David Cutts

David’s work uses common aspects of advertising and entertainment to recreate the exotic appeal of the items advertised to consumers and plays on their ability to transport us away from our ordinary lives.

Often manipulating a mesh of generic stock images, David explores the ways in which we can live out our desires, whether it is in reality or through our online persona. He questions how we choose to interact with one another and how we choose to present ourselves from behind a digital screen. Advertising plays a significant role in this regard by showing how we can have a better life, but this also leads to questions of what is perceived as being successful and what is real.

Ultimately, David seeks to find a way of reconciling the fact that time is a lottery and we may not have enough time to succeed in our desires.

OPEN EXHIBITION (2021)
Turner Contemporary, Margate. November 2021 - February 2022

TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE (2021)
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London. September 2021 followed by national tour

RUBIX (2018)
Copeland Gallery, London

SOUNDS OF THE CITY (2017)
London Transport Museum, London

LONDON PLACES AND SPACES (2015)
London Transport Museum, London

MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE (2014)
Saatchi Gallery, London

KOH (2013)
Forts, Margate

DARK TIDES (2012)
Margate Harbour Arm Gallery, Margate

SUMMER SALON (2012)
Islington Arts Factory, London

LOST PROPERTIES (2012)
Fringe Arts Bath, Bath

BROKEN ROCK (2012)
Pie Factory, Margate

THE THINKING LINE: DEFINING DRAWING (2012)
Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury

METAMORPHOSE (2011)
Islington Arts Factory, London

SHEDDING LIGHT: DOUBLE TAKE (2011)
Limbo, Substation Project Space, Margate

FOURFOLD (2011)
Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury

FESTES DE GRACIA (2011)
Untitled BCN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

PAGE TURNER (2011)
Turner Contemporary, Margate

PAGE TURNER (2011)
Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury

CROSS (2011)
Untitled BCN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

Awards/Prizes
2021
shortlisted for Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize

2017
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