Mr Dot Day

Exhibition Report: Mr Dot Day

Venue: The Box Gallery, Portsmouth

Date: 7th March 2025

Exhibiting Artist: Clarke Reynolds

There are birthdays—and then there are Mr Dot Days.

On 7th March 2025, I had the immense joy of celebrating my birthday with my first ever solo exhibition on the day itself, hosted at The Box Gallery in Portsmouth. It wasn’t just another show—it was a deeply personal, powerful moment where art, identity, and family came together under one roof.

Titled “Mr Dot Day”, the exhibition was a culmination of a year’s creative journey. From my pop eycons, to the building blocks of braille, to the James Bond mushroom sculptures that challenge the idea of invisibility, every piece was part of a larger narrative—a tactile, inclusive, unapologetically bold body of work.

A standout piece was my Union Jack in tactile crosses, created to spotlight a vital issue: blind people still cannot vote independently and in private. It’s art that not only invites touch—but demands awareness and action.

But the most special part of the day? Sharing it with my daughter. Watching her see “daddy’s work” on display in a professional gallery space, hearing her excitement, and feeling her pride—it meant the world. It reminded me exactly who I’m doing this for: the next generation, where difference is celebrated, not hidden.

This exhibition also marked a massive personal milestone—my fifth solo show in five years. That’s five years of breaking barriers, building braille into the visual world, and proving that disability does not mean invisibility. It means innovation.

Mr Dot Day wasn’t just an exhibition.

It was a celebration of art, access, family, and five years of refusing to be boxed in—even inside the box