1. David John Shrigley was born on 17 September 1968 and is a British visual artist.
19 Facts About David Shrigley
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David Shrigley lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for 27 years before moving to Brighton, England in 2015.
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Alongside his illustration work, David Shrigley is a noted painter, sculptor, filmmaker and photographer, and has recorded spoken word albums of his writing and poetry.
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David Shrigley moved with his parents and sister to Oadby, Leicestershire when he was two years old.
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David Shrigley took the Art and Design Foundation course at Leicester Polytechnic in 1987, and then studied environmental art at Glasgow School of Art from 1988 to 1991.
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David Shrigley co-directed a short film with director Chris Shepherd called Who I Am And What I Want, based on David Shrigley's book of the same title, with Kevin Eldon voicing its main character, Pete.
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David Shrigley produced a series of drawings and t-shirt designs for the 2006 Triptych festival, a Scottish music festival lasting for three to four days in three cities.
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David Shrigley designed twelve different covers for Deerhoof's 2007 record, Friend Opportunity.
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David Shrigley undertook a residency at Auckland's Two Rooms in 2015, during which he painted for the first time since his graduation from The Glasgow School of Art in 1991.
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David Shrigley has said "I don't think I'll ever get to do anything that meant more to me".
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David Shrigley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to visual arts.
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In October 2024, David Shrigley proposed expanding STEM subjects to include the arts, in response to the significant decline in the number of arts students in England.
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David Shrigley argued that the current focus on mathematics and sciences stifles children's creativity and suggested changing the acronym STEM to STEAM to better reflect the importance of the arts in a well-rounded education.
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In January 2016, David Shrigley's work was part of a British Council-organised international touring exhibition.
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In 2020, David Shrigley released a body of work entitled 'Lockdown Drawings'.
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In 2021, David Shrigley staged a conceptual exhibition 'Mayfair Tennis Ball Exchange'.
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David Shrigley purchased thousands of copies of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, pulped them, made paper and printed copies of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four.
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In 2006, David Shrigley's first spoken word album David Shrigley Forced to Speak With Others was released by Azuli Records, under their Late Night Tales label.
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David Shrigley was awarded an honorary doctorate by Leicester's De Montfort University at a ceremony on 17 July 2014.