David Connearn, born 1952, attended Queens' College Cambridge where he took a degree in History (1975), Camberwell School of Art where he obtained his BA in Fine Art (Sculpture) in 1979, and was a postgraduate at The Slade School (HDFA 1981). He was appointed John Florent Stone Fellow at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2000.

His practice is primarily based in instinctive, non figurative drawing that deals with themes of experience and temporality.
His first solo show was held at Coracle Press, London, in 1985. In 2001 he participated in two group shows at the Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art in Malmö and the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius. 

Recent solo exhibitions were held at Sleeper Edinburgh and Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London.

He has works in the public collections of the British Museum, the Arts Council England and The Economist.

He lives and works in London.

Glossary

  • Contemporary

    Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.

  • Drawing

    The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.

  • Sculpture

    A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.