CV
Chronology |
1966 |
Born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK.
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1982-1984 |
Dewsbury and Batley Art College.
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1984 |
Meets David Blackburn, who becomes a mentor.
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1985-1988 |
Manchester School of Art; awarded BA (Hons) in Fine Art. |
1987 |
Completes first boat drawings, which become an ongoing series. |
1988-1990 |
Slade School of Art; Postgraduate Study in Fine Art. |
1989 |
Anatomy for Artists, University College, London. |
1989 |
Regular visits to British Museum and Petri Museum, UCL. |
1990 |
Commences Association with the Hart Gallery. |
1990 |
First solo exhibition, Hart Gallery, Nottingham. Wins Joseph Webb prize for draughtsman under 35 years. |
1991-1992 |
Awarded place at Hochshule Der Kunst, Berlin, as Artist in
Residence. Visits museums and galleries. |
1992 |
Begins to develop methods using mixed media on paper. |
1993 |
Moves to Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, sets up first studio. |
1995 |
Completes ‘Self-portrait drawing textile worker’, first aerial view. Shortlisted for Villiers David prize. |
1997 |
Touring exhibition, Wakefield, Harrogate, Salford, Huddersfield. Wins Villiers David Prize. Travels extensively through USA (East and West Coast), Australia and Mexico, visiting anthropology museum in Mexico City and travelling to the Gulf of Mexico. |
1998-1999 |
Completes textural aerial views inspired by travels. Villiers David Prize exhibition, Hart Gallery. |
1999-2001 |
Part-time Lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University. |
2002 |
Commences Association with the Albemarle Gallery. |
2002 |
First solo exhibition at Albemarle Gallery, London. |
2003 |
Travels to Belgium, visiting museums in Bruges, Brussels and Ghent, seeing works by Van Eyck and Permecke. |
2005 |
First exhibitions in New York and Bologna in association with Albemarle Gallery. |
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2007 |
Exhibits in Milan and Bologna. Regular visits to East coast near Whitby. |
2008 |
Solo exhibition, Albemarle Gallery. Continues with aerial views of solitary figures. |
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2010 - 2011 |
‘Four British Figurative Painters’, Albemarle Gallery and Ettinger Gallery, New York. |
2012 |
Early works from the David Blackburn collection at 108 Gallery, Harrogate.
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2013 |
Solo exhibition at Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier, Jersey. |
2014 |
Making of the film 'Figures in Solitude'. |
2015 |
Solo exhibition, Albermarle Gallery. Begins to explore architectural ideas. |
2017
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First solo exhibition at Messum's. London. Second solo exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery, entitled 'A Sense of Place'.
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2018 |
Second Solo Exhibition at Messum's London. |
| 2019 |
Co-curated David Blackburn exhibiton at Huddersfield Art Gallery. Travels to the Western Isles. |
| 2020 |
First Solo Exhibition at David Messum's, St James, London. |
Solo Exhibitions
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2023 |
David Messum's, St James, London |
2020 |
David Messum's, St James, London |
2018 |
Messum's, Cork Street, London |
2017/18 |
A Sense of Place, Huddersfield Art Gallery
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2017 |
Messum's, Cork Street London |
2015 |
Figures in Solitude, Albermarle Gallery, London |
2014 |
108 Fine Art, Harrogate |
2013 |
Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier, Jersey |
2012 |
Albemarle Gallery, London. |
2012 |
Early Works from the David Blackburn Collection,
108 Fine Art, Harrogate |
2008 |
The Lowry Hotel Manchester |
2008 |
Albemarle Gallery, London |
2007 |
Studio Forni, Milan |
2006 |
Albemarle Gallery, London |
2004 |
Albemarle Gallery, London |
2002
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Albemarle Gallery, London
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2001 |
Hart Gallery, London |
1999 |
Villiers David Prize Exhibition |
1999 |
Hart Gallery, London |
1997 |
Hart Gallery, London |
1997 |
Touring Exhibition: ‘Paintings and Drawings 1987-97’, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Wakefield Art Gallery, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate, and Salford Art Gallery |
1995 |
Hart Gallery, London |
1994 |
Hart Gallery, Nottingham |
1992 |
Hart Gallery, Nottingham |
1990 |
Hart Gallery, Nottingham |
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2021 |
Artists of Fame and of Promise, Messum's, St James's , London |
2020 |
Atelier, January 2020, The Studio, Messums, Marlow |
2019 |
The Studio, August 2019, Messum's, Marlow |
