| Dominic Boreham | |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Woodford, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Death Place: | France |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Artist |
| Known For: | Algorithmic art |
Dominic Boreham (1944-2022) was a British-born artist who created many plotter drawings from 1977 onwards. He was also the editor of the Computer Arts Society's PAGE magazine from 1979 to 1982.[1]
Dominic Boreham was born in Woodford, Essex in 1944. From 1979 to 1982 he was the editor of PAGE magazine, published by the Computer Arts Society.[2] He moved to Burgundy, France in 1991. He died in December 2022, aged 77.[3]
As a boy, Boreham attended the William Morris Technical School in London. After six years working as an assistant at the Fitzwilliam Museum, he took a foundation course at Cambridge School of Art. He then studied at Wimbledon College of Art from 1974 to 1977, going on to attend the Slade School of Art. Boreham completed a doctorate at the Royal College of Art in 1983.
From 1977 until 1983, Boreham solely made drawings using a computer to drive a flat-bed plotter. His plotter drawings were featured in the Computer Arts Society's PAGE magazine in July 1979.[4]
His work is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum,[5] the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts,[6] the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Cholet, the National & University Library, Zagreb, and other public collections.[7]
Boreham's artworks have featured in many exhibitions, including