| Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1955 David Begbie’s earliest memories and experiences as an artist are at the age of 13. Already talented, Begbie completed seven years at Art School where he emerged with a unique sculptural technique and the beginnings of a new visual language using steel mesh. Since his graduation in 1982 he has worked almost exclusively with the human form, primarily sculpting in steel mesh but also producing monoprints, etchings, ink and charcoal drawings mixed-media work and photographs. But it is for his distinctive steel mesh bodies that Begbie is most renowned. |
| 2011 SOFT OPENING Gallery Different, 14 Percy Street, London 23 June Genus Australian Gallery Sydney, Glenmore Road 19 May - 11 June Expositie Antonius en Begbie, Van Loon en Simons, Vught, NL 17 March 2011 - 15 May 2011 SKIN DEEP, Ode to Art, Singapore from December 2010 Archetypes Moorhouse, London; Gallery Different 2010 Archetypes Moorhouse, London; Gallery Different ; Gallery Different; Aria Sottile Vecchiato Arte, Padua; Unud, AM Gallery Roquetas Del Mar, Almeria Spain; Iconii Chapter House, Canterbury Cathedral, UK; Thin Air, Gallery Different at the Air Gallery, London; Skin Deep, Ode to Art, Singapore; Buttermarket, Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England 2009 Gallery Different,Queens Elm Gallery, London; Unud Somerville Gallery, Plymouth; Biennale Vught, Galerie Van Loon en Simons, Vught Netherlands;Nudus Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England 2008 Genii Albemarle Gallery, London; Wimbledon Maquette Exhibition, Albemarle Gallery London 2007 Antibodies Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada; Form 2007, Olympia, London; Galleriea Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; Galerie Van Loon en Simons, Vught, Holland 2006 Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England 2005 Etienne & Van Loon, Oisterwijk, Holland; The Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London 2004 Hotel Linde, Mariaworth, Austria; Herman Miller Event, International Art Consultants, London 2003 Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FLorida; Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado; Spectrum, International Art Consultants, London; Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham; Festival Gallery, Henley Festival, Henley England 2002 Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London; Online, Platform for Art, Gloucester Road, London; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada, Galerie Bernd Duerr, Muncih, Germany 2001 - 2010 Gallery Different, London, England 1999 Inauguration of Sitrling Square, Sir James Stirlings, Final Building, St James, London 1998 Begbie Selective Retrospective Early Work 1983 - 1991 and Recent Work 1998, Gallery Differentiate, London 1997 The Festival of Erotica, Olympia, London 1996 Artopia, New York, USA; Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey, England 1995 Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado, USA 1994 Joel Kessler Gallery, Florida, USA; Fire Station Gallery, Sydney, Australia; The Emporio Armani Brompton Road, London 1993 The Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London 1992 - 2000 Gallery Differentiate, London, England 1990 Wates City Tower, London 1988 Crucifix Installation at Winchester Cathedral, England 1987 - 1990 Salama Caro Gallery, Cork Street, London 1986 Forum, Zurich, Switzerland; Navy Pier, Chicago, USA; Savacou Fine Art, Toronto, Canada; Simpsons of Picadilly, London 1984-6 Brompton Gallery, Knightsbridge, London |
