David Blandy (b. 1976, London) lives and works in London, using video, performance and comics to address identity formation and its relationship to popular culture.
Either as a white man mouthing the words to the underground soul classic "Is it because I’m black" as The White and Black Minstrel (2007), or seeking enlightenment in kung fu movies and anime as The Barefoot Lone Pilgrim (2004-08), Blandy is searching for his cultural position in the world. He often uses humour to ask just how much the self is formed by its immersion in the world of records, films and television, and whether the answers to life’s questions can be found in these mass-produced objects.
He has exhibited at venues such as The Bluecoat as part of the 2008 Liverpool Biennial, Turner Contemporary, Margate, The Baltic, Gateshead, Spike Island, Bristol, 176, London, Platform China Project Space, Beijing, and Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo, Brazil. His work is distributed by LUX, and is represented by Seventeen Gallery.