{"product_id":"david-surman-pedro","title":"128. David Surman - Pedro","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on linen on board\u003cbr\u003e7 x 5 x 1\/16 inch\u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Surman is a British artist whose paintings use figurative forms executed with an immediacy and apparent simplicity that reflects his belief that art should feel as natural and instinctive as breathing. Across his practice, Surman seeks to create structures for thought and feeling that are simultaneously universal and deeply personal. Though originally trained as a filmmaker, he now works primarily in painting, developing a visual language that combines humour, tenderness, irony, and psychological tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, Surman’s work has increasingly explored the projection of human experience onto the natural world. Employing elements of pathetic fallacy, cartoon imagery, and anthropomorphic forms, he imbues animals and figures with emotional complexity while questioning established hierarchies of taste and value within both art and society’s understanding of nature. His paintings move between sincerity and absurdity, liveliness and melancholy, reflecting on the shared condition of precarity experienced by all life on an environmentally unstable planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurman completed an MA in Film and Television Studies at University of Warwick, UK (2003–2004), following a BA in Animation at Newport Film School, UK (1999–2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent solo and two-person exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eSoft Eye Hard Nose\u003c\/em\u003e at THEO Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia (2026); \u003cem\u003eRoommates\u003c\/em\u003e with Ian Gouldstone at Sibyl Gallery, New Orleans, USA (2025); \u003cem\u003eAfter the Flood\u003c\/em\u003e at Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London (2025); \u003cem\u003eSleepless Moon\u003c\/em\u003e at THEO Gallery, Seoul, Korea (2024); \u003cem\u003ePAWS: David Surman x Wandler\u003c\/em\u003e at Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam (2023); and \u003cem\u003ePortraits of a Wild Family\u003c\/em\u003e at Sens Gallery, Hong Kong (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected group exhibitions and fairs include \u003cem\u003ePedigree\u003c\/em\u003e at OHSH Projects, London (2025); \u003cem\u003eUnity in Diversity\u003c\/em\u003e at Powerlong Museum, Shanghai (2025); \u003cem\u003eDog Days of Summer\u003c\/em\u003e at Timothy Taylor Gallery, New York (2024); \u003cem\u003ePaper Cuts\u003c\/em\u003e at the Saatchi Gallery, London (2018); and fairs including VOLTA New York, ARCO Madrid, Art Busan, Art Jakarta, and Art Central Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards include the UWN Strategic Insight Programme Scholarship (2009) and an Arts and Humanities Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733094703478,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013651206518,"sku":null,"price":565.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987662840182,"sku":null,"price":575.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987662872950,"sku":null,"price":585.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/128.DavidSurman-Pedro.jpg?v=1779286142","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/david-surman-pedro","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}