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Pogus Caesar is a United Kingdom|British artist,
television producer and director.  He was born in
St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in Birmingham,
England. 

==History==
A self taught artist who took up painting
seriously in his early 20's, following a series of
short term jobs.  His early work was greatly
influenced by Impressionism|French impressionist
artist Georges-Pierre Seurat, one of the foremost
exponents of the pointillist technique. Whilst
Seurat built up his compositions from a multitude
of tiny coloured spots, Caesar developed his own
technique by using simple pens and ink; composing
his paintings with thousands of tiny dots. This
minutely detailed use of a fountain pen means that
even the smaller works take several months to
complete.

During the early 1980s Caesar became director of
the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Arts Service,
the organisation promoted multicultural arts
regionally and nationally. Caesar was also the
first  Chairman of Birmingham International Film &
Television Festival. He has also contributed to
shows by black British artists including Into the
Open (1984) and Caribbean Expressions in Britain
(1986). 

During the late 1980's Caesar started working in
British television - originally as a journalist on
Channel 4's "Black on Black" then as producer and
director of entertainment, sport and multi
cultural programmes for Central Television,
Carlton Television and BBC. Radio programmes
include "Mr & Mrs Smith" B.R.M.B Radio and "The
Windrush E. Smith Show" BBC West Midlands.  In
1993 he formed his own production company,
Windrush Productions. His productions include I'm
Black in Britain, Respect, Drumbeat and the award
winning multicultural series Xpress.

As a photographer and artist Caesar has worked in
Spain, India, South America and Sweden and
Denmark. He has documented the artists, musicians,
poets and politicians that he met and with whom he
collaborated - including  Stevie Wonder,
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Paul Robeson Jr. 
These and other images acquired by Mappin Art
Gallery Sheffield, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery represent
important visual documents recording key figures
in black British history. Selected exhibitions
include "Instamatic Views of New York" National
Museum of  Film and Photography, Bradford 1986,
"Into The Open" Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1984, "Break in the Seal" Herbert Art Gallery,
Coventry 1988, "Sharp Voices, Still Lives"
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1990 "Vibes"
Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry 2004 

Throughout the years Pogus Caesar has provided
support and development for a host of educational
and cultural initiatives throughout Birmingham
City and The Midlands regions. 

Caesar's photographs and extensive archives
documenting Birmingham Black History is held in
Birmingham Central Library Archives. He has
exhibited widely, his work held in public and
private collections in Britain, Europe and USA.
OOM Gallery a Birmingham based gallery represents
Caesar's work worldwide. Their archives include
Caesar's extensive photographic record of the
Handsworth riots of 1985 and the redevelopment of
the Birmingham Bull Ring, Birmingham|Bull Ring
2000 - 2003. OOM also showcases limited edition
photomontages, films and has regular exhibitions.

==Television==

===As presenter===
*Here & Now (Central Television|Central 1985-1989)
*I'm Black In Britain (Central Television 1993) -
also producer. 30 min documentary investigating
racism in Britain.

===As series editor===
*Drumbeat (Carlton Television 1999) - also Series
Editor. 6 x 60 min entertainment / current affairs
series

===As journalist===
*"Black on Black" (Channel 4) 1985

===As director===
* One World (Central Television 1990)

===As producer / director===
* An Eye On X (Windrush/Carlton
Television|Carlton/Arts Council of Great Britain
1995) Film on micro sculptor Willard Wigan
* Xpress (Carlton Television) 1995) 12 x 30 min
entertainment series
* Respect (television show)|Respect (Carlton 1995)
6 x 30min sports series / documentaries on Lennox
Lewis, Martin  Offiah, Judy Simpson, Tony Daley,
John Regis, Diana Bowles
* The A-Force (BBC 1997) 6 x 60 min entertainment
series, Canada, Italy 
* The Way Forward (Windrush/Birmingham Education
Dept 1999)

==Selected films==

===As director / producer===
* Reflections (Windrush Productions/Millennium
Commission 1999) - also producer. 
* Forward Ever Backward Never (Windrush
Productions 2002) commissioned by London based
Artangel Interaction - located in Cuba, tragic
love story set against the backdrop of 19th
century slavery.  Screened at Lumiere, London /
UGC Cinema Arcadian, Birmingham / Midlands Arts
Centre, Birmingham / Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts
Centre / Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

==External links==

*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/your_community/200
4/10/pogus_caesar.shtml Behind the lens of Pogus
Caesar 
*http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine
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ce=4455 Pogus Caesar Galleries at
http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk Digital
Handsworth
*http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONT
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5 Pogus Caesar at Birmingham City Council
* Pogus Caesar at the http://www.oomgallery.net
OOM Gallery
* http://gallery.virtualbrum.co.uk/OOM Pogus
Caesar at virtualbrum.co.uk