David Inshaw (British, born )

Timeline

1943
David Inshaw was born Wednesfield, Staffordshire
1950
Moved to live in Biggin Hill, Kent
1959–1963
Studied painting at Beckenham School of Art
1964
Awarded French Government scholarship to study in Paris for six months
1971
Moved from Bristol to Devizes, Wiltshire
1972
Formed association with painters Graham and Ann Arnold, calling themselves the Broadheath Brotherhood (after Elgar’s birthplace)
1966–1975
Teaching painting and print making at West of England College, Bristol
1975
Joined with Peter Blake, Jan Haworth, Graham and Annie Ovenden and the Arnolds to form the Brotherhood of Ruralists. Resigned from teaching post in Bristol
1976
Brotherhood of Ruralists first exhibition as a group at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1975–1977
Appointed Fellow of Commoner in Creative Art at Trinity College Cambridge. Moved from Devizes to Cambridge
1977
Returned to Devizes, Wiltshire
1983
Left the Brotherhood of Ruralists
1989
Moved to Clyro, near Hay on Wye, Powys
1995
Moved back to Devizes
David Inshaw currently lives and works in London and Devizes

Exhibitions

1969
First one-man exhibition at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol