Dawn mellor artist biography
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Dawn mellor artist biography
Bod Mellor
British painter, born
Bod Mellor (born ; previously named Dawn Mellor) is a British painter, noted for unconventional, stylised portraits of well-known figures.
Early life and education
Mellor was born in Manchester, England. They attended Central St. Martin's for their undergraduate studies, and received their Masters from the Royal College of Art in London.[1]
As a teenager, Mellor was fascinated with Michael Jackson, and drew numerous portraits of the singer.[2] A book of these drawings, entitled Michael Jackson and Other Men, was published by Studio Voltaire in [3]
Career and work
Mellor is known for making "obstreperously satiric portraits of celebrities".[4] Their paintings, which tend to reference iconic images of their famous subjects, often feature graphic violence, verbal profanity and explicit sexuality.[5]
In a profile of Mellor in The Guardian, writer Jessica Lack draws a contrast bet