David Shrigley was born on September 17th, 1968, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire. He took the Art and Design Foundation course at Leicester Polytechnic in 1987, moving on to study environmental art at Glasgow School of Art in 1988, where he remained until 1991. During his studies, Shrigley worked as a gallery guide at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.
Shrigley has had several notable solo exhibitions for his iconic visual art, including "David Shrigley" at Dundee Contemporary Arts (2006), "Everything Must Have a Name" at the Malmo Konsthall in Sweden (2007), an exhibition at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead (2008), the Museum Ludwig in Cologne (2008), "New Powers" at the Kunsthalle Mainz in Germany (2009), the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow (2010) and "Animate" at the Turku Art Museum in Finland (2011).
In 2016, Shrigley’s work was part of a British Council touring exhibition. In the same month, he was showcased in the Liverpool Provocations event. Shrigley was nominated for the 2013 Turner Prize and awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours List 2020. Shrigley is collected by the Stephen Friedman Gallery (London), Anton Kern Gallery (New York), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Tate (London) and the Royal Academy of Arts (London) among other institutions.
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David Shrigley - Stink - Ceramic, Limited Edition, Sculpture
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
Ceramic Numbered 42 from the edition of 75 16.5 × 12 × 12 cm released in collaboration with DDT comes with original shipping box from DDT David Shrigley is a British artist celebrat...
Ceramic
Serpent Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century, Edition 46/250
By David Shrigley
Located in Bristol, GB
Ceramic Edition 46 of 250 Numbered on the base New, as issued Packaged in wooden box with COA Our mission is to connect art collectors to opportunity. Whether it be figurative, abs...
Ceramic
Swan Thing
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
David Swan Thing, 2023 Glazed ceramic sculpture with hand-drawn face 38 × 36 × 23 cm ( 15 × 14 1/5 × 9 1/10 in ) Edition of 40 Signed, numbered and dated on the base. Sold in the or...
Ceramic
$11,500
H 34 in W 71 in D 4 in
Exploring - contemporary, figurative, hand-crafted, ceramic wall sculpture
By Heather Allen Hietala
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary ceramic wall art was created by Heather Allen Hietala. The finely crafted wood-fired ceramics of Heather Allen Hietala are designed to tell a compelling story. Usi...
Wire
$900
H 8.67 in W 9.06 in
Blue Abyss, Clay-infused fabric sculpture, for wall installation
By Natalie Krainin
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Painter and sculpture Artist Natalie Krainin creates artworks using the innovative method of Fabric Texture Art. This technique, which resonates deeply with her professional roots, a...
Ceramic, Clay, Fabric, Cotton, Paint, Glaze
$4,500
H 32 in W 10 in D 4 in
“Sylva” Contemporary Porcelain Wall Sculpture Trio
By Element Clay Studio
Located in Savannah, GA
“Sylva” is a contemporary porcelain wall sculpture installation by Heather Knight, founder of Element Clay Studio, a Savannah-based studio recognized for organic modern ceramic works...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$1,690
H 18.5 in W 11 in D 11 in
"MIS-CROSS" Sculptural Lamp 18.5" x 11" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
By Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"MIS-CROSS" Sculptural Lamp 18.5" x 11" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko *** "Mis-Cross" lamp won RedDot award in 2018 MATERIAL: ceramics / foundry work COLOR: matt white / metal glaze / terracotta One lampshade. Lampshade only. Wires and lightbulb are not included. Inspired by the image of the Russian Matryoshka doll and Slavic ethnics, MIS-CROSS is a ceramic glazed lamp with cross slots for the light. MIS-CROSS is the ceramic pendant lamp in the style of NeoEthnics. It immitates the shape of the ancient Slavic toy called "matryoshka". The luminaire...
Ceramic
Terrestrial Anima
By Alexandra Levasseur
Located in Columbia, MO
Alexandra Levasseur (b. Shawingan, Canada, 1982) holds a BFA from the University of Costa Rica and an MFA from EINA in Barcelona. She is currently based in Montreal. Her work has bee...
Ceramic
Feeling of Co-creatureliness
By Alexandra Levasseur
Located in Columbia, MO
Alexandra LeVasseur was born in Quebec in 1982. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from University of Costa Rica (2006), a post-graduate in Illustration/C...
Ceramic
$1,750
H 18 in W 18 in D 2 in
Be Bop IV Ceramic Sculpture: Contemporary Abstract Art, Unframed
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Jane B. Grimm is a Pop Art pioneer whose ceramic sculptures bring together wit, geometry, rhythm, and play. Working by hand in low fire ceramic clay, she creates both freestanding an...
Ceramic, Wood Panel
$2,400
H 34 in W 11 in D 7 in
White Banana & Apple Ceramic Totem Sculpture For Indoor - Contemporary Art
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
White Banana & Apple Ceramic Totem Sculpture For Indoor - Contemporary Art This masterwork is currently on display at the Zimmerman Gallery in Carmel, CA -- "My natural flow wi...
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$5,400
H 28 in W 29 in D 2.25 in
Legacy (diptych) - hand crafted, inscribed, figurative, ceramic wall sculpture
By Heather Allen Hietala
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Heather Allen Hietala’s mixed media art is designed to tell a story. The American artist uses the vessel as a metaphor for life’s journey. Hietala hand-builds ceramic canoe-like shap...
Ceramic, Clay
$2,500
H 9 in W 3 in D 0.5 in
Linda Stein, Iron Knight 625 - Contemporary Art Ceramic Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Iron Knight 625 - Contemporary Art Ceramic Wall Sculpture Iron Knight 625 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which she started after being forced to ev...
Ceramic
Splice
By Rain Harris
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Splice Materials : Slip-cast porcelain, Glaze, Decals, and Resin dipped flowers Dimensions : 8.5" x 21" x 14" Rain Harris uses her artistry with m...
Ceramic, Resin, Glaze
$550
H 12 in W 10 in D 5 in
Keys to My Heart Sculpture, Black and White Porcelain, Contemporary
By Katharine Morling
Located in Dallas, TX
"Keys to My Heart" by Katharine Morling – Black and white porcelain sculpture of pop art surreal key chain with six handmade keys, charms and a locket. Delicate yet bold, "Keys to M...
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Slip, Ink
Lines, lines, lines
By Reid Nicholls
Located in New Orleans, LA
REID NICHOLLS Lines, lines, lines, 2018 ceramic, glaze, clay pigment, paint, acrylic glass 60h x 32w x 28d in Reid Nicholls is an American ceramic artist from Ohio, where he st...
Ceramic, Clay, Paint, Glaze
$785
H 13.78 in W 9.85 in D 0.79 in
Unique wall piece made of ceramic, glazed with a special finish, off white
By Ruth Vidal
Located in Carballo, ES
In her new works, Ruth Vidal explores the material possibilities of ceramics, working with the pieces before firing them using different materials such as rabbit-skin glue, tradition...
Ceramic, Glue, Glaze, Pigment
$1,800
H 22 in W 7 in
Awhi Whakapapa, Embracing Geneaology, ceramic figurative sculpture, Contemporary
By Noelle Jakeman
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Awhi Whakapapa, Embracing Geneaology, ceramic figurative sculpture, Contemporary
Ceramic, Clay