David Blatherwick

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[edit] Biography

David Blatherwick (born 1960) is a Canadian artist.

Blatherwick was born in Toronto, Ontario and studied at Ryerson University and Université du Québec à Montréal gaining a MA in 1990. His painting and video installations brought him national attention in the late 1990’s. His first solo exhibition was in Montréal in 1988 and he has since been included in numerous museum exhibitions, including Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Powerplant in Toronto, The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Musée du Québec, and Galeria de Arte Moderna in Guadalajara. His work is held in public and private collections and he has received numerous grants, including a grant from Pollack-Krasner. David Blatherwick has also been the subject of numerous reviews and publications.

[edit] Work

Initially interested in the potential for interconnectivity suggested by new media and the internet, David Blatherwick evoked the immense complexity of these center-less networks in his paintings. Later in his career, his interest shifted to the more perilous biological activity found in our own bodies. "Fusing the technological and the biological in a single frame of reference, David Blatherwick has evolved his painting language while offering ample high-tech and organic eye candy to the viewer's hungry eye" ^[1] Consistent throughout his entire oeuvre is a fascination with all forms of seething, rampant life.