Lot 22A: Duda - Mama Rabbit (2021)

Born in London in 1980, Irish-Italian artist David Uda (Duda) now lives and works between Dublin and New York. With a background in fashion and a love for the aesthetics of shape and form, Duda’s distinctive style is known for his use of colour and mixed media, while his paintings can be characterized by his appreciation for beauty, combined with his own take on modern day life and pop culture. Unafraid to experiment with any artistic format, Duda is known for exploring a wide variety of techniques, ranging from original stencil compositions to glasswork.

While Duda has been painting his whole life, he only started painting professionally in 2009, but this hasn’t stopped him from exhibiting his work and generating a following in major cities all over the world, namely Dublin, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stockholm, Bristol, South Korea, Chicago, Miami and New York. In 2013, Duda was selected by The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation to be amongst Ireland’s top 30 artists as part of their Big Egg Hunt Event. Sponsored by Brown Thomas, Duda’s work went on to raise €10k at live auction for the charity. More recently, Duda was commissioned by U2’s The Edge to paint a sculpture of a life-sized horse as part of the Under stARTers campaign 2019, helping raise over €180k for children’s charity, Sensational Kids.

Duda is represented in Ireland by Sol Art Gallery and in the U.S. by The World Trade Gallery in New York City, who, alongside Silverstein Properties invited Duda to be one of 33 internationally renowned artists involved in a unique and exciting project in 4 World Trade Centre. Launched in early 2017, his work which comprised a 5,000 sq ft floor mural entitled ‘In Bloom’, received widespread coverage and praise including The New York Times, Forbes, ABC News, The Irish Times amongst others. Duda continues to catch the eye of collectors internationally with his unique style of contemporary pop art, while adding to his ever-growing portfolio with personal collections for upcoming exhibitions and bespoke commissions for admirers of his work.