DAVID BEGBIE was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1955. He studied at The Slade School of Sculpture and The Royal Society of British Sculptors. He has worked almost exclusively with the human form, primarily sculpting in steel mesh but also producing monoprints, etchings, ink and charcoal drawings and mixedmedia work. Begbie is best known for his distinctive steel mesh figures; for which he achieves very fine intricate sculpting detail of the body's musculature through skillful hand-forming techniques. The steel mesh creates a pliable liveliness and sense of movement that is further enhanced by the use of shadowplay with strategic lighting.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selcted)
2016
David Begbie & Marco de Kok, Van Loon Galleries, Vught, The Netherlands
2015
‘SOLID AIR‘ - Vecchiato Arte, Padova, Italy
Juliane Hundertmark Galerie Berlin, Germany
2013
’Solo Salon Show’ Townhouse - Spitalfields, London with Tanner & Lawson, London
2011
‘Archetypes’, Moorhouse, London
’Skindeep’, Ode to Art, Singapore
‘David Begbie’ Van Loon en Simons, Vught, Netherlands
‘GENUS’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘GENUS’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Soloshow ‘Soft Opening’, David Begbie Gallery, London W1
‘David Begbie’, Albemarle Gallery, London
2010
Gallery David Begbie, London
‘Thin Air’ Air Gallery, London
‘Aria Sottile’, Vecchiato Arte, Padua
‘Unud’, AM Gallery, Roquetas Del Mar, Almeria, Spain
‘Iconii’ Chapter House, Canterbury Cathedral
‘Archetypes’ Moorhouse, London
‘Skindeep’, Ode to Art, Singapore
2009
Gallery David Begbie London
‘Nudus’, Number Nine, Birmingham UK
Biennale, Galerie Van Loon en Simons, Vught, Holland including
‘Rhythmic Ties’ violine concert
’Unud’ Somerville Gallery, Plymouth
Gallery David Begbie at Queens Elm Gallery, Chelsea, London including ‘Rhythmic Ties’ Concert
2008
‘Genii’ Albemarle Gallery, London
Gallery David Begbie, London
‘Grandslam 2008 maquette‘, (A.L.T.E.C. Wimbledon) exhibition
Albemarle Gallery, London
2007
Gallerie Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
Gallery David Begbie, London
Galerie Van Loon en Simmons, Netherlands
Form 2007 Olympia; London
‘Antebodies’ Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada
2006
Gallery David Begbie London
Number Nine, Birmingham
2005
‘Nuduu’, Gallery David Begbie
The Catto Gallery, London
Etienne & Van Loon, Netherlands
2004
Gallery David Begbie, London
Hotel Linde, Mariawörth, Austria
Herman Miller Event, International Art Consultants, London
2003
Gallery David Begbie, London
Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado International Art Consultants,
Spectrum, London
Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London
Number Nine, Birmingham Spectrum, International Art Consultants London
Festival Gallery, Henley Festival, England
2002
Gallery David Begbie, London
Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London
Online - Platform for Art, Gloucester Road, London
Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada
Galerie Bernd Duerr, Munich, Germany
2001
Gallery David Begbie, London
2000
Gallery David Begbie, London
1999
Gallery David Begbie, London
Inauguration of Stirling Square, St James, London – Sir James Stirling's final building
1998
‘Begbie Selected Retrospective’, early Work 1983-1991 and recent work 1998, Gallery David Begbie, London
1997 Gallery David Begbie, London
The Festival of Erotica, Olympia, London
1996
Gallery David Begbie, London
Artopia, New York, USA
Hannah Peschar Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Surrey
1995
Gallery David Begbie, London
Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Posner Fine Art, Santa Monica, California, USA
1994
Gallery David Begbie, London
Fire Station Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Emporio Armani, Brompton Road, London. Special Collaboration
Joel Kessler Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
1993
Gallery David Begbie, London
Catto Gallery, London
1992
Gallery David Begbie, London
1991
Salama-Caro Gallery, Cork Street, London
1990
Wates City Tower, London Salama-Caro Gallery, Cork Street, London
1989
Salama-Caro Gallery, Cork Street, London
1988
‘Crucifix’, Installation at Winchester Cathedral, England
Henley 88 Festival, Henley On Thames, England (OMS)
1987
Salama-Caro Gallery, Cork Street, London
I.C.A.F, Olympia, London (OMS)
1986
Galeria Il Ponte, Rome (Margarita Failoni)
Forum, Zurich, Switzerland, (OMS)
Navy Pier, Chicago, USA – (Galeria Il Ponte)
Savacou Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
Simpsons of Piccadilly of London - Special Collaborative One Man Exhibition
‘Mandelzoom‘ Canino, Italy, curated by Antonio d‘Avossa
‘Tristan‘ MOMA, Palma de Mallorca curated by Achille Bonito Oliva
Brompton Gallery, Knightsbridge, London