Lorelei, David Wightman
David Wightman
David Wightman completed a six-month fellowship with ISIS Arts and Berwick Gymnasium Gallery in 2010/11, during which he developed a new body of work titled Homage to Loreleia.
The Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship programme ran between 1993-2012 and was awarded annually to selected professional artists who demonstrated an ongoing commitment to developing their practice. Artists were selected to live and work in Berwick from October to April: this period of reflective time was intended to give artists an opportunity to produce a new body of work in response to this extraordinary border location.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Wightman (born 1980 in Stockport, Greater Manchester) is an English painter known for his imaginary landscape paintings using acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas. He studied Fine Art at Middlesex University (2001) and gained an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2003).
David Wightman’s solo exhibitions include En Arcadie / In Arcadia, Duran|Mashaal Gallery, Montréal (2018), A Devotion, Someth1ng Gallery, London (2018), EMPIRE, Long & Ryle, London (2016), New paintings + Akris collaboration, Akris, 30 Old Bond Street, London (2014), Redux, 10 Gresham Street and Halcyon Gallery (2014), Hero, commission for House Arts Festival (2013), Paramour, Halcyon Gallery, London (2012), Homage to Loreleia, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (2011), Secret Name, Sumarria Lunn, London (2010), Behemoth and Other New Paintings, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2009), and Aspirations, William Angel Gallery, London (2008).
In 2010, David Wightman was awarded the Berwick Gymnasium Arts Fellowship - a six-month residency in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, funded by Arts Council England and English Heritage. In 2013, he was selected by the curator of House Arts Festival, Mariele Neudecker, to make a site-specific painting for a disused pavilion on Brighton’s seafront. The commission was funded by Arts Council England. In 2014, Wightman collaborated with the fashion label Akris for their Fall / Winter 2014/15 collection. His work has featured in Harper's Bazaar, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Financial Times, The World of Interiors, and Money Week.
David Wightman is represented by Long & Ryle in the UK and Duran|Mashaal Gallery in Canada. He lives and works in London.
davidwightman.net
The Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship programme ran between 1993-2012 and was awarded annually to selected professional artists who demonstrated an ongoing commitment to developing their practice. Artists were selected to live and work in Berwick from October to April: this period of reflective time was intended to give artists an opportunity to produce a new body of work in response to this extraordinary border location.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Wightman (born 1980 in Stockport, Greater Manchester) is an English painter known for his imaginary landscape paintings using acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas. He studied Fine Art at Middlesex University (2001) and gained an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2003).
David Wightman’s solo exhibitions include En Arcadie / In Arcadia, Duran|Mashaal Gallery, Montréal (2018), A Devotion, Someth1ng Gallery, London (2018), EMPIRE, Long & Ryle, London (2016), New paintings + Akris collaboration, Akris, 30 Old Bond Street, London (2014), Redux, 10 Gresham Street and Halcyon Gallery (2014), Hero, commission for House Arts Festival (2013), Paramour, Halcyon Gallery, London (2012), Homage to Loreleia, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (2011), Secret Name, Sumarria Lunn, London (2010), Behemoth and Other New Paintings, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2009), and Aspirations, William Angel Gallery, London (2008).
In 2010, David Wightman was awarded the Berwick Gymnasium Arts Fellowship - a six-month residency in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, funded by Arts Council England and English Heritage. In 2013, he was selected by the curator of House Arts Festival, Mariele Neudecker, to make a site-specific painting for a disused pavilion on Brighton’s seafront. The commission was funded by Arts Council England. In 2014, Wightman collaborated with the fashion label Akris for their Fall / Winter 2014/15 collection. His work has featured in Harper's Bazaar, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Financial Times, The World of Interiors, and Money Week.
David Wightman is represented by Long & Ryle in the UK and Duran|Mashaal Gallery in Canada. He lives and works in London.
davidwightman.net