David Middlebrook

View David’s recent exhibition Catalogue here

David Middlebrook was born in 1967 in Gloucester, New South Wales. 

All my work uses the Australian desert landscape, either as an entity of its own or as base to create a narrative to explore political, environmental, cultural, humanitarian and Post Colonialism themes. Environmental concerns are explored with the irony of  flooded desert.  The works with red squares are from a body of work called, China and I. The work exists on a number of levels, my time working at residency in China as well as trips to China. I am also looking at the irony of people here buying nearly everything or parts of from China and complaining of China’s influence, but especially with mining of our desert landscape. I don’t offer answers. Indigenous issues and post colonial issues are also explored. He was also selected to represent Australia in ‘Art from Australia’ exhibition in the Gail Museum, Seoul, South Korea. He has exhibited in the Sydney International Contemporary Art Fair, the 2015 Packsaddle exhibition at the New England Regional Art Gallery and a group show at the University of Newcastle, along with other group exhibitions.