David Batchelor’s sculpture, site-specific installations and works on paper celebrate the brilliant and often brash colours of modern urban environments, challenging how they are perceived by the viewer. Using found pieces such as fluorescent plastic objects, children’s toys, and empty bottles in combination with a range of industrial materials, he creates unique works which balance playfulness, tension and the beauty found in the ordinary.

Ranging from deceptively simple to complex constructions, Batchelor’s visual language is dominated by geometric shapes such as circles, triangles and squares, often arranged in towers or grid-like formations. In this large cast acrylic and concrete sculpture, the artist layers translucent coloured sheets reminiscent of the children’s game Connect 4. Although the complex structure has a fragility, it is held in place firmly by a solid concrete plinth – a material evocative of city tower blocks and multi-storey car parks. 

Batchelor has exhibited widely in solo and group shows including Adventures of the Black Square at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, in 2015. A solo exhibition was presented by Ingleby Gallery in 2019. Batchelor’s portfolio includes a number of major public artworks including a commission for the British Council headquarters in Hong Kong, a 10-metre high light installation at Archway underground station, London, and a major commission for St. Pancras International station entitled Chromolocomotion. He has also written a number of essays and books on contemporary colour theory including Chromophobia, published in 2000.

Batchelor lives and works in London.