Biography
David Theobald is a video artist born in Worthing, England in 1965. Although originally trained as a chemical engineer, he pursued a career in finance for fifteen years, living both in New York and London. Thirteen years ago he decided to change profession and dedicate himself to becoming a full-time artist. Most recently, his main works have been animations structured from photographs, scanned images or single frames extracted from video footage, blending these together to create a familiar yet alien environment. These may be structured as conventional films or as continuous loops with no discernible beginning or end.
Recent exhibitions include the solo show PC World at Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol, the 2013 Creekside Open, 971 Horses and 4 Zebras with a screening at the Tate Modern, Deepest Sympathy at Ikon, Birmingham, Animate Project's' Digitalis, the 2011 Raindance and Soho Shorts Film Festivals, 2011 Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, Re: Animate at the Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales, the Cube Open 2010 in Manchester, ev+a in Limerick,Ireland, the Celeste Art Prize 09 in Berlin, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, ArtSway Open 08 and Open 07 and The Sleep of Reason at the Crawford Gallery, Cork. David’s work was also included in Figuring Landscapes, a touring exhibition of film and video that showed at major art venues throughout the UK and Australia. David curated the exhibition Modern Times at the Vegas Gallery and was also winner of the 2009 Creekside Open selected by Mark Wallinger, the Open West 2011 and the Motorcade/FlashParade National 2012. David is a visiting lecturer at Wimbledon College of Art, part of University of the Arts.
