David Kefford

b. 1972

Lives and works in Cambridge, UK

Education:

1999 MA Fine Art - University of Brighton

1996 BA Fine Art - University of Humberside

Solo Exhibitions:

2017 The Feel of Things – National Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
2016 Pocket Sculptures – Alison Richards Gallery, University of Cambridge
2013 Skittish (with Lisa Watts) – Vane, Newcastle
2005 The Balance of Being (Touring Exhibition) – Margaret Harvey Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre.
2005 Born Again – Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire
2004 Witness – James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2004 Moral Fibre – Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby
2004 Disturbance – The Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax.
2003 Touching – The Gallery, Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2020 Painting VS Image – Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları Istanbul
2020 Plastic Matter – UH Arts, University of Hertfordshire
2019 This Land is Our Land – PAPER Gallery, Manchester
2019 RHYTHM SECTION BINÄR Meural Open Loft Event, Munich
2018 18th Asian Biennial – National Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
2017 Drawing for Sculpture – 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2016 Foreignness – Contemporary Art Space, Batumi, Georgia
2016 VR Exhibition – Institute of Contemporary Art, London
2015 Sequences VII Real Time Art Festival – Reijkavik, Iceland
2014 ‘Hey, I’m Mr Poetic’ – Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire
2012 The Hair of the Dog – Block 336 Project Space, London
2012 New Foragers – Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
2011 One Minute Volume 5 – De Anza Experiment, Cupertino, California
2010 Performing Presence – The National Centre for Contemporary Art, St Petersburg
2010 Party Animal – SUGAR, Brooklyn, New York
2008 One Thing Against Another – Aspex. Portsmouth
2008 ArtFutures 08 - Bloomberg Space, London
2007 Members Show (selected by Gavin Turk) - Outpost, Norwich
2005 Future Primitive – One in the Other, London (curated by Paul Johnson)
2005 Origin of Species – Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
2005 Faux Realism – Rockwell, London (curated by Gavin Nolan)
2004 World.B – Flaca Gallery, London (curated by Paul Johnson) (catalogue)
2003 Bursary Exhibition – RBS Gallery, London
2003 Open Sculpture Triennial – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (catalogue)
2002 Kettle’s Yard Open 2002 – Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (catalogue)
2002 Mostyn Open 12 – Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
2001 The Jerwood Drawing Prize – National Touring Exhibition (catalogue)

Awards:

2021 Develop Your Creative Practice - Arts Council England
2020 Henry Moore Foundation - Artist Award Scheme
2017 Grants for the Arts, East England Development Agency and National Trust – Arts Council England, East – Transitions in Time
2015 AA2A – University of Hertfordshire
2012 Grants for the Arts with Aid & Abet – Arts Council England, East
2010 Grants for the Arts with Market Proejct – Arts Council England, East
2010 Grants for the Arts with Aid & Abet – Arts Council England, East
2008 Open Frequency Selection – AXIS online resource
2008 Viewing Platform – The Drawing Center, New York
2006 Individual Grants for the Arts – Arts Council England, East ,
2005 Escalator Visual Arts Award - Commissions East, Cambridge.
2005 Individual Grants for the Arts – Arts Council England, East
2003 The Roy Noakes Bursary Prize
2003 Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary

Fellowships and Residencies:

2014 ELAN – Studio-based project with Aid & Abet - CB1 Cambridge with Commissions Projects
2014 Habitation – North West Cambridge in partnership with University of Cambridge
2014 The Frontier Zone – Wisbech with funding from Arts Council England
2013 Site and Situation – METAL Liverpool
2013 Shape Shifting – The Lookout, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
2009 Escalator Artist Retreat: Economics of the Art System – Wysing Arts Centre
2007 Take Over Residency – Pump House Gallery, London
2006 Installing Drawing – Artist-in-Residence (with Ansel Krut), The Centre for Drawing, Wimbledon
2005 Born Again 4-week Residency – Wysing Arts, Cambridgeshire
2000 5-Year Individual Artist Fellowship – Digswell Arts Trust, Stevenage.
1999 6-week Artist Residency – Vermont Studio Centre, U.S.A.
1996 3-Month Cultural Exchange – Warsaw Academy of Fine Art, Poland.

Commisions:

2017 Transitions in Time – Peckover House, National Trust and Arts Council England
2011 Craft – Kings Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk
2011 Material Worlds – Annual Fundraiser, Contemporary Art Society, London
2009 Crop Marks – Park Arts Group, Cambridge
2008 Individuals – Kaavous-Bhoyroo Quaterly Editions, Cambridge
2008 Transport – Towner Off-Site, Eastbourne
2007 RSVP Contemporary Artists at the Foundling – Foundling Museum, London

2021 Queer World Making - Self-Published 48-page Artist Book

2015 The Soft Landscape Fieldworks – Artist Book, with Aid & Abet, design by Apropos
2012 Swollen in Vicinity to Wrench – full colour catalogue, with essay by Cherry Smyth
2011 Soon All Your Neighbours will be Artists – published by Extra Special People
2010 BRAND Literary magazine - 06 Spring/Summer 10 – page 46 & 123
2008 BRAND Literary magazine - 03 Spring/Summer 08 – page 106 & 135
2007 RSVP Contemporary Artists at the Foundling - Catalogue Design, Joerg Hartmannsgruber, Page 22
2005 The Balance of Being - 48-page colour catalogue. Axis Graphic Design. Editoriale Bortolazzi Stei, Verona
2003 Open Sculpture - Contemporary sculpture selected by open submission, Catalogue, Midway Colour Printing Plc. Page 19
2002 Kettle’s Yard Open 2002 - Catalogue, Hilo colour printers Ltd. Page 13
2001 The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2001 - Catalogue, Styles Sircombe Designers and Printers
2000 Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Exhibition - Catalogue, page 6

Bibliography:

2022 Art Monthly - Review of In Search of a Higher Shelf, Matthew Bowman, Dec 22 - Jan 23

2017 The Guardian – Alt Guide to Cambridge, Aid & Abet. Tony Naylor.
2016 ITV News – Pocket Sculptures – December 2016
2016 Varsity magazine University of Cambridge –Pocket Sculptures – December 2016, Sarah Wilson
2013 The Guardian Guide – Skittish, Vane, Newcastle, Robert Clark. November.
2011 a-n magazine – Collaborative Relationships – April 2011
2007 a-n magazine - Good Practice for New Artists. Jo Wilson. Front Cover and Page 5
2006 Metro Newspaper – The Balance of Being, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. Mark Ward
2005 Contemporary Magazine – News, London. Richard Dyer, Issue 73. Page 12
2005 Time Out – Faux Realism, Rockwell. Helen Sumpter, April 20th-27th. Page 54
2004 The Guardian Guide – Moral Fibre, Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Robert Clark. August. Page 36
2004 Metro Newspaper – Disturbance, The Dean Clough Galleries, Mickey Noonan, April 2nd. Page 18
2001 a-n magazine – Review of Stroud House Open show, Christopher Brown. September. Page 6
2001 a-n magazine – ‘Digswell Art Trust open studios’, Nick Lambrianou. August. Page 26
2001 a-n magazine – SIGNPOST – The New Graduates Guide to being an Artist, Wendy Mason. May