David Hockney (born 1937)
Born in 1937 in Bradford, England, Hockney relocated in 1964 to Los Angeles where he was an award winning set designer and a profoundly adept photographer. His studies began at Bradford School of Art in 1953 and at London’s Royal College of Art beginning in 1959. Hockney’s artistic endeavors extend to a wide variety of media and, in addition to his landscapes and poolscapes; he is renowned for depictions of family and people he met in his extensive travels. Hockey exhibited at several one man shows including, Museum of Modern Art in 1964, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1988. Also, Hockney lectured at such universities as University of Iowa, University of Colorado, and the University of California-Berkeley. In 1988, the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, awarded him an honorary doctorate.
In 1998, he did a series of vivid pastels on the Grand Canyon called “David Hockney: Space & Line,” that were exhibited in Paris at Centre George Pompidou from January 27 to April 26th, 1999, and following that for a month at the Richard Gray Gallery in New York City. In 1999, he won the Wollaston award for some of his Canyon paintings, which were exhibited at London’s Royal Academy.