Dr David Watkins
David Watkins is a visual artist who works predominantly in painting and installation. He is a trustee at The Old Waterworks, an artist-run studio and charity in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. His work investigates connections, from global supply chain infrastructure to the Wood Wide Web.
Address: Studio 2, The Old Waterworks, North Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7AB, UK.
Email:[email protected]
EDUCATION
2024 Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, University of East London,
1997 BA in Fine Art, painting with sculpture, University of Wolverhampton
1996 University of Buffalo, New York
Six months study exchange program
EXHIBITIONS
Selected
2024 ‘Networks, Infrastructure and Precarity’, Way Out East Gallery, Docklands.
2024 ‘In Out’ Hive Curates Presents, Stratford.
2023 ‘Sea Change’ The exchange, Newlyn.
2023 ‘States of Exchange’ Hypha Studiios, Stratford.
2023 ‘Low Expectations’ The Old waterworks, Southend On Sea.
2022 ‘Sensing Precarity’ Stone Space Gallery, Leytonstone.
2022 ‘A Hole in the Network’, Way Out East Gallery, Docklands.
2021 ‘Showcase Exhibition’ Professional Doctorate Fine Art, University of East London.
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 Studio Commission’ Focal Point Gallery.
2017 ‘Adrift’ Atelier gallery, Leigh On Sea.
‘Odds’ Assembly point studios, Peckham.
London Art Fair.
2016 ‘Emerged’ Clerkenwell Galley, London.
Dakar Biennale, Senegal.
‘Art/Science/Life’ Ipswich Art School Gallery.
Simultaneous Participation’ Firstsite, Colchester.
2015 'The Butlers Portion' The Bear Pit, Focal Point Gallery, Southend.
Art prize 2015’ neo:gallery22, Bolton.
Griffin Gallery Open, Griffin Gallery, London.
‘Graphic interchange format’ 25 years of Focal Point, Focal Point Gallery, Southend.
‘Sorry’ Sculpture Park Installation, Village Green, Metal Southend.
2014 ‘Studio Shots’ ENAS Commision, Gibbard Gallery, Harlow.
‘Low Cost Interplanetary Trajectories’ TAP Gallery.
2013 ‘I NG 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.
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, 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.
Works On Paper, London College.
2005 Anglian Contemporary Art, Braintree.
Art Trail, Leigh-on-Sea.
2004 Art Trail, Leigh-on-Sea.
Prize Winners Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
’A Fine Line’ Euroart Gallery, Tottenham, London.
2003 Open Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
1998 Lapinlahti art museum, Finland.
Publications
2022‘Infrastructural Decay: Artists Exploring the Social and Political Relationships of Maintenance and Repair’, Crossing Conceptual Boundaries XII
David Watkins is a visual artist who works predominantly in painting and installation. He is a trustee at The Old Waterworks, an artist-run studio and charity in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. His work investigates connections, from global supply chain infrastructure to the Wood Wide Web.
Address: Studio 2, The Old Waterworks, North Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7AB, UK.
Email:[email protected]
EDUCATION
2024 Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, University of East London,
1997 BA in Fine Art, painting with sculpture, University of Wolverhampton
1996 University of Buffalo, New York
Six months study exchange program
EXHIBITIONS
Selected
2024 ‘Networks, Infrastructure and Precarity’, Way Out East Gallery, Docklands.
2024 ‘In Out’ Hive Curates Presents, Stratford.
2023 ‘Sea Change’ The exchange, Newlyn.
2023 ‘States of Exchange’ Hypha Studiios, Stratford.
2023 ‘Low Expectations’ The Old waterworks, Southend On Sea.
2022 ‘Sensing Precarity’ Stone Space Gallery, Leytonstone.
2022 ‘A Hole in the Network’, Way Out East Gallery, Docklands.
2021 ‘Showcase Exhibition’ Professional Doctorate Fine Art, University of East London.
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 Studio Commission’ Focal Point Gallery.
2017 ‘Adrift’ Atelier gallery, Leigh On Sea.
‘Odds’ Assembly point studios, Peckham.
London Art Fair.
2016 ‘Emerged’ Clerkenwell Galley, London.
Dakar Biennale, Senegal.
‘Art/Science/Life’ Ipswich Art School Gallery.
Simultaneous Participation’ Firstsite, Colchester.
2015 'The Butlers Portion' The Bear Pit, Focal Point Gallery, Southend.
Art prize 2015’ neo:gallery22, Bolton.
Griffin Gallery Open, Griffin Gallery, London.
‘Graphic interchange format’ 25 years of Focal Point, Focal Point Gallery, Southend.
‘Sorry’ Sculpture Park Installation, Village Green, Metal Southend.
2014 ‘Studio Shots’ ENAS Commision, Gibbard Gallery, Harlow.
‘Low Cost Interplanetary Trajectories’ TAP Gallery.
2013 ‘I NG 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.
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, 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.
Works On Paper, London College.
2005 Anglian Contemporary Art, Braintree.
Art Trail, Leigh-on-Sea.
2004 Art Trail, Leigh-on-Sea.
Prize Winners Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
’A Fine Line’ Euroart Gallery, Tottenham, London.
2003 Open Exhibition, Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
1998 Lapinlahti art museum, Finland.
Publications
2022‘Infrastructural Decay: Artists Exploring the Social and Political Relationships of Maintenance and Repair’, Crossing Conceptual Boundaries XII