motif, reminiscent of mathematical conundrums, mazes, labyrinths and architectural and childlike models. 

The theme of relics and mythology is an area of interest and Adam’s own experience of growing up close to the standing stones of Wiltshire has had a clear impact on his practice. These enduring sculptures straddle the space between artefact, relic and iconic monolith. 

There are rhythms within the collection of sculptures through the repetition of form and shape. The use of mass and weight are important aspects of increasing the sense of tangibility.

The artists Rachael Whiteread, Sol Lewitt and Josef Albers have influenced Adam’s work. Alongside this Adam takes inspiration from games such as ‘Monument Valley’, lego and the architecture of London.   

Adam has exhibited nationally including the ING Discerning Eye, the Sussex Contemporary, the Festival of Arts Bath and the Bethlam Gallery. He has undertaken numerous private commissions and also sells his artwork in Holloways of Ludlow in Bath.