David Shrigley (1968 – )

Biography: Born in 1968 in Macclesfield, David Shrigley studied at Glasgow School of Art and lived in Glasgow for many years. He is now based in Brighton and Devon.
Shrigley’s quick-witted drawings and hand-rendered texts are typically deadpan in their humour and reveal chance utterings like snippets of over-heard conversations. Recurring themes and thoughts pervade his storytelling, capturing child-like views of the world. While drawing is at the centre of his practice, Shrigley also works across an extensive range of media including sculpture, large-scale installation, animation, painting, photography and music. Shrigley consistently seeks to widen his audience by operating outside the gallery sphere, including producing artist publications and creating collaborative music projects.

In 2013 he was nominated for the Turner Prize.
In January 2020 the artist was awarded the OBE.