David Poole
Artist and Filmmaker
Training
2016 Foot Up: Mentoring to Get On (The Producers’ Forum with Creative Alliance)
2016 Talent Campus 2.0 (London Screenwriters' Festival with Creative Skillset)
2013 Writing For Genre Features Advanced Mentoring Lab (London Screenwriters’ Festival)
2012 Directors Lab (Directors UK and Second Light)
2010 Grass Routes (Birmingham REP)
Awards and Nominations
2014 Inspire Birmingham 2014 Award for Arts & Culture
2010 Nominated for Best New Talent, Royal Television Society Midlands
2010 Nominated for Best Short Film (The Interviewee), Royal Television Society Midlands
2008 BBC Blast Comedy Bursary Award 2008-9
TV Broadcasts
2009 BBC 2 Broadcast, The Interviewee, 27th November 2009
2008 BBC 2 Broadcast, Sensitivity, 28th November 2008
Art Commissions
2016 LOADING... BAY, BPN Architects
2016 Opening Doors, CBRE (With Billy Plante)
Art residencies
2017 Grand Union, Birmingham
2015 Soup PTII, Stryx, Birmingham
FORTHCOMING Art Exhibitions
2018 New Art West Midlands 2018
Selected Art Exhibitions
2017 Black Hole Club Launch, Vivid Projects
2016 Artists At Three, BPN Architects, Jewellery Quarter Birmingham
2016 Feature, Dan Auluk, Online
2016 Future Broth, Black Hole Club for Vivid Projects
2016 Constructing The Self: David Bowie, Black Hole Club for Vivid Projects
2016 Opening Doors, CBRE, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham
2015 tART: Waste Material, Vivid Projects
2015 Soup PtII: Residency Outcome exhibition, Stryx
2015 Soup PTII: Open Studio, Stryx
2015 ARTICLE OFF-SITE Presents 7 Disorderly Dramas, Live + Loud, Selfridges Birmingham
2015 Soup PTII: Meet The Artists, Stryx
2015 Rove, BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree Show, Birmingham School Of Art
2014 West Midlands Open 2014, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
2014 The Passage, The Arches Project, Digbeth, Birmingham
Press Coverage
2016 quarter Life Magazine, Issue 9, p20-21, 'Artists At Three,' 18th November 2016
2016 Birmingham Post, 'Jewellery Quarter architects to host art exhibition outside its offices'
4th August 2016
2016 Business Birmingham, 'CBRE Opens Doors To Art Collaboration' 15th April 2016
2014 Metro, The Passage Article, 'Fine Art Underneath The Arches' 27th May 2014
2014 Anneka French, The Passage Exhibition Review, 26th May 2014
2014 Birmingham Mail, 'Underneath The Arches', 23rd May 2014
2014 Birmingham Post, 'Underneath The Arches... New Art is Coming Alive' 22nd May 2014
2014 Birmingham Mail, Inspire Awards 12 Page Supplement, 'Being Frank... David's a Star' 27th March 2014
2014 Birmingham Mail, 'Our Inspiring Youngsters' 21st March 2014
2014 Birmingham Mail, 'Hard Working Youngsters An Inspiration To Our City' 10th March 2014
2008 Express and Star, Blast Bursary Article, October 2008
2008 Kidderminster Chronicle, Blast Bursary Article, October 2008
other activity
2015-16 Co-editor, Film reviewer and interviewer for critics associated. Selected articles here
2014-15 Social Media Co-ordinator for Rove, Birmingham School Of Art Degree Show 2015
2014 Directed video sequences for theatre show Traveling Light, Birmingham REP and Lighthouse Project
2014 Social Media Co-ordinator and media liaison for The Passage Exhibition
2010 Stage play But For One Day showcased, Birmingham REP theatre
Education
2013-15 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art, Birmingham City University
2012-13 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Birmingham City University
2007-09 HND Film Making, University of Worcester
References Available On Request