David Shrigley installs giant praying mantis sculpture at former school

Credit: David Shrigley/Jay Bartlett David Shrigley has returned to the school where he first took his first proper art lessons, bringing along a giant praying mantis sculpture. The Turner-nominated artist was a student at Beauchamp College in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, from 1983 to 1987, when he was aged 14-18. He went on to take the Art and Design Foundation course at Leicester Polytechnic, then completed his education at the Glasgow School of Art – and is now a leading British artist working across different mediums.