I take a great deal of my inspiration from the visual language inherent within contemporary science – from
analysis of population growth, epidemiology, weather patterns, brainwaves, traffic flows and market trading,
to the beating action of the human heart. By sampling images, cross-referencing, overlaying and contrasting
them, my work joins together sometimes disparate fields that share the common theme of the study of flows
of information. In setting these elements side by side, each individual composition then proceeds intuitively,
allowing structure to form and visual ideas to emerge in a manner that contains controlled and spontaneous
processes.
Email: info@davidwatkins.co.uk
DOB: 07/12/1972
1997: BA (Hon’s) Fine Art – painting with sculpture at the University of Wolverhampton.
1994: Btec Ordinary National Diploma – General Art and Design at The South
East Essex College of Arts & Technology.
1992: Btec Ordinary National Certificate – Mechanical & Production Engineering at
The South East Essex College of Arts & Technology.
1990: Btec First National Certificate – Building Construction at The South East Essex
College of Arts & Technology.
Awards
1996: A six-month exchange programme to study fine art at the university of Buffalo, New York.
Selected
2010: A moment Before Decadence, Co-Exist Gallery at TAP; Essex
2009: Come Together, Co-Exist Gallery at TAP; Essex
2008: National Open Exhibition, Chichester
2007: Margins, Sherborne House, Dorset.
2007: UN Artists Open Exhibition, South Bank, London SE1
2006: Essex Open, Beecroft Gallery.
2004: Prize Winners Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2004: A Fine Line, Euroart Gallery, London.
2003: Open Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Joint
2006: Works On Paper, London College
2005: Anglian Contemporary Art, Braintree
2005: Art Trail, Leigh-on-Sea
2004: Art Trail, Leigh-on-Sea
1998: Lapinlahti art museum, Finland