Zadok Ben-David

Zadok Ben-David
Out of Order, 2002
painted stainless steel, 17cm
is proud to be associated with tonight's event and wishes
The National Deaf Children's Society
every success in this, its Diamond Jubilee Year
Zadok grew up in Israel and came to the
UK to complete his education at St Martin’s
School of Art where he taught sculpture for
a few years. He has had over 40 solo
exhibitions in galleries and museums
around the world in the last 20 years and
represented Israel in the Venice Biennale in
1988. His work is in public, corporate and
private collections throughout the world.
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David Begbie
Skindeep, 2004
steelmesh, 60cm x 50cm x 15cm
is proud to be associated with tonight's event and wishes
The National Deaf Children's Society
every success in this, its Diamond Jubilee Year
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David studied at Winchester School of Art,
Gloucestershire College of Art and Design
and the Slade School of Sculpture,
University College London where he
discovered his unique medium. He has
exhibited internationally in the USA,
Australia, Canada, Singapore, and
throughout Europe. In London he currently
exhibits at Gallery Different at 45 Shad
Thames London SE1 where his new work
can often be seen first. He has undertaken
a number of prestigious commissions
both corporate and public and his work
is in many private and public collections
including National Galleries in Italy,
Holland, Australia and Canada.
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Holly Johnson
Balls of Gold and Dick of Diamond, 2004
mother of pearl glitter, PVA and acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 60cm
Holly was born and grew up near Penny
Lane in Liverpool to a soundtrack of The
Beatles, T.REX and David Bowie. A
flamboyant teenager, he left school and
started performing in the punk era art rock
band Big In Japan alongside the Lightning
Seeds’ Ian Broudie, KLF's Bill Drummond,
and Budgie, drummer for Siouxsie and
The Banshees.
is proud to be associated with tonight's event and wishes
The National Deaf Children's Society
every success in this, its Diamond Jubilee Year
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After gaining a place at Liverpool Art
College he went on to form Frankie Goes
to Hollywood and outsold all of his
contemporaries combined. Banned by the
BBC for its explicit sexual content, the
single Relax, with its outrageous video,
became one of the top ten best selling UK
hits of all time. He was the first artist ever
to break free from an unfair recording
agreement after a test case in the High
Court, with historic legal implications for
all artists’ contracts. In an interview with
the Times (1993) and in his best selling
autobiography A bone in my flute (1994),
he disclosed his HIV-positive status.
He exhibited his painting and collages with
his first solo show in 1997 at The Gallery in
Cork Street and has since exhibited at The
Royal Academy and The Liverpool Tate.
His second solo show at The Liverpool
Biennial in 2002, which included a
printmaking project completed at the
Royal College of Art, had the highest
attendance of the Independent strand.
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Ricardo Cinalli
El Jardin (The Garden), 2003
oil on canvas, 45cm x 40cm
Ricrado was born and raised in Argentina.
However, he has spent most of his adult
life and had most of his formal art training
in England although his education began in
Argentina and was a combination of music,
psychology, philosophy and art.
paper. Tissue paper layered still reveals
something of what is hidden. This
discovery contributed to the creation
of my first installation in 1983 shown in the
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America,
Washington DC.”
“In the 1980s I discovered accidentally the
medium with which I created my artistic
identity: use of pastels on layers of tissue
It’s this medium that ensures that a Cinalli
is among the most instantly recognisable,
attributable works of contemporary art.
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Annee Olofsson
Spineless series, 2004
print ed. 12, 35.5cm x 35.5cm
Chez Christof
are proud to be associated with tonight's event and wish
The National Deaf Children's Society
every success in this, its Diamond Jubilee Year
Annee was born in Sweden, studied at the
Art Academy in Oslo from 1990 to 1994
and now lives and works in New York. She
works with photography and video and has
exhibited widely in the US, Europe, Asia
and Scandinavia. In 2003 she received a
Hasselblad Grant and was nominated for
the Citibank prize. A book about her work
has just been published by Fine Arts
Unternehmen.
Olofsson’s work is included in several
public and private collections. Upcoming
shows include Mori Art Museum in Tokyo
and Futura in Prague, as well as three solo
shows in museums in Sweden.
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Peter Blake
Love Me Tender, 2004
silkscreen on paper, diamond dust 75cm x 58cm
are proud to be associated with tonight's event and wish
The National Deaf Children's Society
every success in this, its Diamond Jubilee Year
Sir Peter Blake attended Gravesend
School of Art and then the Royal College of
Art, where his contemporaries were Bridget
Riley and Frank Auerbach. One of the
leading pioneers of Pop art, his use of
imagery from comics, pin-up magazines
and consumer goods captures the essence
of his time. His work on album covers such
as Band Aid, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart
Club and Paul Weller's Stanley Road
helped to establish him firmly in the British
consciousness. Peter Blake was elected
RA in 1981, awarded a CBE in 1983, and
was knighted in 2002.
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