Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

*David Worthington (b.1962)

Push Marble

Marble, 2015

40cm dia.

Base 4cm thick.

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While a teenager David Worthington became interested n sculpture. He graduated from Oxford University in 1984 with a degree in Philosophy and Theology. He had two solo shows at the prestigious London Gallery Alexander Reid and Lefevre and was the invited sculptor in 2001 at the world-renowned Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

In 2001 he completed an MA in Visual Culture at Middlesex University. The Crane Kalman Gallery took his work to Miami Basel in 2002. In 2003 he performed with the Guillermo Gomez Pena Group at the Tate Modern as part of the Live Performance Festival. In 2007 he finished an MA in Computer Arts at the University of West London

He was shortlisted for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize in 2009. In 2010 he installed a large public sculpture in Great Queen St Covent Garden for Henderson Global Investors. He sat on the Council of The Royal British Society of Sculptors, was elected a Fellow by his peers, in 2009, and Vice President in 2010. In 2012 he is curated an exhibition of 24 artists at the Chelsea Physic Garden in association with John Martin and the Eden Project. In 2015 he had a solo exhibition at the William Bennington Gallery.

He has taken part in group shows at Colyer Bristow Gallery, Blueprint Fine Art ,Sculpture at Fulmer with Brooke Bennington Gallery and Moreton Walled Garden , Dorset. In 2019 he installed a large public sculpture at Dunvegan Castle Isle of Skye. He is currently exhibiting at Messums Wiltshire Tisbury. In 2021 he will be unveiling a large public sculpture in Woking. He has carried out public commissions in the UK, America and Japan. His work is in the museum the Creative Cities Collection Beijing China.