David Aston

David Aston is a British artist (b.1975, Edinburgh) based in London. David secured his BA from Bath Spa University and interned with Bonhams as a fine art auctioneer.

David's work is in UK and American collections and has been exhibited nationally and internationally in exhibitions including the Royal Academy of Arts, The Royal Scottish Academy, The London Group, Saatchi Art, and The Other Art Fair London & New York.

In 2018 David was awarded a project by Saatchi Art to create Attest you are human (roll for humanity), a gamification for the Other Art Fair, New York, where he captured visitor attestations on what it means to be human in an age of machine intelligence.

In 2019/20 David was long listed for The John Ruskin Prize, The Aesthetica Art Prize, A-N Mentoring Award, and published in Aesthetica Future Now Anthology of 100 international contemporary artist:

David's art practice is inspired by the concept of diachronic and the way that language and culture has evolved through time. From dia- ‘through’ + Greek khronos ‘time’ + -ic.

David's recent works act as markers for our transition from material past to technology and data fuelled future. They highlight the profound and sometimes humorous duality of our past...

BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design | Bath Spa University, Bath, England

2021 | Instant | Society of Scottish Artists | Edinburgh
2021 | Sculpture Now | Society of Scottish Artists | Edinburgh
2021 | Scottish Royal Academy Annual Exhibition | Edinburgh
2021 | Royal Cambrian Academy Annual Exhibition | Wales
2020 | The Scottish Royal Academy Annual Exhibition | Edinburgh
2020 | The Aesthetica Art Prize | York Art Gallery
2019 | The London Group Open | Cello Factory | London
2018 | The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition | London
2018 | The Other Art Fair | London
2017 | The Other Art Fair | London | Top 5: http://fadmagazine.com/2017/03/31/top-5/
2015 | The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition | London
2015 | Dulwich Artist Open House | London
2012 | The Rooftop Collective, East London International Photography Festival | The Print Space | London

2012 | St Davids Coffee Shop | London

2011 | The Rooftop Collective | London
2011 | East London International Photography Festival | London