Daydream Featured Artist:

NICOLAS RUSTON

Most recognised for his scratch paintings depicting contemporary popular culture.

Born in Epping, England in 1975, is a British artist and sculptor, most recognised for his scratch paintings depicting contemporary popular culture and its relationship with the mass media. Related to the actress Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Ruston) he lives and works in London and Cambridgeshire. Ruston began painting professionally in 1987 aged 12 and graduated from De Montfort University following a three-year apprenticeship under sculptor John Warren. His work has been launched in diverse locations around London from grimy warehouses to the Tower of London. Ruston’s art has been exhibited alongside artists as varied as Andy Warhol, Richard Prince, Nobuyoshi Araki and Mat Collishaw and features in private and corporate collections around the world.