David Mach (1956-), Sculptor

David Stefan Mach

Sitter in 3 portraits
Artist of 1 portrait
Born in Fife, Mach settled in London following postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art (1979-82). His first solo show was held at the Lisson Gallery in 1982 and the following year he showed Polaris, a replica submarine made of 6000 tyres, at the Hayward Gallery. Multiple mass-produced objects, have been used by Mach throughout his career and collage has become a second strand to his practice. Mach was elected an RA in 1998 and in 2000 was appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools. '… inspirational, imaginative, provocative, inventive and funny surely, all of which tend to be characteristic of Mach's work...'