David Iona has for many years explored the posibility of presenting, what he intuits as a possible nexus between Zen 'emptiness', Judeo-Christian and Sufi mysticism through the material means of his archestructures, drawing and video.

In 1999 after over forty years of modeling and carving sculpture as well as making Archestructures, teaching himself the necessary skills he immersed himself in Zen and Christian mysticism, particularly Eckhardt and St John of the Cross. Iona entered the Zen priesthood being ordained at the Hsu Yun Temple in Hawaii.

David Iona has travelled the world visiting many countries, staying in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the U.S.A. Residing now in the town of his birth (1935) Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, where he has his workshops.

He has works in many institutions and private collections.