| 2011 The London Art Fair, London (Byard Art); Kunst Salon Eindhoven Netherlands (Van Loon en Simons); Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Van Loon & Simmons Contemporary Fine Art, Vught, Netherlands; Woolff Gallery, London; AFO, Docklands, London; Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia; Gallery Vecchiato, Padova and Milan Italy; Ana Mercader Gallery, Almeria; Galerie Mada Primavesi, Madrid, Spain; Ode to Art, Singapore; The Hooke Sculpture Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, USA; The Jamie Gourlay Gallery, Eton, Berkshire; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham; Hannah Peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden Surrey, England 2010 The London Art Fair, London (Byard Art); Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver; The Hooke Sculpture Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, USA; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Van Loon & Simmons Contemporary Fine Art, Vught, Netherlands; Win Henstock Gallery Toronto; Woolff Gallery, London; AFO, Docklands, London; Byard Fine Art, Cambridge; Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia; Gallery Vecchiato, Padova and Milan Italy; View Two Gallery, Liverpool UK; Ana Mercader Gallery, Almeria Spain; “Exhibitionism” East Wing Nine courthauld Insitute, London; Liliane Parade, Netherlands (Van Loon en Simons); Espacio Atlantico`s Art fair Vigo (AM Gallery); Ode to Art, Singapore; Hertogenbosch Fair (Van Loon en Simons); ARCO Madrid Spain (AM Gallery); The Cambridge Art Fair, UK (Number Nine the Gallery); AAF New York, Woolff Gallery; The Hooke Sculpture Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, USA; SOFA, Chicago Woolff Gallery; The Jamie Gourlay Gallery, Eton, Berkshire; Art Verona (Vecchiato Art Galleries); Artparks International, Sausmarez Manor Heritage Trust Sculpture Trail, Guernsey; Hannah Peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden Surrey, England; The Hamptons Art Fair, New York (Woolff Gallery); Devon Art Fair (Number Nine the Gallery); Art Fair Toronto, Canada (Woolff Gallery); Edinburgh Art Fair (Number Nine the Gallery); “Christmas Cracker”, Byard Art, Cambridge; Galerie Mada Primavesi, Madrid, Spain; Art Miami (Woolff Gallery). 2009 Albemarle Gallery, London; Woolff Gallery London; London Art FAir 2008, Albemarle Gallery, London; Artparks International, Guernsey; AAF New York, Woolff Gallery; ; Den Bosch Art Fair,Galerie Van Loon en Simons; ARt Rotterdam, CAmbridge ARt Fair, Number Nine the Gallery, Byard Fine Art, Cambridge; Houses of ARt, Marbella; ARt Nocturne, Knokke; Absolute Art, Knokke and Brugges; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver and Palm Desert; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Win Henstock Gallery, Toronto, Canada; Van Loon en Simmons, Vught, Netherlands; Galerie de Nice, France; Sculpture Promenade, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Celebration of British Sculpture, Leicester; Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden 2008 The Galleries, AFO, Docklands London; Albemarle Gallery, London; Woolff Gallery London; London Art FAir 2008, Albemarle Gallery, London; Artparks International, Guernsey; AAF New York, Woolff Gallery; Form 2008, Olympia; Den Bosch Art Fair,Galerie Van Loon en Simons; ARt Rotterdam, CAmbridge ARt Fair, Number Nine the Gallery, Byard Fine Art, Cambridge; Houses of ARt, Marbella; ARt Nocturne, Knokke; Absolute Art, Knokke and Brugges; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver and Palm Desert; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden; Win Henstock Gallery, Toronto, Canada; Van Loon en Simmons, Vught, Netherlands; Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome 2007 Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver and Palm Desert; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Win Henstock Gallery, Toronto, Canada; Van Loon en Simmons, Vught, Netherlands; Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome;Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden; Artparks International, Guernsey 2006 London Art Fair, Islington, London - Plateaux Gallery; Etienne & Van Loon Contemporary Fine Art, Oisterwijk, Netherlands; Magidson Fine ARt, Aspen, Colorado; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver and Palm Desert; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Il Ponte Galeria, Rome, Italy; International Art Consultants, Art for Offices, London; Art on Paper, Royal College, London - New British Artists; Artparks International, Guernsey; Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden 2005 The Catto Gallery, Hampstead London; The Spectrum Gallery, Gt Tichfield St, London; Palm Beach Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery; Galerie Bernd Duerr, Munich, Germany; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada; The