David Shrigley England, b. 1968

David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield in 1968. He lives and works in Brighton.

He studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He was selected as an artist for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013.

Shrigley’s acerbic cartoons are very popular. His raw compositions are unmistakable, and his ironic sense of humor permeates all areas of his work, from drawings, photographs, and paintings to sculpture, taxidermy, animation, and spoken‑word projects.

His solo exhibitions include the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Hayward Gallery, London; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris; BQ Galerie, Cologne; Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; Galerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen; Camden Arts Centre, London; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam; and Catalyst Arts, Belfast.

He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, for example at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne; and Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, among others.