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David Shrigley

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b. 1968, United Kingdom

David Shrigley is a celebrated contemporary artist working in a distinctive style of drawing that blends iconoclastic images of people, animals and still-life compositions with witty observations about the world. Alongside his illustrative works, Shrigley creates large-scale installations and sculptures, publishes books, and works in other multi-disciplinary media. His work has been exhibited worldwide, including solo exhibitions at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, Anton Kern Gallery in New York, the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, Yvon Lambert in Paris, and the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, among many others.

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Born in Macclesfield in the United Kingdom, Shrigley graduated with a BFA from the Glasgow School of Art in 1991. The artist is the recipient of several honours, and was notably nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013. He was commissioned to create a new public sculpture for the 'Fourth Plinth' in Trafalgar Square in London for 2016. His work can be found in the public collections of major institutions around the world, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the Tate in London.

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Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Hour Forever at Dellasposa Gallery, London, United Kingdom Closed 7 September–27 October 2021 Group Exhibition The Hour Forever

Recent Artworks

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Before you can Entertain by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley Before you can Entertain, 2021 14 colour screenprint with a varnish overlay
75 x 56 cm
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White Elephant by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley White Elephant, 2021 Linocut on 300g Somerset paper
57 x 44 cm
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Get Your Shit Together by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley Get Your Shit Together, 2021 Linocut on 300g Somerset paper
57 x 44 cm
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i'm sorry i can't promise it won't happen again by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley i'm sorry i can't promise it won't happen again, 2021 8 colour screenprint with a varnish overlay on Somerset Satin Tub sized 410 gsm
75 x 56 cm
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I'm So Great by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley I'm So Great, 2014 Linocut on paper
29 x 39 cm
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The Paper Weighs Nothing by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley The Paper Weighs Nothing, 2014 Lithograph on paper
64 x 45 cm
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I am so Elegant by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley I am so Elegant, 2021 Screenprint in colours
76 x 56 cm
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I Hate Human Beings by David Shrigley contemporary artwork print
David Shrigley I Hate Human Beings, 2021 Screenprint in colours
76 x 56 cm
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Frieze 2021 Lowdown: Exhibitions to See in London Ocula Feature Frieze 2021 Lowdown: Exhibitions to See in London By Elaine YJ Zheng, London

We compile a definitive guide of must-see exhibitions taking place alongside London's autumn art fairs.

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David Shrigley, Wolfgang Tillmans and More Offer Affordable Art to Combat COVID-19 Ocula News David Shrigley, Wolfgang Tillmans and More Offer Affordable Art to Combat COVID-19 Hong Kong, 29 May 2020

Sales of works on paper and illustrated face masks will support charities and struggling art institutions.

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Shanghai Art Exhibitions to See: 2018 Lowdown Ocula Feature Shanghai Art Exhibitions to See: 2018 Lowdown By Sam Gaskin

With the West Bund Art & Design and ART021 art fairs opening next week along with the launch of the 12th Shanghai Biennale, here is a selection of exhibitions to see around Shanghai.

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Ocula Report: SP-Arte 2016 Ocula Feature Ocula Report: SP-Arte 2016 By Camila Belchior, São Paulo

Since its inauguration in 2005 it has grown consistently and organically into a multi-sector international event that in 2016 housed 147 exhibitors

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David Shrigley In Related Press

'Juxtapoz x Superflat', curated by Takashi Murakami, Juxtapoz and Toilet Paper Magazine at Vancouver Art Gallery Related Press 'Juxtapoz x Superflat', curated by Takashi Murakami, Juxtapoz and Toilet Paper Magazine at Vancouver Art Gallery 12 January 2017, Art Radar Journal

The exhibition encompasses the idea of producing and disseminating art objects that are simultaneously audacious and nonchalant, critical and benign.

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'Design is about form and art is more about ideas' says David Shrigley Related Press 'Design is about form and art is more about ideas' says David Shrigley 30 September 2016, Dezeen

As his giant thumbs-up sculpture Really Good is unveiled in Trafalgar Square, David Shrigley explains how his work straddles art, graphics and cartoons. From a Scottish football mascot to a spoken-word album, the Turner Prize-nominee has refused to stick to any one creative discipline. His crude and distinctive hand drawings, which make...

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Date announced for David Shrigley's thumbs-up sculpture in Trafalgar Square Related Press Date announced for David Shrigley's thumbs-up sculpture in Trafalgar Square 24 May 2016, It's Nice That

David Shrigley’s Really Good sculpture will arrive on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth on 29 September 2016, the Mayor of London has announced. 

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David Shrigley In Video & Audio

David Shrigley: Advice to the Young Related Video & Audio David Shrigley: Advice to the Young 25 April 2016, Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

“You’re on the right track if you’re excited about what you’re doing.” Artist David Shrigley, known for his humorous spin on common situations, here advises his young colleagues to be open to learning from mistakes and stresses that being an artist “isn’t for everybody.” David Shrigley was...

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