(1961 - 1998)
Donald Rodney (1961-1998) rose to prominence as a leading figure of Britain's The Blk Art Group. This was founded to create a platform for young black artists in the UK in 1982, a time when few such spaces existed. He studied at the Bourneville School of Art and Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, going on to a Postgraduate Diploma in Multi-Media Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art in London. Solo exhibitions of his work have been held at Celine gallery as part of the Glasgow Festival in 2021; Vivid Projects, Birmingham (2016); Iniva, London (2008); South London Gallery (1997); Camerawork, London (1991); and Rochdale Art Gallery(1990). Group exhibitions of his work include Civic Duty, Cell Project Space, London (2019); The Place is Here, Nottingham Contemporary (2017); Trophies of Empire, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (1992); and An Exhibition of Radical Black Art: The BLKArt Group, Battersea Art Centre, London (1984).