Galleries (AFO), Docklands, London; Solomon & Solomon Fine Art, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles USA Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado, USA; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Etienne & Van Loon Contemporary Fine Art, Oisterwijk, Netherlands; Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh - No Nine the Gallery; Den Haag Art Fair, Holland, Etienne & Van Loon 2004 Art 2004 Islington, London (Plusone); Galerie Bernd Duerr, Munich, Germany; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada; The Galleries (AFO), Docklands, London; Solomon & Solomon Fine Art, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles USA; Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado, USA; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England Magidson Fine Art, New York, USA; Artparks International, Sausmarez Manor Heritage Trust Sculpture Trail, Guersnsey Hannah Peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden Surrey, England; Newnham Paddox, Warkwickshire Sculpture Park MIPIM, Cannes, France; Collectors Exhibition, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Etienne & Van Loon Contemporary Fine Art, Oisterwijk, Netherlands; Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London; Catto Gallery, London; Hotel Linde, Maria Worth, Austria; Sculpture in the Garden, Leicester University, England; Toronto Art Fair, Canada (Buschlen Mowatt); SOFA Chicago USA (Rebecca Hossack Gallery) 2003 Galerie Bernd Duerr, Munich, Germany;Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada; The Galleries (AFO), Docklands, London; Solomon & Solomon Fine Art, Las Vegas, USA Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado, USA; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England Magidson Fine Art, New York, USA; Artparks International, Sausmarez Manor Heritage Trust Sculpture Trail, Guersnsey Hannah Peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden Surrey, England; Newnham Paddox, Warkwickshire Sculpture Park MIPIM, Cannes, France 2002 Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada; The Galleries (AFO), Docklands, London; Solomon & Solomon Fine Art, Las Vegas, USA; Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado, USA Galerie Bernd Duerr, Munich, Germany; Somerville Gallery, Plymouth, England; Magidson Fine Art, New York, USA Kiss Exhibition, Gallery K, London; Range Rover Event, Milan, Italy; MIPIM, Cannes, France Plus One plus Two Galleries, London; Tastefully Rich, Bloxham Galleries, London Art London, Plus one plus two Galleries; Artparks International, Sausmarez Manor Heritage Trust Sculpture Trail, Guersnsey Artparks International, Belvoir Castle Lincolnshire; Artparks International, Druidstone, Kent; Hannah Peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden Surrey, England; Kunstmesse Munchen, Germany 2001 Art 2001 London, Vertigo Gallery; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; The Galleries (AFO), Docklands, London Solomon & Solomon Fine Art, Las Vegas, USA; “Supermodels” Hyatt Carlton Tower, London; Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado, USA; The Kiss, Gallery K, London; Artparks International, Sausmarez Manor Heritage Trust Sculpture Trail, Guersnsey; Artparks International, Belvoir Castle Lincolnshire; Artparks International, Druidstone, Kent; Hannah Peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden Surrey, England; Kunst Messe Munchen (Art Fair Munich), Germany; Atlantic Gallery, Plymouth, England 2000 Lamont Gallery, London ART2000; The Kiss, London; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Imagination Gallery, London Imperial Cancer Research; London Imperial Cancer Research; Denise Salvestro Fine Art, Salmon Galleries, Sydney Australia; Hannah peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden Surrey, England; SausmarezManor Heritage Trust Sculpture Trail, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Solomon & Solomom Fine Art, Las Vagas, USA; Four Galleries Event, Tower Bridge Piazza London Core Arts Auction, Barings Bank, London; The Galleries (AFO) , London 1999 The Galleries, (AFO), Docklands, London; Lamont