David Surman

David Surman (born 1981, UK) lives and works in London. He studied animation filmmaking at the Newport Film School before pursuing a postgraduate degree in film studies at Warwick. After several years spent working in moving image across the UK and Australia, he shifted his focus back to a studio arts practice. In recent years he has adopted a characteristic style that involves the creation of many different expressive works that use recurring figurative motifs such as cats, birds and eggs alongside words in a deliberate way. Significant recent shows include “Paintings for the Cat Dimension” at no format Gallery, London (2018), “Figure It Out” at The Dot Project, London (2016) and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” (2013) at Perth Centre for Contemporary Photography. He is also a founding member of the media collective Pachinko Pictures.