Artist who was “interested in the tension between truth and fiction, reality and invention”, noted for painstakingly researched and executed works, who was featured in Art Now, at Tate Britain, in 2006. For this, he created a new piece which employed “the conventions of museological display and wildlife documentaries. Using drawings, collage, text, sound recordings and projections, the installation explores the juxtaposition of his mother’s subjective view of the wildlife in her suburban garden with the scientific rigour of Charles Darwin”. Shovlin was born in Leicester, gained a diploma from Loughborough College of Art and Design, 1997–8; graduated with honours in fine art painting from Loughborough University School of Art & Design, 1998–01; and was awarded his master’s in fine art painting at the Royal College of Art, 2001– 3.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