Gallery, London ART 99; Gallery K, The Kiss, London; Bankside Browser, Tate Gallery of Modern Art, London; Hannah Peschar Gallery and Sculpture Garden; Sausmarez Manor Heritage Trust Sculpture Trail; KUNSTRAI, Amsterdam, Marijke Raaijmakers Galerie; Galerie Meißner, Hamburg, Germany; Marijke Raaijmakers Galerie, Holland; Pan Rai, Amsterdam, Marijke Raaijmakers Galerie; Big Time Sponsorship Showcase, London Hengelo, Holland, Marijke Raaijmakers Galerie; Crockham Hill Village Hall, Crockham Hill, Kent; Number Nine the Gallery, Birmingham, England; Old Library, Lloyds Building, London 1998 Well Hung Gallery, London; Solomon and Solomon Fine Art, Chicago, USA; ART 98, London, Jeremy Hunt Fine Art ART 98, London, The Lamont Gallery; Gallery K, The Kiss, London; Hannah Peschar Gallery and Sculpture Garden ‘Diverse’, Photographic Exhibition, International Art Consultants, London; Jeremy Hunt Fine Art, Air Gallery, London Palm Beach International Art & Design Fair, USA, Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art; Crockham Hill Village Hall, Crockham Hill, Kent Galerij Pantheon, Knokke, Belgium; Glasgow Art Fair, Jeremy Hunt Fine Art; The Young Variety Club of Great Britain The Catto Gallery, London; The Lamont Gallery, London; Salmon, London; Haus, Jeremy Hunt Fine Art, London Marijke Raaijmakers Galerie, Holland; PAN, RAI Amsterdam, Marijke Raaijmakers Galerie, Holland; International House, Docklands, London; The Galleries, (AFO), Docklands, London 1997 Artbook, London; The Catto Gallery, London; Focus, London; Solomon and Solomon Fine Art, Chicago, USA Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art, Vancouver, Canada; The Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow, Jeremy Hunt Fine Art The Sculpture Company, London; The Tresors International Fine Arts & Antique Fair, Singapore, Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art 20th Century Works On Paper, Jeremy Hunt Fine Art, London; Davies and Tooth, London; The Washington DC International Fine Art and Antique Fair, USA, Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art; Hannah Peschar Gallery and Sculpture; L’Age d’Or, Jeremy Hunt Fine Art, London; The Museum Annex, Hong Kong, Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art; Arthaus, Jeremy Hunt Fine Art, London 1996 Jorge M. Sori Fine Art, International Art Fair Miami, USA; Made Flesh, Gallery Differentiate, London; Heatherley 150th Anniversary Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London; The Tresors International Fine Arts & Antiques Fair, Singapore, Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art; FIAC, Crane Kalman Gallery (London), Paris, France; National Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1995 Joel Kessler Fine Art, International Art Fair Miami, USA; Gallery Differentiate, London; Magidson Fine Art , Aspen, USA Arij Gasiunasen, Palm Beach, Florida, USA; Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, N.Y., USA; Posner Fine Art, Santa Monica, California, USA Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Gallery K, London; Artopia, NYC, USA; London Underwriting Centre, London Small Works, Gallery Differentiate, London; Tower Bridge Piazza Sculpture Expo ‘95, London. Royal Society of British Sculptors; London Contemporary Art, London; Midsummer Art Fair, Galleries at Tower Bridge, London; Weiss Sori Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida, USA; Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, Canada; Margaret Lipworth Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA FIAC, Crane Kalman Gallery, (London), Paris, France; The Association Gallery, (The Association of Photographers), London Howard Russeck Fine Art, Philadelphia, USA 1994 Joel Kessler Fine Art, International Art Fair Miami, USA; Joel Kessler Fine Art, Miami, Florida, USA; Arij Gasiunasen, Palm Beach, Florida, USA; Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, N.Y., USA; SeaJapan Exhibition, Yokohama, Japan; Olympian Arts Charity Auction, The Fine Art Society Galleries, London; The Inaugural Grosvenor Place Fine Arts Exhibition, Sydney, Australia The Meridian Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; Gallerie Pierre Nouvion, Monte Carlo, Monaco; FIAC, Crane