David Reekie is an internationally renowned glass sculptor who uses drawing and glass casting to express his unique vision of the human condition.
An innovator both artistically and technically in the field, Reekie's work begins with a drawing. These drawings are surreal and humorous in character. They are his observations of the foibles and failings of human character. An early enthusiast of cast glass, Reekie has developed his own distinct version of the lost wax casting method.
A central theme of Reekie's work is the threat that modern life poses to our individuality. Much of his work is Kafkaesque in its perception of the powerful, anonymous forces that try to shape us; and our ability (or lack of it) to either adapt to them or escape them.
Born in London in 1947 David Reekie studied Glass and Ceramics at Stourbridge College of Art – on a programme which has since moved into the School of Art & Design of this University.
In 1988 he was awarded a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship to research glass in architecture in the USA.
From 1994-97 he was appointed an International Council Member of the Pilchuck Glass School in the USA. In 2002 he was appointed to the Advisory Council of North Lands Creative Glass in Scotland.
A founding member of the British Artists in Glass, now the Contemporary Glass Society, Reekie’s work has featured in countless periodicals and in over 60 exhibits worldwide. His art is in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, and the Shanghai Museum of Glass in China, amongst many others.
Reekie has lectured extensively on glass sculpture in the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia where in 2009 he had a Residency at the South Australia Art School.
