DAVID EDDINGTON
FINE ARTIST
ABOUT
Born Bedfordshire, England
Resident in Venice, CA, since 2000
STATEMENT
Painting is about the most difficult thing I try to do; the results surprise me and makes me think.
There is something either out there or inside, probably from both places, that presses me to paint almost every day. It is the immediacy of painting that excites me and draws me in, the sensuality of the brush mark and the richness of pigment. Whether to add, subtract, superimpose and often obliterate, it is a creative process where self is all but obliterated.
While painting I am chasing a vision: ideas suggested by the last work, or responding with other artists, a dialogue on which I can build, a mix of accumulative and meditative thinking, the latter more important.
The intellectual part is before and after I paint, applying paint to canvas unknowingly happens, only after do I reflect, attempting to understand.
Painting for me is a way of being and expressing that, in not telling others how to think, only showing my world. Rarely is there a conclusive interpretation of any painter’s imagery, another’s way of being; a place where the observer attempts to stabilise the artist’s symbolism. Abstract glyph or possible allegory, much like life itself where a final meaning seems opaque. -DE.
EDUCATION
1986
MFA The Social and Political Influences in Art
University of Trent, Nottingham, UK
1969
Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Design
Hornsey College of Art, London, UK
1964
Central Diploma in Mural Painting
The Central School, London, UK
1961
Arts Foundation Diploma
Luton College of Technology
Bedfordshire, UK
SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Lucus PLC, London, UK
BBC, London, UK
Fortum and Mason, London,UK
Welsh Water Authority
Bromley City Council, London, UK
British Council Awards
East Midlands Arts Council, Lincolnshire, UK
Topsham Museum, Devon, UK
Cisternino Museum, Cisternino, Italy
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Bruce Lurie Gallery. Culver City, CA
2013
Abbey Walk Gallery. Grimsby, UK
2013
Boyd Satellite Gallery. New Orleans, LA
2012
George Lawson Gallery. Culver City, CA
2011
CAA, Century City. CA
2009
Kodak Preview Theater. Hollywood, CA
2008 & 2006
Frank Pictures Gallery. Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005
Inmo Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2000
Contemporary Arts Center. New Orleans, LA
1999
Danna Center for the Arts. New Orleans, LA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
VITA Art Center, Ventura, California
2018
British Consulate, Los Angeles, California
2018
MAAAC Museum Cisternino, Italy
2017
TAM Torrance Art Museum, CA
2016
British Invasion MOAH CA. USA
2013
Art Share LA. Past Tense Future Imperfect.
2013, 2015, 2017
Boyd Satellite Gallery. Sputnik 1. NOLA
2012
George Lawson Gallery, Culver City, CA. Works on Paper.
2011
George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
Antelope Valley College, CA
2010
Jaus Gallery. Santa Monica, CA. 'ADHD’.
Kirsti Engle Gallery. Highland Park, CA
USFQ. ‘El Enemigo’ Quito, Equador.
2004
Sumi Gallery. New York, NY. 'Art InTime'
Domestic Settings, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
1997
Artist in Residence, Customs House, Exmouth. Devon. UK
1985-1987
Artist in Residence, Nottingham General Hospital, Nottinghamshire, UK
1988-1989
Painting Fellow, Exeter College of Art, Exeter, Devon, UK
2004-2005
California State University Northridge. CA
1999- 2000
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
SELECTED TEACHING
1998- 1999
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana
1999
Visiting Lecturer, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
1996
Exchange Professor, California State University Longbeach. CA
1986-1998
Plymouth University, Devonshire, UK
1980-1986
Derby University, Derbyshire, UK