Companion Pendant 30, 2021
David Shrigley was born in 1968 and grew up in Leicester. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1988-91. He lived in Glasgow until 2015. He now lives in Branscombe and Brighton.
His work encompasses many media including drawing, painting, sculpture, animation, performance and music and has been exhibited in many different countries.
His drawings have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines and he is the author of over 30 graphic books.
In 2012 he had a retrospective exhibition at Hayward Gallery in London. In 2013 he was shortlisted for both the Turner Prize and was awarded the 2016 Fourth Plinth commission for Trafalgar Square. He was awarded the OBE in 2020 for services to the visual arts.