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ARTIST STORY
Shrigley lives and works in Brighton, UK and is famous for his humorous drawings and hand-written text works. We love the way his artwork is both relatable and funny, turning simple everyday encounters into comedic and often satirical commentary.
Shrigley lives and works in Brighton, UK and is famous for his humorous drawings and hand-written text works. We love the way his artwork is both relatable and funny, turning simple everyday encounters into comedic and often satirical commentary.
Shrigley studied Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art. He has exhibited globally, with solo shows across Europe, the United States of America, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. His group exhibitions are similarly geographically diverse, with shows in the United Kingdom, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the United States of America. As a prolific artist, Shrigley has been nominated for the 2013 Turner Prize and awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montford University in Leicester, UK. In addition, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to visual arts. We’ve been working with David Shrigley since 2017.
We love the way Shrigley's artwork is both relatable and funny, turning simple everyday encounters into comedic and often satirical commentary. His naive and childish style is contradicted by his witty and confronting typography, drawing the viewer into a false sense of security before they read the handwritten text. Toeing the line between cheekiness and introspection, Shrigley's musings are sure to brighten your day.
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It takes a rather eccentric personality to open up your inner musings to the world, but David Shrigley embraces it wholeheartedly. Shrigley’s wry humour and handwritten messaging catapulted the art of typography to new heights. Shrigley's witty and often nonsensical ramblings have given new life to typographical art, making it relatable to a wide audience and, most importantly, showing that art can be fun, too. We love how Shrigley creates artwork for himself first, and his audience second. Shrigley says of this insular method of creation: “I draw to amuse myself on occasion, when I am bored and drawing is ...
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