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David O (osbaldeston)
Manchester, UK. GB
Updated: 2026-05-27 08:48:09

STATEMENT OF WORK

 

What I do moves fluidly between drawing, print, collage and painting to explore patterns of meaning, value, class and identity through a form of making best described as ‘flat sculpture’.  

 

The work engages with the transformation of materials, objects and spaces that contend with power relations or hierarchical structures which has always been of thematic concern and often is accompanied by the associative qualities of language.

 

I work and live between Manchester, London & Scotland. U.K. 

 

 

 

Works are held in the Tate collection & Tate Library for artist’s books who also hold a substantial amount of self-published titles. Additional works are also held in the collections of the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester, & The British Council Art Collection along with various private collections. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/david-osbaldeston-11956

 

I am presently Reader (Associate Professor) in Fine Art at Manchester School of Art,  Manchester Metropolitan University, and formerly lecturer in Painting & Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art. https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/profile/dosbaldeston

Further Information:  http://davidosbaldeston.com

 

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