{{short description|UK-based artist and garden designer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} '''Dimitri Launder''' is a UK-based artist and garden designer. After graduating from [[Camberwell College of Arts]] he developed a unique participatory photographic practice that involved the design, creation and construction of pinhole cameras.<ref>[http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2000/11/20/186288.html theargus.co.uk]</ref> He has worked in a variety of pedagogic contexts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Risby, Karen and Beth Elliott. "The Bethlem Gallery: Reflections, Projections & Pinholes" Press Release |url=http://www.slam.nhs.uk/news/wmhd/detail.asp?recordID=40 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084712/http://www.slam.nhs.uk/news/wmhd/detail.asp?recordID=40 |archivedate=27 September 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> He is an alumnus of [[Camberwell College of Arts]] and [[Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design]]. Launder is engaged in the dialogue<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.run-riot.com/articles/blogs/dimitri-launder-role-artist|title=Dimitri Launder on the role of the artist|website=Run Riot|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> about Artist Led Culture <ref>{{cite web |title=Artivists: a day in Peckham 8th May 2004 |url=http://www.stiff97.co.uk/may8/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050114180620/http://www.stiff97.co.uk/may8/ |archivedate=14 January 2005 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SCRAPCLUB:Time to vent your spleen|url=http://www.scrapclub.co.uk/textsa10.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weareopus.org/2015/10/24/transmission-lecture-series-places-of-art/|title=Transmission Lecture Series: Where Art Happens|date=2015-10-24|website=Opus Independents|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> Launder was co-founder of artist led space [https://www.facebook.com/Area10ProjectSpacePeckham/ AREA 10] in [[Peckham]], London.<ref>{{cite web |title=EUROSTATE the frieze effect - Space : the final frontier innovative exhibitions or attention seeking gimmicks? |url=http://www.state-of-art.org/state-of-art/ISSUE%20FIVE/bosse5.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222231438/http://www.state-of-art.org/state-of-art/ISSUE%20FIVE/bosse5.html |archivedate=22 December 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="bly001">Blyth, Antonia. "Save Dilston Grove: Antonia Blyth investigates why south London artists are urging their council not to abandon one of Southwark's cultural landmarks"</ref>
Launder is now known for his socially engaged practice as [http://artistgardeners.tumblr.com Artist Gardener] and his role as co-director of [http://arbonauts.org Arbonauts]. Dimitri Launder’s practice as Artist Gardener<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wormworm.org/Dimitri-Launder-as-Artist-Gardener-Arbonauts-and-Area-10-Project|title=Dimitri Launder as Artist Gardener, Arbonauts and Area 10 Project... - worm|website=wormworm.org|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> offers a gentle provocation to an apocalyptic view of urban ecological sustainability.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kenneil.com/reviews-of-exhibitions/forms-of-action-centre-for-contemporary-arts-glasgow-2017/|title=‘Forms of Action’, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, 2017|date=2017-02-07|website=Ken Neil Online|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> His work often explores the liminal issues between public and private use of space, aspiring towards transformative urban propagation such as his work [http://museumarteutil.net/projects/apothecary-arboretum/ Apothecary Arboretum in the Arte Útil Archive] . “''Dimitri Launder is an ‘Artist Gardener’ who knows the political power of plants and isn’t afraid to use it”'' [[The Times]] 2011. He was research artist with [[Arts Catalyst]] initiating his [https://www.artscatalyst.org/test-sites-remedy-city Remedy for a City] project.
Amongst others Launder's work has been commissioned by CCA Gallery Glasgow,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/forms-of-action|title=Forms of Action {{!}} Programme CCA|last=Glasgow|first=C. C. A.|website=www.cca-glasgow.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> [[South London Gallery]], [[Geffrye Museum|Geoffreys Museum]], [[Tate Britain]] & [[Tate Modern]], Glasgow Lighthouse and [[Southwark London Borough Council|Southwark Council]].
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