DENIS BROWN
CALLIGRAPHER
Denis Brown is internationally recognised as a world leader in the fields of calligraphy and letter arts. Since receiving his first commissions at just 15, he has never looked back. While still studying for a degree in calligraphy at London’s Roehampton Institute he was awarded fellowship of the UK Society of Scribes and Illuminators; at 20 he was their youngest Fellow ever in addition to being their first Fellow from Ireland. That was 23 years ago and his work has continually developed since then.
Brown pushes boundaries while continually refining and extending his traditional skills. Brown uses letterforms and writing to create three-dimensional layered works of art where a thousand words may paint a picture. At a time in history where handwriting is being eclipsed by e-mail, text messaging and other digital means of communication, Brown’s work explores the meaning and function of his being a scribe in the 21st century.
Known worldwide as a master of gestural italic writing, the initiator of polyrhythmic calligraphy and the scribe that has burned vellum, Brown has been on the faculty of most of the annual international conferences of calligraphy held in the USA and Canada over the past ten years. He is represented in international collections including those of the British Library, London, UK; the Newberry Library, Chicago, USA; the San Francisco Public Library, USA; the Art Collection of the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
4 Sandyford Hall View
Dublin 18
+353 (0) 87 786 6997
denis@quillskill.com
www.quillskill.com
direct from artist’s studio and
through exhibitions nationally
and internationally.
Image 2: Wishie no. 47 from the series ‘A Thousand Wishes’. Glass, paper, various paints, inks and varnishes, gold and aluminium leaves. 39cm x 39cm x 5cm (H x W x D).