2018
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The Art of Giving, Messum's, Cork Street, London
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2018 |
Messum's British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London |
2018 |
Elemental North, Messum's, London |
2018 |
New Light Prize Open Exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery |
2017 |
New Light Prize Open Exhibition, Bowes Museum, County Durham |
2016 |
New Light Prize Open Exhibition, Mercer Gallery Harrogate |
2015 |
New Light Prize Open Exhibition, Bowes Museum, County Durham |
2015 |
Grand Summer Exhibition, Albermarle Gallery, London |
2014 |
Contemporary Realism, Collective Exhibition, Albermarle Gallery, London |
2013 |
Collective Exhibition, Albermarle Gallery, London |
2013 |
Collective Exhibition, Albermarle Gallery, London |
2012 |
Nude Collective Exhibtion, Albermarle Gallery, London |
2012 |
Dive, Art and Water Exhibition, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate |
2012 |
Aqueous Collective Exhibition, Albermarle Gallery, London |
2011 |
Korean Art Fair, Seoul, Albermarle Gallery |
2011 |
Albermarle Gallery, Summer Collective, London |
2011 |
Elleanor Ettinger Gallery, British Figurative Painting, New York |
2010 |
Albermarle Gallery, 4 British Figurative Painters, London |
2010 |
Albermarle Gallery, Charity Group Exhibition, London |
2009 |
Albermarle Gallery, Group Exhibition, London |
2008 |
Albermarle Gallery, Summer Show,London |
2007 |
‘Standard Chartered’ Exhibition, London |
2007 |
‘Form London’, Olympia, Albemarle Gallery, London |
2007 |
‘Arte Fiera’ Galleria Forni, Bologna |
2006 |
‘Human Art’, Lucio Barbera, Sicily |
2006 |
‘10th Anniversary Exhibition’, Albemarle Gallery, London |
2005 |
‘Arte Fiera’ Galleria Forni, Bologna |
2005 |
‘Nuovo Figurazione Britannica’, Galleria Forni, Bologna |
2005 |
‘What is Realism’, Albemarle Gallery, London |
2005 |
‘Summer Exhibition’, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York |
2005 |
‘British Figurative Art’ Two Man Show, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York |
2005 |
Holman and Fenwick, London |
2004 |
‘London Art Fair’, Business Design Centre, London |
2003 |
‘artLONDON’, Burton’s Court, London |
2003 |
‘Summer Exhibition’, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York |
2003 |
‘International Sumer Show’, Albemarle Gallery, London |
2003 |
‘Villiers David Prize-winners’, Ten Years’ Christies, London |
2003 |
‘New Year, New Work’, Albemarle Gallery, London |
2000 |
‘Blake’s Heaven’ Tribute Exhibition to William Blake, Scholar Fine Art |
2000 |
Group Exhibition, Riverhouse Gallery, London |
2000 |
Twentieth Century British Art Fair, London |
1999 |
‘Discerning Eye’ Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London |
1998 |
Hart Gallery Group Exhibition, Lee & Priestley Solicitors, Leeds |
1998 |
‘Art ‘98’ Art Fair, Islington, London |
1997 |
Twentieth Century British Art Fair, London |
1997 |
‘Northern Light’ Exhibition, Whitehall, London |
1996 |
Twentieth Century British Art Fair, London |
1996 |
‘Ghent Art Fair’, Hart Gallery Belgium |
1995 |
‘Young Masters’ Group Exhibition, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate |
1995 |
‘Geneva Art Fair’, Hart Gallery, Switzerland |
1994 |
Two Man Exhibition, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate |
1994 |
Group Exhibition, Hart Gallery, London |
1994 |
‘Art ‘94’, London Art Fair |
1993 |
Group Exhibition, Terrace |
1993 |
Manchester Art Fair |
1993 |
‘Laing’ Landscape Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London and Mercer Gallery, Harrogate |
1992 |
‘Edinburgh Festival, Hart Gallery |
1992 |
‘Art ‘93’, London Art Fair |
1991 |
‘The Green Book Exhibition’, Dean Clough, Halifax |
1991 |
‘The Sixth International Art Fair’, Olympia, London |
1991 |
Gulascy Gallery, Budapest |
1991 |
‘Images of the Yorkshire Landscape’, Civic Hall, Leeds |
1991 |
‘Post-graduate Exhibition’, Slade School of Art |
1990 |
Strang Print Room, University of London |
1990 |
East West Gallery, London |
1990 |
Intaglio Gallery, London |
1990 |
‘Bankside Open’ Exhibition, London |
1989 |
‘Bankside Open’ Exhibition, London |
1988 |
‘One Hundred and Fifty Years of Art in Manchester’, Cavendish Building, Manchester Metropolitan University |
1986 |
‘Young Contemporaries’, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester |
1986 |
Exhibition with Photographer Andrew Sanderson at Huddersfield Sports Centre, opened by Barry Shearman MP |
Awards
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2015 |
Shortlisted for the Valeria Sykes Award |
1997 |
Winner of ‘Villiers David’ Prize |
1995 |
Short-listed for ‘Villiers David’ Prize |
1990 |
‘Joseph Webb’ Prize for Draughtsman Under 35 Years |
1989 |
Laura Ashley Scholarship |
1988 |
Scholarship to the Slade School of Art, University of London |
