DAVID KENWORTHY

My family tells me that as a young child I was always pulling things apart to see how they worked. It was only when I got to manual arts in high school and later on into a Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship that I found that it could be just as interesting and even more satisfying to put something together. For most of the 90s I made a living designing and manufacturing my own range of furniture and artifacts. In 2003 I discovered the 'Russian Constructivist' art movement and I became inspired by the structural nature of their aesthetic and the political and social values the work held. So in 2004 I started making some sculptures that became my first exhibition, 'The Joy of Apathy'. Since then I have discovered so many new artists including: Dan Flavin, Howard Arkley, Rachel Whiteread and Tracey Emin. Today I find I am the same person in many ways. I'm still as inquisitive as ever and I still love to make things.

- David Kenworthy, 2007