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A B O U T

Drawing is the basis of everything I do. It is like a hidden language that operates directly out of the nervous system.

Some may say I do things with language, yet principally I use collage to draw directly upon the visual characteristics found in historical print, painting and sculpture to examine relationships between images and words to represent actual or imagined identities.

Drawing provides the initial basis for what happens in the studio which regularly evolves or is supplanted by other kinds of materials and media. As a result, each time a transformation takes place something different occurs.

Ultimately, I find this process of making finds a way to interfere with an established aesthetic or pattern of meaning through perceptions of value, class, or identity which has always been the thematic foundation for what I do.

Based in the U.K. I work and live between Manchester, London & Scotland.

C O L L E C T I O N S

Work is held at the Tate Collection as well as the Tate Library for artist’s books who also hold a substantial amount of self-published titles. Works are also held in the collections of the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester, as well as the ongoing collections of The Serving Library, Soho House, London, & The British Council Art Collection along with various private collections. .

C O N T A C T

For further details please contact:
Matt’s Gallery, 6 Charles Clowes Walk, London, SW11 7AN
info@mattsgalery.org
+44 (0)20 8067 3842

Or directly at:
studio.oedition@gmail.com
Instagram: david.studio.o

C U R R E N T L Y

UPCOMING . . .

A Pastiche of Different Techniques. Monograph, published by Slimvolume. Further details TBA

Tales from the Expanded Moment, Matt’s Gallery, London.January - March 2025

Group Exhibition, PUBLICS, Helsinki, 2025.

CURRENTLY . . .

Soanyway magazine, Issue 16 Link Here

The White Columns Curated Artist Registry, White Columns, New York. Link Here

Click HERE for C.V.

A C A D E M I C

Presently, I am Reader (Associate Professor) in Fine Art, Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am also External Examiner on the MFA at City & Guilds School of Art, London. Previously, I have been Lecturer at Glasgow School of Art, as well as External Examiner at the University of Reading, UWE, Bristol, & Leeds Beckett University.