ARTIST: DAVID BELLAMY
TITLE: THE PRAYER OF THE BIRDS
2022, Gold Acrylic on Black Gesso on Canvas. 76.5W X 76.5H
The work has a gold lustre/Iridescent finish.

David Bellamy is an artist, scientist, textile designer and environmentalist. He launched the Museum of Making and Tomorrow (MOMAT) in November 2018 as a platform for ‘thinking, making and communicating’, with a group exhibition titled ‘Artist’s Textiles’ at the Irma Stern Museum, UCT.

David’s paintings, sculptural vessels, textile designs and slow clothes refer to the natural world, out of which we evolved and upon which we depend. His fabrics are produced using labour-intensive methods in the artisanal textile studio that adjoins his home.
‘I’m inspired by almost everything in the natural world... and by ferocity, kindness, generosity, ambition, valour.’

The bbellamy&bbellamy shop in Main Road, Muizenberg, houses an extensive curated collection of imported fabrics, hand picked by David over decades, and is a treasure trove for local decorators, fabric lovers and tourists. More recently, the shop became a showcase for David’s contemporary artists’ textiles.
‘We should be making everything last for as long as possible, every object should have 9 lives, so we should always live with old and new things.’

David’s academic credentials reflect his wide-ranging interests. He holds a BSc degree in Advanced Biology (Wits, Johannesburg), a BA Hons in Fine Art and Critical Studies (St Martin’s School of Art, London) and studied Zen Shiatsu and Traditional Chinese Medicine (London College of Shiatsu).

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