David Appleyard is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores storytelling, memory and belief through unexpected connections between objects, places, histories and ideas. Working across both studio and public contexts, he is interested in the ways folklore, myth, personal experience and overlooked narratives shape our understanding of the world. His projects often begin with a fragment: a piece of local folklore, an unusual observation, an overlooked object, a chance encounter or a half-remembered story.

Since establishing his practice in 2007, Appleyard has realised projects across the UK ranging from intimate studio works, publications and found-object assemblages to large-scale public commissions, heritage interpretation and architectural interventions. Drawing on research, humour and associative forms of enquiry, he constructs narratives that move between fact and fiction, the personal and the collective, revealing unexpected relationships between people, places and ideas.

Collaboration forms an important part of his practice, and he regularly works with communities, makers, researchers and specialist craftspeople to develop projects that bring together different forms of knowledge and expertise. Alongside commissions, exhibitions and heritage projects delivered in partnership with public bodies, cultural organisations and private clients, he maintains an active studio practice that continues to explore memory, humour, folklore and the stories embedded within everyday objects and landscapes.

A CV is available upon request.