DAVID AUSTEN

Austen studied at Maidstone College of Art and the Royal College of Art inLondon. From 2004-05 he was a Drawing Fellow at the Wimbledon School of Art, and in 2011 was the subject of a film series produced by Tate Britain focusing on his watercolours. His film ‘The Gorgon’s Dream’ premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2012. In 2020 his work was included in the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, and a significant solo survey, Underworld, took place in 2019 at Dundee Contemporary Arts in Scotland. He has been included in group shows at the Royal College of Art, London; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Barbican Centre, London; The Drawing Room, London; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; and Tate Britain.

His work has been covered in The Observer, The Guardian, Vogue, The LA Times, Art in America, and The Brooklyn Rail. His work is held in many public collections including Tate Modern, London; Arts Council England; Government ArtCollection, UK; and British Council, UK, as well as in private collections in the UK,Europe and the United States.Austen lives and works in London, UK.

Courtesy TOTAH