Drawings for a New Wall

David Tremlett

David Tremlett was born in 1945 in St. Austell, Cornwall (UK) and grew up in the farm of his parents. From 1962 to 1963 he attended Falmouth College of Art (London), from 1963 to 1966 he studied sculpture at Birmingham School of Art (London) and then in 1966 studied at the Royal College of Art (London). Tremlett's extensive exhibition history includes solo shows at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others. His work is also featured in many prominent collections including the Tate Gallery, London; Cartier Foundation, Paris; Kunsthalle, Hamburg; and the Panza Collection, Varese. David Tremlett has numerous catalogues and artist books to his credit and in 1992 he was short listed for the prestigious Turner Prize.