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
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.
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
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.
