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DAVID BEGBIE was born in Edinburgh in 1955. He studied at Winchester School of Art and Gloucestershire College of Art and Design followed by a post graduate degree from the Slade School of Sculpture where he emerged with a unique sculptural technique and the beginnings of a new visual language using steelmesh. Since his graduation in 1982 he has worked almost exclusively with the human form, primarily sculpting in steelmesh and his world-renowned figurative bodies are powerful, erotic, tactile and intimate. The steelmesh material adds intrigue yet is somehow familiar making the viewer curious to know how the perfection of form is achieved. The translucent works interact with light to create a dynamism and sense of movement which integrates with their environment. The catalytic effect a Begbie sculpture has in any setting, given that it has no palpable substance or surface, is phenomenal. Each work is an entity which has a far greater physical presence than any solid object could possibly have because it has the power to suggest that it doesn’t exist. Begbie has exhibited worldwide and his extensive list of public commissions includes the Natural History Museum and the Faith Zone of the Millennium Dome in Greenwich. He is an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
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