Kalman Gallery, (London), Paris, France; Magidson Fine Art , Aspen, USA; Gallery Differentiate, London 1993 International Art Fair, Miami, USA; Charles Whitchurch Gallery, Huntingdon Beach, California, USA; Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art,Palm Beach, FL. USA; 20th Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London; 107 Workshop Summer Show, Wiltshire, England; The Olympian Arts Exhibition, Centre Point, London; ‘Masks’ Exhibition, The West Soho Gallery, London Gallery Differentiate, London 1992 Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles; Salama-Caro Gallery, London; Sarah Guinan Associates, London; Collet Champion, London; Variety Club of Great Britain, Christies, London; Philip Samuels Fine Art, St Louis, Missouri, USA; The Inventive Spirit, Autodrome, Brussels, Belgium; Gallery Differentiate, London 1991 Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA; Salama-Caro Gallery, London 1989 “Australian Fashion, The Contemporary Art; 20th Century Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (special commission of mannequins and displays for thirty designers - curated by Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia); Galleria 57, Madrid, Spain; Salama-Caro Gallery, London 1988 Young Variety Club of Great Britain, London; “Juxtapositions”, Salama-Caro Gallery, London; I.C.A.F., Olympia, London 1987 The Young Variety Club of Great Britain, London; “The Male Nude Show”, Salama-Caro, London; Serpentine Gallery, London, “The Rachael Papers” 1986 I.C.A.F., Olympia, London; “Tristan”, M.O.M.A. Palma, Mallorca - Curated by Achille Bonito Olivé; “Mandelzoom”, CANINO, Italy - Curated by Antonio d’Avossa; Il Ponté Galleria Edrice d’Art, Rome, Italy - Collaborative Printmaking Project Brompton Gallery, London 1985 Brompton Gallery, London; I.C.A.F., Barbican Centre, London 1984 I.C.A.F., Barbican Centre, London; A.R.C.O., Madrid, Spain; Ward Jackson Gallery, London; Guildford Art Gallery, Guildford, England; Brompton Gallery, London 1983 Metro Show ‘83, London; Brompton Gallery, London 1982 Open studios, Wapping, London; Metro Show ‘82, London; Harrison McCann, London; M.A. Exhibition, Slade, London; Christies Inaugural Exhibition, London |
| Hanover Grange, Montego Bay, Jamaica "Statu I and Statu II" 2010 and Nuwdstill 2008 Coloplast Limited, Peterborough, "Olo" 2008 The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Centre Court Wimbledon "Grandslam" 2008 Way of Therapy, London "Otuu" 2007 62 Threadneedle Street, London "Totu" 2006 Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Providence Whjarf, Genus Series "Venus" and "Venis" 2007 San Domenico House Hotel "Nuuda", "Nuuda", and "Tunuud" 2006 The Jam House, Edinburgh "Aangel" 2005 Shrine of Walsingham, Norfolk, England "Crucifix" (1988 installed 2004) Jam House, Edinburgh, Scotland "Aangel" (2005) Radisson SAS Hotel, Stansted England “Standover” (2004) Hotel Linde, Mariaworth Austria “Nuda” (2004) The Milan Bar, Grants of Croydon, London “Anangel” (2002) The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England “Suspense” (2001) Ten Covent Garden, Connaught Rooms, London “Heavenlybodies” (2001) Bede’s World Museum, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear “Worldsapart” (2000) Fleet Place House, Holborn Viaduct “Fishnet” (2000) Millennium Sculpture, St Mary the Less, Chilbolton, Winchester “Cruciform” (1999) Faith Zone, Millennium Dome, Greenwich, London, “Faith” (1999) 60 Queen Victoria Street, “Humantouch” (1999) Dyptich The Jam House, Birmingham, ‘Anangel’ & ‘Manangel’ (1999) Ladbroke Sporting Casino, London, ‘Chance’ (1999) The Hyatt, Hamburg,‘Composure’ (1998) The Hyatt Carlton, London, ‘Swimmingtruncs’ (1997) Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (1996) Cannons City Gym London Archetypes”(1994) Triptych Sculpture (1993) Natural History Museum, Primates Gallery, permanent site for “Origins” The Hyatt Carlton, London, ‘The Peak Health Series’ (1993) City Place House, London “Back to Front” Diptych & “Venus” (1991) Southwark Bridge, London “Figure & Fountain”(1989) Citibank, London Museum Beelden aan Zee, Holland National Gallery Canberra, Australia Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy |