SEED

David Bickerstaff went to art school in his native Australia and then moved to the UK in 1987. He is an accomplished filmmaker who founded Atomictv in 1997 as an umbrella organisation for developing collaborations with other creative practitioners. David's artist videos and installations such as The Lukhang, Hygieia and The Zone have been seen in various arts festivals and exhibitions, including the Wellcome Collection, Vitra Museum, Onedotzero, Festival International du Film sur L’Art Montreal, and the documentary fortnight at the Museum of Modern Art New York. David also collaborates with producer Phil Grabsky on the successful EXHIBITION ON SCREEN series - directing, filming and co-writing feature-length art documentaries for the cinema. Each film looks at an iconic artist and a major exhibition of their work in world renown art galleries. Titles include Pissaro: The Father of Impressionism, The Danish Collector: Delacoix to Gauguin, Sunflowers, Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait, Van Gogh & Japan, Degas: A Passion for Perfection, Michelangelo: Love and Death, Canaletto & The Art of Venice, Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, along with other feature films about artists such as John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Hieronymus Bosch and Francisco Goya. As a creative director, David devises video installations and interactives for museums and visitor attractions. Recent clients including the Natural History Museum, The Royal Collection Trust, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Historic Royal Palaces, Museum of London, the Royal Observatory, and the National Maritime Museum. He has won various awards for his projects and is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.