DAVID WATKINS
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           DAVID WATKINS
           

1972  Born in Rochford, Lives and works in Westcliff on Sea  

EDUCATION

1994-97  University of Wolverhampton 
                Fine Art, painting with sculpture
1996        University of Buffalo, New York
                Six months study exchange program

EXHIBITIONS
Selected
2020 ‘Between Walls’ Peckham, London
2019  'Reliquie',  Ausstellung, Cologne
           'Colour', Beecroft art gallery, Southend
2018 
Visions of Science, Andrew Brownsword Gallery, Bath
           ​Perfectly Small, Foundry Gallery, London
           
Artists' Studios Commission, Focal Point Gallery

2017  Adrift, Atelier gallery,  Leigh On Sea
          Odds, Assembly point studios, Peckham
          London Art Fair
​2016  Estuary Festival: Wish You Were Here: Cultural Beach Hut commission, Southend Pier
          Emerged, Clerkenwell Gallery, London 
          Dakar Biennale, Senegal
          Art/Science/Life, Ipswich Art School Gallery 
          Simultaneous Participation, Firstsite, Colchester
2015  Bear Pit - 'The Butlers Portion' Focal Point Gallery, Southend
          neo:art prize 2015, neo:gallery22, Bolton
          Griffin Gallery Open, Griffin Gallery, London
          Graphic interchange format, 25 years of Focal Point, Focal Point Gallery, Southend
          Sculpture Park Installation "Sorry", Village Green, Metal Southend
          Studio Artist Show, TAP, Southend on Sea
2014  Low Cost Interplanetary Trajectories, Collaborative Installation with Josh Langan
2013  ING Discerning Eye Bursary Prize, The Mall Gallery, London
           House Show, Nottingham
           On The Line, Metal Culture, Southend on Sea          
           Summer 13, One Church Street Gallery, Gt Missenden
           Re-Launch, TAP, Southend on Sea
2012  Drawing Open, One Church Street Gallery, Gt Missenden
           Party, Crescent Gallery, Hadleigh
2011   Shore Lines, Metal Culture, Southend on Sea
           Surface Gallery, Nottingham
           The Great Outdoors, Pop up Show, Chalkwell Beach
           Fields, TAP, Southend on Sea
           Festival of Britain, South Bank Centre, London
2010   A Moment Before Decadence, Co-Exist Gallery, Southend on Sea
2009  Come Together, Co-Exist Gallery, Southend on Sea
2008  National Open Exhibition, Chichester
2007  Margins, Sherborne House, Dorset
           UN Artists Open Exhibition, South Bank, London SE1
2006  Essex Open, Beecroft Gallery
2005  Anglian Contemporary Art, Braintree
2004  Prize Winners Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
           A Fine Line, Euroart Gallery, Tottenham, London
           Works On Paper, London College
2003  Open Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham 
1998  Lapinlahti Art Museum, Finland

Misc 
On The Line (2013)
Commissioned to work with Hamstel Primary School pupils to create pieces for a group exhibition that explores the communities along the Thames Estuary. The exhibition included twenty artists working with pupils from twenty two schools on the bank of the Thames. 
Future Park (2011-2012)
One of four members that run a professional development programme curated by artists for artists instigated by Metal in Southend on Sea.
TAP (Temporary Arts Project Ltd) (2013 - present)
A member of the steering committee at TAP, which is an independent artist led project space sited in a Victorian water works that has been converted into artists studios and exhibition space. The core aim is to provide a research space for artists and opportunities for the production and presentation of new work.  







 

    










                                                                                                               © David Watkins 1997-2017
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