David Hockney

David Hockney (born 1937) is a British artist renowned for his vibrant paintings, drawings, and digital works that explore perspective, color, and technology. Born in Bradford, England, he studied at the Royal College of Art in London and became a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Hockney is best known for his iconic swimming pool paintings, portraits, and innovative iPad drawings. His work has been exhibited in major institutions worldwide, including the Tate Britain, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Centre Pompidou. In 2017, the Tate Britain hosted a major retrospective of his career, which later traveled to the Centre Pompidou and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His large-scale landscape series, “A Bigger Picture,” was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2012. Hockney’s groundbreaking exploration of digital media has kept his work at the forefront of contemporary art. He continues to create, maintaining his status as one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.