1987 |
Landscape Drawing Award, Manchester Academy Open Exhibition |
Selected Essays and Publications
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2023 |
Dartmouth Chronical, 15th March. |
2023 |
Kingsbridge and Salcombe Gazette, 11th March. |
2023 |
Catalogue Foward by Patrick Duffy. |
2022 |
Messum's catalogue essay by David Haycock. |
2022 |
Country Life, Art market overview by Huon Mallaleui, January 21st |
2020 |
Messum's catalogue essay by David Haycock. |
2019 |
Catalogue forward by Maxwell Doig for David Blackburn Exhibtion, Huddersfield Art Gallery |
2018
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Pick of the Week, Art Market by Huon Mallalieu, September, Country Life Magazine |
2018
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Messums Catalogue forward by David Boyd Haycock
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2018 |
My Yorkshire, Yorkshire Post Magazine, 13th January 2018 |
2018 |
Artist and Illustrators Magazine, January 2018 |
2017 |
Feature by Andrew Hirst, Huddersfield Examiner, 3rd November 2017 |
2017
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Feature by Hilarie Stelfox, Huddersfield Examiner, January 2017 |
2017
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Messum's Solo Exhibition Catalogue Foreward by Andrea Gates
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2015 |
Essay by Robert Hall |
2015
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Feature by Hilarie Stelfox, Huddersfield Examiner, February 2015 |
2015
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The Silence of Solitude: The Vision of Maxwell Doig, Catalogue Essay by Lynne Green
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| 2013 |
Feature by Hilarie Stelfox, Huddersfield Examiner, September 2013
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2013 |
'Studio Visit" critical essay by Jo Manby |
2013 |
Ithaca Lit, Spring. Featured artist by Michelle Lesko |
2012 |
'The Art of the Nude' by John O'Hern, 'Amercian Art Collector Magazine', October 2012 |
2012 |
Feature by Val Javin, September, Huddersfield Examiner |
2012 |
In Conversation with Andrew Stewart, Exhibition Catalogue |
2011 |
Exhibition review, ‘British Figurative Painting’ at Ettinger Gallery, New York, American Arts Quarterly, Summer 2011, Volume 28, No 3. |
2008 |
Exhibition review by Steve Pil for Artists & Illustrators (May) |
2007 |
Catalogue essay by Barbara Frigario, ‘Figures in Solitude’. |
2007 |
Exhibition review by Alessandro Redaelli for Art magazine (October) |
2006 |
Catalogue essay by John Russell Taylor, solo exhibition, Albemarle Gallery. |
2006 |
Book cover: The Novel Now by Richard Bradford (Oxford: Blackwell) |
2005 |
Interview with Jenny Parkin for Huddersfield Examiner 11th February. |
2003 |
Who’s Who in Art, 31st Edition, Hilmarton Manor Press |
2003 |
Christies exhibition review ‘Formal & Dignified’ by Tim Forrest, Mayfair Life (August) |
2001 |
Exhibition review by Elspeth Moncrieff for The Art Newspaper (No. 114, May) |
2001 |
Front cover, ‘Galleries’ magazine with painting ‘Warehouse Roof’. |
2001 |
‘Profile’ by Joe Manby in Arts Review (May) |
2000 |
Book cover: Blue Fever by Clare MacDonald Shaw (Blackwater Press) |
1999 |
Exhibition review by John Russell Taylor for The Times (19 January) |
1999 |
Exhibition review by Charlotte Mullins for Galleries (January) |
1998 |
‘Sense and Sensation’, article by Houn Mallalieu for Country Life (June) |
1998 |
Featured artist, ‘i2i’, artist newsletter, in conversation with Kirsty McGee. Touring exhibition review, ‘City Life’, Manchester by Kirsty McGee (April). |
1998 |
Catalogue essay for ‘Villiers David’ Prize Exhibition, by Bridget Hayden |
1997 |
Catalogue essay by Charlotte Mullins for touring exhibition. |
1997 |
Exhibition review by Bridget Hayden for the 'Big Issue' |
1997 |
Exhibition review by Deborah Stone for the Daily Express’ |
1995 |
Provident Financial Art Collection Catalogue: A Celebration of 25 years of Collecting, critical assessment by John Sheeran |
1995 |
Book cover: In a Rare Time of Rain by Milner Place (London: Chatto & Windus) |
1995 |
Publication of essays: The Gaze of Love: Meditations on Art by Sister Wendy Beckett (London: Marshall Pickering) |
1994 |
Exhibition review by Mary Sara for the Yorkshire Post |
1993 |
'A Poetic Dialogue: Seven Painters', The Hart Gallery |
1991 |
Illustrated essay by Malcolm York for the 'Green Book' |
1990 |
Catalogue introduction by David Blackburn, intro by John Hart |
Collections
Jersey Arts Centre
Standard Chartered
Holman and Fenwick
University of Manchester
University of London
Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
Provident Financial Group
Huddersfield Art Gallery
Prudential Plc
New Light
Works in private collections throughout the UK, Europe and USA
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