Biography
David Musgrave (b. Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, UK 1973) studied at Wimbledon College of Art (1992-3) and Chelsea College of Art & Design (1994-7). His work could be witty, as in his piece Animal, 1998, included in the Hayward Gallery tour The British Art Show 5, 2000–1. Among solo exhibitions were Duncan Cargill Gallery, 1998; greengrassi, 2001; and Transmission, Glasgow, 2002. In 2003, Musgrave had a one-man show at Arnolfini, Bristol, part of Recognition One, for emerging British Artists. Of his anthropomorphic forms there, it was said that they “tantalise our desire to find the human in what we see.” Also in 2003, Musgrave was featured in the series Art Now at Tate Britain.Lived and worked in London and Surrey.