David Osbaldeston (born 1968) is a British visual artist and academic based in the UK. He is currently Reader in Fine Art at the
Manchester School of Art. His work involves the reorganization of materials, objects, and language to create absurdist systems.
He currently lives and works in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
& Scotland.
Education
He completed his studies at the
Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school support ...
Amsterdam and previously attended both Sheffield Hallam University and Manchester Metropolitan University.
Collections
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Tate Museum
Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U ...
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British Council Collection
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Whitworth Art Gallery
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Bury Art Gallery
References
External links
Manchester School of Art faculty profile
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Living people
1968 births
20th-century British artists
21st-century British artists