David Theobald is a video artist born in Worthing in 1965. Although originally trained as a chemical engineer, he pursued a career in finance for fifteen years, living both in New York and London. Eight years ago he decided to change profession and dedicate himself to becoming a full-time artist. Most recently, his main works have been animations structured from photographs, scanned images or single frames extracted from video footage, blending these together to create a familiar yet alien environment. These may be structured as conventional films or as continuous loops with no discernible beginning or end.
Recent exhibitions include the Celeste Prize 09 in Berlin, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, which formed part of the recent Liverpool Biennial, the Cube Open 08, ArtSway Open 08 and Open 07 and The Sleep of Reason at the Crawford Gallery, Cork. David’s work is also included in Figuring Landscapes, a touring exhibition of film and video showing at major art venues throughout the UK and Australia over the next 18 months. This year David curated the exhibition Modern Times at the Vegas Gallery and was also winner of the Creekside Open selected by Mark Wallinger.
Education
1983 - 87 Imperial College, MEng Chemical Engineering
2002 - 03 Wimbledon College of Art, Foundation Art + Design
2003 - 06 Wimbledon College of Art, BA Hons Fine Art
2006 - 08 Goldsmiths College, MFA Art Practice
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, UK
RE: Animate, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
Home Sweet Home, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Glogauair, Berlin
RE: animate, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys, Wales
Lobe Gallery, Berlin
The Haye-on-Wye Literary Festival / Elysium Gallery, UK
After the End, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
Holding Time, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan , London
EV+A, Limerick, Ireland
2009
Baggage Reclaim, Prussian Projekte, Nottingham, UK (solo show)
Celeste Prize 09, Alte AEG Fabrik, Berlin
In to Land, Arlington Arts, Newbury, UK
COE 2009, Claremorris, Ireland (selected by Tom Morton)
Modern Times, Vegas Gallery, London (curator and artist)
Cut to the Chase, Bargate Monument Gallery (A Space), Southampton, UK
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009 (selected by Richard Wilson), London
Transition, Submit to Gravity/Oxo Bargehouse, London
Creekside Open 2009 (selected by Mark Wallinger), APT Gallery, Deptford, UK
The Open West, Gloucestershire University, Cheltenham, UK
Oxford Contemporary, Ovada, Oxford, UK
Trampoline: Platform for New Media Art, Radiator Festival 09: Exploits in the Wireless City, Nottingham
The London Art Fair 2009, Video Booth (Art Projects), London Design Centre
2008
Figuring Landscapes touring exhibition, Various UK and Australia (ArtSway, Tate Modern, FACT,...), Britsh Artist Film and Video Study Collection
ArtSway Open 08, New Forest, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, Liverpool and London
Wolstenholme Screenings: Leo Fitzmaurice, 11 Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool
Switch, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Quantifying Play, The Jago Gallery, London
Goldsmiths Art at DIUS (Dept for Innovation, Universities and Skills), Whitehall, London
Cube Open 08, Cube Gallery, Manchester
Animal, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, UK
Visions in the Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London
Locus, Bath Fringe Arts Festival (FAB), Bath, UK
700is Reindeer 2008, Iceland and tour
Monkeys With Car Keys, Bargate Monument Gallery (A Space), Southampton, UK
2007
ArtSway Open 07, Sway, New Forest, UK
Crawford Open 2007, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2006 and before
Take 291, 291 Gallery, London
Bright Young Things, YourArt Gallery, Berlin
Whitechapel Projects , London Art Fair 2005, London Design Centre
The Big Art Challenge, Channel 5 Television
Raindance Independent Film Festival 2004, UGC Trocadero, London
Residencies, Commissions and Awards
Artist Prize, Creekside Open 2009
Warden’s Purchase Prize, Goldsmiths MA Show 2008
Teaching
Visiting Lecturer at Wimbledon College of Art
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