David Worthington

David graduated from Oxford University in 1984 with a degree in Philosophy and Theology. In the past decade, he has completed an MA in both Visual Culture and Computer Arts. He has had two solo shows in London and in 2001 was invited by Glyndebourne opera to be the sculptor in residence. He has curated a number of sculpture exhibitions most recently at Glyndebourne in 2011. David has carried out many public and private commissions in Europe and the USA. In 2010 he installed a large public sculpture in Great Queen St Covent Garden. He sits on the Council of The Royal British Society of Sculptors and was elected a Fellow in 2009, and Vice President in 2010. In 2012 he is curating an exhibition of 24 artists at the Chelsea Physic Garden in association with John Martin and the Eden Project.

Wanting to make sculptural objects is not the norm in the contemporary art world. Some sculptors nevertheless are drawn to make things and try to determine if they are good or bad in form, design and concept. The practice and execution of the three dimensional object allows the ‘idea’ to be brought into ‘being’. The audience responds to the work physically. There is an intelligence and knowledge within the body that understands the sculpture before the brain decodes it. It is for these reasons, as an artist, I remain interested in making objects, and using stone primarily as the medium to communicate and share ideas and emotions. The sculptures on show are inspired by the biological forms of blood and plant cells as seen in images taken by SEM electron microscopes.