DAVID MACH
David Mach is one of the UK’s most successful and respected artists, known for his dynamic and imaginative large scale collages, sculptures and installations using diverse media, including shipping containers, coat hangers, matches, magazines and many other materials. Born in 1956 in Fife, David Mach attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art where he chose to specialise in sculpture before taking his MA at the Royal College of Art. David Mach has exhibited his work globally and won numerous awards for his art.
Mach’s Awards and other notable achievements include:
1975 Pat Holmes Memorial Prize
1982 RCA Drawing Prize
1988 Nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
1992 Won Lord Provost’s Award, RGI, Glasgow
1998 Elected Member of the Royal Academy of Arts
1999 Visiting Professor, Sculpture Department, Edinburgh College of Art
2000 Appointed Professor of Sculpture, Royal Academy Schools, London
2002 Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Dundee University
2004 Made Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy
2004 First Visiting Professor of Inspiration and Discovery at the University of Dundee (Scotland)
2006 Elected to the board of the National Portrait Gallery
2011 Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award 2011 winner for Precious Light
2011 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Art
David Mach is one of the UK’s most successful and respected artists, known for his dynamic and imaginative large scale collages, sculptures and installations using diverse media, including shipping containers, coat hangers, matches, magazines and many other materials. Born in 1956 in Fife, David Mach attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art where he chose to specialise in sculpture before taking his MA at the Royal College of Art. David Mach has exhibited his work globally and won numerous awards for his art.
Mach’s Awards and other notable achievements include:
1975 Pat Holmes Memorial Prize
1982 RCA Drawing Prize
1988 Nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
1992 Won Lord Provost’s Award, RGI, Glasgow
1998 Elected Member of the Royal Academy of Arts
1999 Visiting Professor, Sculpture Department, Edinburgh College of Art
2000 Appointed Professor of Sculpture, Royal Academy Schools, London
2002 Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Dundee University
2004 Made Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy
2004 First Visiting Professor of Inspiration and Discovery at the University of Dundee (Scotland)
2006 Elected to the board of the National Portrait Gallery
2011 Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award 2011 winner for Precious Light
2011 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Art
David Mach is one of the UK’s most successful and respected artists, known for his dynamic and imaginative large scale collages, sculptures and installations using diverse media, including shipping containers, coat hangers, matches, magazines and many other materials. Born in 1956 in Fife, David Mach attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art where he chose to specialise in sculpture before taking his MA at the Royal College of Art. David Mach has exhibited his work globally and won numerous awards for his art.
Mach’s Awards and other notable achievements include:
1975 Pat Holmes Memorial Prize
1982 RCA Drawing Prize
1988 Nominated for the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
1992 Won Lord Provost’s Award, RGI, Glasgow
1998 Elected Member of the Royal Academy of Arts
1999 Visiting Professor, Sculpture Department, Edinburgh College of Art
2000 Appointed Professor of Sculpture, Royal Academy Schools, London
2002 Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Dundee University
2004 Made Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy
2004 First Visiting Professor of Inspiration and Discovery at the University of Dundee (Scotland)
2006 Elected to the board of the National Portrait Gallery
2011 Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award 2011 winner for Precious Light
2011 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Art