Douglas White

Douglas White (b. 1977, UK) is a sculptor known for transforming found materials into evocative, hybrid forms that challenge distinctions between the organic and industrial, the natural and the artificial. His work often explores the tension between decay and regeneration, drawing on themes of transformation, loss, and co-evolution. Driven by a fascination with discarded and overlooked materials and "finding something magical within the everyday" White's intuitive practice incorporates materials as diverse as blown-out truck tyres and lightning-struck trees. The materials are often subject to violent transformations, revealing inner or unexpected surfaces, structures, aesthetics, and fragility. White’s practice, rooted in a tactile, poetic relationship with the found object, reveals a world where beauty is inseparable from destruction, and meaning arises from contradiction.