David Griggs, lives and works in Manila, Philippines
David Griggs is an Australian artist currently living and working in Manila, who uses urban leitmotifs in his paintings and installations that question the control protocols pervading within private and public domains. His works vary across different mediums. Predominantly a painter and photographer, Griggs has also created large-scale site-specific installations that comment on politics, poverty, prostitution, gang tattooing and freak shows.
Griggs has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and Asia and has conducted research for projects during residencies in Barcelona, Manila, Thailand and Burma. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions including Frat of the Obese, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (2011) Fluid Zones Biennale Jakarta XIII (2009), Blood on the Streets, Artspace, Sydney (2007), The Independence Project, Galerie Petronas, Kuala Lumpur (2007), Exchanging Culture for Flesh, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2006), Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2006), The Buko Police, Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila (2005), and New York, London, Paris, Rome, Manila City Jail, Green Papaya Art Projects Manila, (2009) The sort of black claymore paintings, Pablo Galley, Manila (2010) Post Criminal, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney (2010). Griggs is represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, KalimanRawlins Gallery, Melbourne, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz and LOSTprojects, Manila.