ARTIST BIO

David Wightman (b. 1980, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK) is a British painter and printmaker based in London, UK. He creates beautiful paintings and prints of fictional landscapes. The surfaces of his paintings are made from textured wallpaper collaged with a technique similar to marquetry. Colour and composition are the key aspects of his work. He studied Fine Art at Middlesex University (2001) and gained an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2003).

David Wightman's solo exhibitions include New Paintings, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal and Toronto, Canada (2022), Ariel, Grove Square Galleries, London (2022), My Atalanta, Long & Ryle, London (2020), In Arcadia, Duran|Mashaal Gallery, Montréal (2018), A Devotion, Someth1ng Gallery, London (2018), EMPIRE, Long & Ryle, London (2016), New paintings + Akris collaboration, Akris, 30 Old Bond Street, London (2014), Redux, 10 Gresham Street and Halcyon Gallery (2014), Hero, commission for House Arts Festival (2013), Paramour, Halcyon Gallery, London (2012), Homage to Loreleia, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (2011), Secret Name, Sumarria Lunn, London (2010), Behemoth, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2009), and Aspirations, William Angel Gallery, London (2008).

His work has featured in Harper's Bazaar, The Guardian, Times Radio, The Telegraph, The Financial Times, The World of Interiors, BBC News, BBC North West, and Money Week.

David Wightman lives and works in London, UK.

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