About
My Dog Sighs's style is characterised by the combination of melancholic and often naive portraiture with the use of found materials including abandoned food cans.
After 10 years of giving his art away for free as part of the now infamous Free Art Friday project, My Dog Sighs has this year finally found himself strapped in to a well-deserved meteoric rise. With an incredible international following in Israel, Japan and of course the UK, five sold out shows under his belt, and a strong following of staunchly loyal fans on social media; My Dog Sighs is fast becoming an important figure on the contemporary art scene.
"My Dog Sighs' work forms a narrative based on counterpointed poignancy that resonate with those that have the opportunity to find them. Moments of loss and then being found echo the materials used. Tin cans, once the receptacle of our sustenance, all too quickly rejected, thrown away, abandoned by a materialistic society keen to gorge on the new"
Exhibitions
2024
Rome Mural Sketch, Rosso20sette Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy: Group Show.
All Back To Minehead, Minehead, UK: Artist-In-Residence.
Inside Out, Copeland Gallery, London, UK: Solo Show & Short Documentary Film Premiere
2023
Steel Nerve, Rooftop Arts Centre, Corby, UK: Group show
The Urban Frame: Mutiny in Colour: Group show tour
Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St. Edmunds, UK
National Horse Racing Museum, Newmarket, UK
Haverhill Arts Centre, Haverhill, UK
The Second Life: The Art of Recycling, Fluctuart - Centro de Arte Urbano, Paris, France: Group show
Porsche Legacy, Gallery Sakura, Paris, France: Group show
My Dog Sigh X The Big Issue X Jealous, Jealous, London, UK: Solo show and curated group show
Lookup Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK: Paint Festival curator and lead artist
Find It, Portsmouth, UK: £50,000 free art giveaway
2022
New Icons, 2021 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK: Group show
Wide Open Walls Festival, Sacramento, California, USA: Paint festival
Shangri-La stage, Glastonbury Festival, UK: Artist
Collaboration with The Who, Hastings, UK: Mural and print
Bright Walls Festival, Jackson, Ohio, USA: Paint Festival
New Urban Era, Tamworth, UK: Paint Festival
The Big Issue, London, UK: Wrapping paper artist
The Dog House, Portsmouth, UK : Open studio
‘Inside’ Book tour: Artist talk, mural and mini-exhibition;
Bristol, Cardiff, Cartford, Cheltenham, Exeter, Glasgow, Leicester, Peterborough, Portsmouth
2021
‘Urban’. Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Peterborough, UK: Group show.
‘Moments’. Moyse's Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds, UK: Group show
‘Inside: We Shelter Here Sometimes'. Southsea, UK : Solo exhibition
2020
'BR Arte Gallery'. Sao Paulo, Brazil : Solo exhibition
2019
'Nelly Duff Gallery'. London, UK : Solo exhibition
'VS Gallery'. Melbourne, Australia : Solo exhibition
'VS gallery wall project Melbourne'. Australia : Residency
'212 Arts Gallery'. New York City, USA : Group show
'Samsung KX'. London, UK : Solo exhibition
'Palent House Gallery'. Chichester, UK : Live paint/installation
'The Dog House'. Portsmouth, UK : Open studio
'Scope Art Fair (Paradigm gallery)'. Miami, USA : Art Fair
'HaHa Paradigm mural project'. Philadephia, USA : Residency
'Take a Butchers Gallery'. Dusseldorf, Germany : Group show
'Urban Contemporary gallery' Schwabish, Germany : Group show
'Galleri B' Stavenger, Norway : Group show
'Moniker Art Fair (Well Hung gallery)' London, UK : Art Fair
'Moniker Art Fair (Well Hung gallery)' Munich, Germany : Art Fair
'Moniker Art Fair (Hungerford gallery)' New York City, USA : Art Fair
'Cheltenham Paint Festival' Cheltenham, UK : Paint Festival
'Upfest' Bristol, UK : Paint Festival – guest artist
'Korpfest' Peterborough, UK : Paint Festival – lead artist
2018
'Roy’s People Art Fair' London, UK : Lead Artist/Foyer Installation
'Scope Art Fair (Next Street Gallery, Paris)' Miami, USA : Art Fair
'Art Basel' Wynwood, Miami, USA : Residency
'Flat Blak Gallery' Portland, USA : Solo show
'Forgotten Project' Rome, Italy : Solo show
'Forgotten Project' Rome, Italy : Residency
'Semi-skimmed Gallery' London, UK : Group show
'The Other Art Fair' Bristol, UK : Art Fair
