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Abstract, Art Professional, Artist, Landscape, Painter |
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Quick Facts
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France |
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Herault |
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Les Matelles |
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1 Place de la Vierge |
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34270 |
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http://www.dabse.com |
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http://matelles-art.blogspot.com/ |
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London |
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1958-12-07 |
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0467644186 |
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0698566624 |
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I have been drawing as long as I can remember. My grandfather was a shop steward for years in the Pilkingtons' glassworks in St Helens, but after he retired he went to art school every day for 30 years. He died over 20 years ago, aged 99, still a communist, determined not to get a telegram from the queen. He was and is my inspiration.
I was born in London in December 1958. I went to school there and lived there for much of my life. After leaving school, I studied Art and design for four years in the UK at the University of Wolverhampton and gained a BA(Hons), and subsequently exhibited throughout the UK and elsewhere in the world. My work has appeared in exhibitions all over the world - in Japan, Poland, France as well as the UK. This included works at the Francis Kyle Gallery in London, work in the Bradford Print Biennale, at the Print Triennial in Kanagawa and elsewhere. Last year a picture of mine featured in the BBC TV show The One Show.
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David Abse was born in December 1958. David studied art and design at the University of Wolverhampton in the early 1980s, and has subsequently exhibited his work throughout the UK (including the Francis Kyle Gallery in London, and the Bradford Biennale) and elsewhere in the world, including France, Japan and Poland. In 2009 David’s work was featured on BBC TV’s “The One Show”.
For many years David worked for various charities in the UK, and continues to actively support a number of community and campaigning organizations.
David now works full time as a painter and printmaker, and runs the creative enterprise Matelles-Art in the beautiful medieval of Les Matelles, in the Hérault in the south of France. There he offers artists’ services (space, giclée printing) and art holidays.
Exhibitions:
1983: Tarmac Prize Prints Ò Printmaking Open Wolverhamption, UK
1984: Bradford Print Biennale, UK
1985: Kanagawa Print Triennial, Japan
1985: International Print Open, Krakow, Poland
1985: Leigh Gallery, London, UK
2010: Matelles-Art Gallery, France
Collections:
Francis Kyle Gallery, London
Forthcoming:
March 2011: Icosahedron Gallery, New York, USA
April 2011: Le Soleil Bleu Gallery, LodËve, France
June 2011: Brick Lane Gallery, London
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abstract, drawing, exhibition/performance, landscape, mixed-media, modern, other, painting, research, studio-lofts |
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25 |
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David Abse's profile
