David Bridgeman
- Work
- Biography
My artworks tell stories, evoke memories and instil a sense of place. Using a variety of media, the stories told are fictional and evolve from an event, an object or an experience. Found objects, texts, or observations may give life to an idea. Books, toys and games are often used as vehicles to carry these narratives.
I build models of dream-like structures, uninhabitable buildings with unexplained openings, imaginary landscapes. Packaging material, cardboard boxes, balsawood and a wealth of other recycled materials are used. The structures are further tested using drawing, painting and printmaking.
Stories are fundamental to the works I create and their visual impact is important in conveying these narratives. Colourful scenarios depicting fairground or carnival imagery and text are often used, arousing feelings of fear and excitement. Rooms with hidden passages, inviting entrances, holes to unknown depths are prevalent. Faceless figures of antiquity paired with brightly coloured figurines, conjure a sense of magic and mysticism.
Humour and the chaotic senseless absurdities of life are referenced. The viewer is left to ponder the blurred lines between truth, fiction and reality. The work creates a clear and balanced understanding of a changing world, offering the viewer an often-absurdist solution to the senselessness presented to us socially and politically in our contemporary life.
I build models of dream-like structures, uninhabitable buildings with unexplained openings, imaginary landscapes. Packaging material, cardboard boxes, balsawood and a wealth of other recycled materials are used. The structures are further tested using drawing, painting and printmaking.
Stories are fundamental to the works I create and their visual impact is important in conveying these narratives. Colourful scenarios depicting fairground or carnival imagery and text are often used, arousing feelings of fear and excitement. Rooms with hidden passages, inviting entrances, holes to unknown depths are prevalent. Faceless figures of antiquity paired with brightly coloured figurines, conjure a sense of magic and mysticism.
Humour and the chaotic senseless absurdities of life are referenced. The viewer is left to ponder the blurred lines between truth, fiction and reality. The work creates a clear and balanced understanding of a changing world, offering the viewer an often-absurdist solution to the senselessness presented to us socially and politically in our contemporary life.
Education
2025 - Member Edinburgh Printmakers
2023-2024 MLitt Fine Art Practice (Dist.) School of Fine Art, GSA, Glasgow
1980-1984 BEd. (Hons) University of Worcester
Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2020 Finding The Way, Online exhibition, Black Pony Gallery, Artsy.net
• 2014 The Road Not Taken, The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
Two Person Exhibitions
• 2017 Bridgeman - Saunders, The Framers Gallery, Windmill St. London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2024 GSA MLlitt Degree Show, Stow Building, Glasgow
• 2024 New Glasgow Society, Finnieston, Glasgow
• 2024 Salon des Inclusions, Annex Gallery, GSA
• 2021 Reimagined Futures: 2nd Cayman Islands Biennial, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
• 2008 Carifesta X, Georgtown, Guyana
• Arreckly: towards a cultural identity, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
• 2019 Cross Currents:1st Cayman Islands Biennial, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
• 1994 2nd Biennial of Painting in the Caribbean & Central America, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• Royal Over-Seas League Open Exhibition, London, Short listed. Juried by Sonya Lawson RA, John Hoyland RA, Andrew Brown, Anthony Whishaw RA.
• 1994-1996 Carib Art: traveling exhibition in five places including UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.
Relevant Experience
• 2006- 2008 Education officer, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman.
Professional Development
• 2019-2021 TurpsBanana Correspondence Painting Course: Mentors Luke Dowd, Katie Pratt,
• 2019 Etching: Non-Toxic Printmaking with Jodi Le Bigre Edinburgh Printmakers, Dundee St. Scotland.
2025 - Member Edinburgh Printmakers
2023-2024 MLitt Fine Art Practice (Dist.) School of Fine Art, GSA, Glasgow
1980-1984 BEd. (Hons) University of Worcester
Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2020 Finding The Way, Online exhibition, Black Pony Gallery, Artsy.net
• 2014 The Road Not Taken, The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
Two Person Exhibitions
• 2017 Bridgeman - Saunders, The Framers Gallery, Windmill St. London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2024 GSA MLlitt Degree Show, Stow Building, Glasgow
• 2024 New Glasgow Society, Finnieston, Glasgow
• 2024 Salon des Inclusions, Annex Gallery, GSA
• 2021 Reimagined Futures: 2nd Cayman Islands Biennial, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
• 2008 Carifesta X, Georgtown, Guyana
• Arreckly: towards a cultural identity, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
• 2019 Cross Currents:1st Cayman Islands Biennial, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
• 1994 2nd Biennial of Painting in the Caribbean & Central America, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• Royal Over-Seas League Open Exhibition, London, Short listed. Juried by Sonya Lawson RA, John Hoyland RA, Andrew Brown, Anthony Whishaw RA.
• 1994-1996 Carib Art: traveling exhibition in five places including UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.
Relevant Experience
• 2006- 2008 Education officer, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman.
Professional Development
• 2019-2021 TurpsBanana Correspondence Painting Course: Mentors Luke Dowd, Katie Pratt,
• 2019 Etching: Non-Toxic Printmaking with Jodi Le Bigre Edinburgh Printmakers, Dundee St. Scotland.
- David Bridgeman
- Rubber Sally
- Casting
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- Sally's Land
- Mixed Media
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- Sally Red and White
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- Sally Ancient
- Casting
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- Sally Yellow
- Casting
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- House of Fun
- Modelling
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- Bring Her Home
- Modelling
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- For One Night Only
- Screenprinting
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