'Well Hung Gallery' London, UK : 3 man solo show
'Moniker Art Fair (Nelly Duff)' New York City, USA : Art Fair
'Digital Vision' Shenzhen, China : Residency
'Modus Gallery' Paris, France : Solo show
'Vertical Gallery' Chicago, USA : Solo show
'Fargo Village' Coventry, UK : Paint Festival
'Record Store Day' Portsmouth, UK : Paint Festival
'Art Basel' Miami, USA : Paint Festival
'Upfest' Bristol, UK: Paint Festival
'Cheltenham Paint Festival' Cheltenham, UK : Paint Festival
2017
'Scope Art Fair (Vertical Gallery)' Miami, USA : Art Fair
'THETA Design Fair (Hungerford Gallery)' Houston, USA : Art Fair
'Mall Gallery' London, UK : Group show
'Well Hung Gallery' London, UK : Group show
'Cartist (Coventry Transport Museum)' Coventry, UK : Museum show
'Next Level Gallery' Paris, France : Solo show
'Show Art Gallery' Monaco, Monaco : Group show
'Subversion Gallery' Glasgow, UK : Group show and print release
'Urban in Ibiza Gallery' Ibiza, Spain : Group show
'Hilton Hotel' Amsterdam, Netherlands : Residency
'Amsterdam Street Art Museum' Amsterdam, Netherlands : Residency
'Lost and Found Lecture' Warwick, UK : TEDx talk
'Art Basel' Miami, USA : Paint Festival
'Upfest' Bristol, UK : Paint Festival
'Cheltenham Paint Festival' Cheltenham, UK : Paint Festival – lead artist
'HK Walls' Hong Kong, China : Paint Festival
'City of Colours' Birmingham, UK : Paint Festival
'Nass Festival' Shepton Mallet, UK : Paint Festival
2016
'The Ibiza Collective' New York City, USA : Group show
'Play Dead Gallery' Portsmouth UK, Group show
'Upfest' Bristol, UK : Paint Festival
'Trocadero' Weston Super Mare, UK : Paint Festival
'Digbeth' Birmingham, UK : Paint Festival
'Ultra Korea' Seoul, South Korea : Paint Festival
'Lisa Project' New York City, USA : Residency
2015
'Playdead Gallery' Portsmouth, UK : Solo show
'Black Book Gallery' Denver, USA : Solo show
'Galo Gallery' Turin, Solo show
'Brockley Paint Festival' London, UK : Paint Festival
'Upfest' Bristol, UK : Paint Festival – lead artist
'Paint and Beer' Amsterdam, Netherlands : Paint Festival
2014
'Façade' London, UK : Group show
'Scope Art Fair (Nelly Duff Gallery)' New York City, USA : Art Fair
'Upfest' Bristol, UK : Paint Festival
2013
'Upfest Gallery' Bristol, UK : Solo show
'London West Bank Gallery' London, UK : Solo show
'Vertical Gallery' Chicago, USA : Group show
'Bottleneck Gallery' New York City, USA, Group show
'4/20 Gallery' London, UK : Group show
2012
'Pure Evil Gallery' London, UK : Solo show
'Cultivate Gallery' London, UK : Solo show
'JH Gallery' Mierlo, Netherlands : Group show
'Room 237 Gallery' Portsmouth, UK : Group show
'London West Bank Gallery' London, UK : Group show
'Helium Cowboy Gallery' Hamburg, Germany : Group show
'Kings Theatre' Portsmouth, UK
'Arts Anonymous Gallery' Teignmouth, UK : Group show
2011
'PCM Art Fair' Portsmouth, UK : Art Fair
'Sand Sea Spray' Blackpool, UK : Paint Festival
'Zurich Building' Portsmouth, UK
'Upfest' Bristol, UK : Paint Festival
2010
'AC Institute' New York City, USA : Group show
Publications
Hi Fructose: Can Art
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Visual News: A Can is Born
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Lost at E Minor: Free Art
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Cultural Weekly: Answers Culture
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Huffington Post: Can Men
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All In London: Free Art Friday
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Inspiring City: My Dog Sighs & Midge
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London West Bank: Catalogue on Web
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Art Parcel: Free Art Friday
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Anglepoise: Special Editions
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Bristol Culture: Best Exhibitions
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Inspiring City: Street Art Review
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Bristol Post: Leaving Piece
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Moniker Art Fair: My Dog Sighs
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Lo Tales: Street Artist
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