Dan David is an award-winning sculptor and stone carver based in Norwich. Dan David’s art is informed by an interest in developing new languages in stone carving. Dan demonstrates curiosity and humour, exploring the relationship between traditional techniques and contemporary visual culture.
Dan David is an award-winning sculptor and stone carver based in Norwich. Dan David’s art is informed by an interest in developing new languages in stone carving. Dan demonstrates curiosity and humour, exploring the relationship between traditional techniques and contemporary visual culture.
Dan trained in traditional architectural stonemasonry, stone carving and letter cutting at Bath and qualified in 1995. Dan investigates the interplay between materiality, concept, and scale, with an experimental approach that marks a shift in conventional practices with stone. Dan chooses the stone depending on the piece he intends to create, and the techniques are informed by his traditional training. Dan represents temporary symbols of the time in a permanent material with historic associations, creating a playful tension. Dan challenges the viewer, sometimes disguising the stone with spray paint. His work is a memorial of the significant and fun memories and experiences of his life, which through carving in stone, he makes permanent.
David's favourite creative work is Ai Weiwei's 'Cao'.
David works from his studio, a converted piggery, in rural Norfolk.
David designed and carved sculptures for the Palace Skateboards store in New York.
David is passionate about street art, graffiti and travelling.
David cites the YBA's and Damien Hirst as central influences to his work.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
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We sat down with Dan David to find out where his love of sculpture first started, how his art has changed over the years, and what artwork of his gets the most laughs. AR: Where does your love of art originate from? Dan: When I was in my twenties I discovered the work of Damien Hirst and the YBA’s. Their ‘shock tactics’ and experimental use of material have been a central influence to my work. AR: What first drew you to sculpture as a medium? Dan: I was first introduced to stone as a young lad living in Ireland. I was taught ...
