
Georgia Dickie (b.1989, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) makes sculptural work out of found objects that she collects in her studio. Her process of reassembling these materials into new arrangements is based on a logic of eschewing and rebalancing their assigned functions. By staging these intricate assemblages, she not only reveals the inherent limitations of material value and meaning, but subverts the ways we are conditioned to see the world in a capitalist, essentializing society, and points towards potentials that emerge from environmental consciousness.
Dickie earned her BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in 2011. She was one of the recipients of the 2020 Sobey Art Award, and the 2014 recipient of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Artist Prize. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions internationally including Soft Opening, London, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Jeffrey Stark, New York, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Springsteen Gallery, Baltimore, Art Museum of U of T, Toronto, The Power Plant, Toronto, and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto. In February 2015, she was the Canada Council for the Arts artist in residence at Acme Studios in London, UK. Dickie currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Georgia Dickie
Soft Opening
Installation at Soft Opening, London UK, 2022
Georgia Dickie
Steel Pillars
Steel Pillars, 2020
Mixed media collage on wood
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Georgia Dickie
Prudent Fin
Prudent Fin, 2020
Mixed media collage on wood
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Georgia Dickie
Molt, Mate, Die
Molt, Mate, Die, 2020
Mixed media collage, cardboard, and tape on wood
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Georgia Dickie
YYY
YYY, 2020
Found objects and paint
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Georgia Dickie
Scene, special (patio)
Scene, special (patio), 2020
Found objects and cardboard on wood
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Georgia Dickie
Scene, special (bench)
Scene, special (bench), 2020
Found metal, wood, and paint
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Georgia Dickie
plywood green (Various Hat Boat)
plywood green (Various Hat Boat), 2020
Found objects, wood, and wood stain
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Georgia Dickie
Gear (hi-viz)
Gear (hi-viz), 2021
Found wood, plastic, and paint
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Georgia Dickie
Bulb
Bulb, 2021
Found objects and wood
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Georgia Dickie
Plank
Plank, 2021
Found objects and wood stain
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Georgia Dickie
Oryx
Oryx, 2020
Found objects
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Georgia Dickie
Modest Reach
Modest Reach, 2020
Found wood and paint
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Georgia Dickie
Exiting beak first
Exiting beak first, 2021
Found plastic, metal, wood, and objects
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Georgia Dickie
Dolphin Arc
Dolphin Arc, 2021
Found metal, plastic, and wood
Georgia Dickie
Bath (partial)
Bath (partial), 2021
Paper bag, newsprint, plastic bird decoy, and glue
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Georgia Dickie
ToolHog
ToolHog, 2020
Found objects and paint
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Georgia Dickie
Oily, I’m on the first step…
Oily, I'm on the first step..., 2021
Found objects and wood stain on wood base
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Georgia Dickie
Missing One
Missing One, 2020
Found objects and wood stain on wood base
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Georgia Dickie
Last week of October
Last week of October, 2021
Wood, found objects, and wood stain
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Additional Slices
Additional Slices, 2020
Found wood and paint
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Georgia Dickie
Rooster
Rooster, 2020
Found objects and wood stain on wood base
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Georgia Dickie
Maquette for Dream Home
Maquette for Dream Home, 2021
Cardboard box, found objects, glue, hi-hat cymbal and stand, and found metal base
Cardboard box: 12 x 37.5 x 29 inches Base: 16 x 33 x 33 inches Hi-hat and stand: 41 x 22 x 25 inches
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Georgia Dickie
In awe of plum loin
In awe of plum loin, 2021
Found objects, stool cushion seat, measuring cups, wood, and wood stain
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Georgia Dickie
A bit like the lesion
A bit like the lesion, 2020
Cardboard and mixed media collage on wood
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Privet
Privet, 2021
Found objects, metal, ceramic plate, shop towel, apple core, paper bag, plastic bin, plastic bag, metronome, foam, and glue
Dimensions variable
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Georgia Dickie
Beth
Beth, 2020
Found cardboard, paper, and wood
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Georgia Dickie
Moment of Serious Poignancy (Throne)
Moment of Serious Poignancy (Throne), 2021
Found objects, plastic, chair, and tape
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In order to build the new medium
In order to build the new medium, 2020
Found objects, wood, metal, and paint
2 units: 49 x 16.75 x 11.75 inches and 62.25 x 22.75 x 4.75 inches
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Georgia Dickie
Come on, throw a dog at me! (minor cuts)
Come on, throw a dog at me! (minor cuts), 2020
Found objects
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Time It! That’s Fastic! (Quadriptych)
Time It! That's Fastic! (Quadriptych), 2021
Found objects and mixed media collage on wood
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Listening Ears
Listening Ears, 2019
CorTen steel
Installed at Block 31: Railway Lands, Toronto, Canada
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Bimbo Hamper
Bimbo Hamper, 2019
Found objects, paper towel, belt, case of water bottles
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Wendell Spinney (rainmaker)
Wendell Spinney (rainmaker), 2019
Satellite dish, found objects, collage material, clear resealable bags, thread
Georgia Dickie
Train, Prepare, Believe (disciples)
Train, Prepare, Believe (disciples) , 2019
Found metal and boxing gloves, 6 units
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Horizon (Darryl’s Paris apartment)
Horizon (Darryl's Paris apartment), 2019
Artist's couch, found objects, coveralls
Installation dimensions variable
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And I will shrivel up into a reason
And I will shrivel up into a reason, 2019
Hat, latex glove, thread
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ede elop en
ede elop en, 2020
Found objects, paper bags, cutlery
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Marilyn
Marilyn, 2017
Surgical masks, found hats, thread, galvanized steel tubing
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Launcher
Launcher, 2017
Steel, wood, found objects
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How Many Antennae
How Many Antennae, 2017
Various found objects, wood, metal, plaster, photograph and ceramic plate on stained wood
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Those Who Feed Birds
Those Who Feed Birds, 2017
Installation at Jeffrey Stark, New York
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Smile
Smile, 2013
Rubber, wood, aluminum
Dimensions variable
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JJ Horns
JJ Horns, 2014
Found metal and wood
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A man of your skill, it should be no problem (but it might be a problem)
A man of your skill, it should be no problem (but it might be a problem), 2016
Found hats and metal, pvc coated wire