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current / forthcoming / previous

Forthcoming Exhibitions;

09 05 2012 - Two person show with Sandra Blajeva in Sofia, Bulgaria

02 03 2012 - 'LOOK UP - TWIST - LOOK DOWN - LOOK DOWN' at The Palatine, London http://www.artrabbit.com/all/events/event/31247/look_up_twist_look_down_look_down

Previous Exhibitions (Selected);

10 2011 - 'The Sheffield International Artist’s Book Prize' at Bank Street Arts, Sheffield http://artistsbookprize.co.uk/enter

09 2011 - 'Resident Artists' Group show' at Blackhorse Studio, London http://www.e17arttrail.co.uk/index.php?page=1&name=Welcome

03 2011 - '10 Gales Prize 2011’ at 10 Gales Gallery, London

01 2011 - 'Binary Membrane' at Studio 1.1, London http://www.studio1-1.co.uk/willis-servini/images.html

01 2011 - 'For The Arts Sake' at 10 Gales gallery, London

2010 - 'Blackhorse Studio Presents' at Blackhorse Studio, London

2010 - ‘The 100 Paintings Summer Show’ at Patrick’s Harvest gallery, London
2010 - Drawing series exhibited at The Deli Café, London
2009 ‘Postcards from Dystopia’ at Nolias Gallery, London
2009 ‘Sheffield Artist’s Book Prize’ at Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
2009 ‘GRIMIS’ at the Stanley Picker Gallery, London
2009 B.A. Exhibition at Kingston University, London
2009 ‘Found Material in the Virtual World’ at Kingston University, London
2008 ‘Bath Society of Artists: 103rd exhibition’ at the Victoria Gallery, Bath
2007-08 Solo exhibition of selected work at The Old Kings Head, London
2006 Collaborative student exchange exhibition at The British Consulate in Sofia, Bulgaria

All Enquiries Contact - davidstephenwillis@hotmail.co.uk

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Graduation: June 13, 2009

About my artwork: Presenting a synergy between pictorial and written languages, David Willis’ work questions the action of looking and understanding visual imagery.
His painting considers how we consume images by clarifying the didactic relationship between title and content. The directive visual signifiers prompt the viewer's existing visual knowledge to inform their reading of the artwork; therefore the title is visually interpreted by the physical plastic components.

Several paintings such as Taking It In Turns with Elastic, (2011) describe rhythmical painterly marks descending the canvas. They alternate their beginning and end from one side to the other, creating a conversation between the opposing uprights — two off-scene protagonists in plastic dialogue.
These loose brushstrokes resemble attempts to scribble-out or erase the content beneath, an intentional provisionality, which reinserts the material object-ness of the paintings. By repeating these scribble markings Willis creates his own pictorial language which upsets our perceived pictorial hierarchies.

Willis’ work is punctuated by his physical relationship with material interest, utilising collage, recycling previous artworks and embracing liquid pigment; this alludes to its origins in commercially initiated billboard poster-art. He takes inspiration from film posters, glossy magazines and television commercials, as well as visual artists including Albert Oehlen and Jacques Villegle.

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At 11:28pm on November 18, 2011, Chuck Ott said…: Loving your work especially the book. Thanks a million for being here as I really appreciate crossing your path.