Artist and teacher who used rudimentary and sophisticated technical devices to create simple installations with strong metaphorical qualities. For Temporary Accommodation, at Whitechapel Art Gallery in 2001, he transformed half the upper gallery into his workshop, centred on a home-made hot air balloon that rose and fell as its temperature changed. Born in Ipsden, Oxfordshire, Faithfull graduated first-class in theatre design at Central St Martins School of Art, 1986–9, in 1994–6 gaining his master’s in fine art from Reading University. From 2000 he was a visiting lecturer at Goldsmiths’ University, fine art/history of art, in 2001 being a visiting lecturer in the University of London’s architecture department. Residencies included Triangle, New York, America, 2000.