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Born: 1972. |
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Living: Broughty Ferry, Scotland. |
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David toys with everyday locations, the omnipresent
Scottish tenement building transformed into grand
colosseums, the commuter masses into a sea of figures,
the archetypical lushness of a meadow and the empty
forest. However, within these comfortable stages, the
foreign or ‘unreal’ are often placed; candy striped
lighthouses planted far from the sea, air balloons
without their pilots, life size beached toy boats
habited by birds, all of which adds to a specific sense
of surreality and foreboding danger. The overarching
themes in the work are the ideas of stability and safety
and the idealised notions of the remote and rural.
Bio: David graduated from Duncan
of
Jordanstone College of Art. Since then he has lectured
in their Design school from 1994-1998. He has been
extensively exhibiting his paintings both throughout the
country and internationally from 1997. David is a
regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy and the
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. |
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AWARDS |
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| 2003 |
The James Torrance
Memorial Award, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
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| 2005 |
David Cargill Award,
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts |
| 2002 |
The NS
Macfarlane Charitable Trust Award, Royal Glasgow
Institute of the Fine Arts. |
| 2000 |
Latimer
Award, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. |
| 1993 |
Sekalski
Award for Printmaking, Duncan of Jordanstone College of
Art |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2005 |
The Open Eye
Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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2004 |
Henshelwood Gallery,
Newcastle. |
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2002 |
The Open Eye
Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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2001 |
The Rendezvous Gallery,
Aberdeen. |
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1999 |
The Rendezvous Gallery,
Aberdeen. |
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1998 |
The Open Eye
Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SINCE 2000 |
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2000,
Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow, RSA; 2001, Les Belles
D'Ecosse, Napier Gallery, Jersey; 2002, Leith Gallery,
Rendezvous Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition, RGI of
Glasgow, Affordable Art Fair, New York & London,
RSA. |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2006 |
Art London, Open Eye
Gallery, London. |
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2006 |
Red Rag Gallery, Stow
on The Wold. |
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2005 |
John Martin Gallery,
London. |
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2005 |
Red Rag Gallery, Stow
on The Wold. |
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2004 |
Limitless Imagination
Show, Leith Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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2004 |
Glasgow Art Fair,
represented by the Open Eye Gallery & The Leith Gallery. |
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2003 |
Royal Scottish
Academy, Edinburgh. |
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2003 |
Henshelwood Gallery,
Newcastle. |
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2003 |
The Three Scotsman,
Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen. |
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2002/3 |
Affordable Art Fair,
London & New York, Leith Gallery Edinburgh |
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2002/3 |
Annual Show, Royal
Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, McClellan Gallery
Glasgow. |
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2002 |
Summer Show, The
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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2002 |
Rendezvous
Anniversary Exhibition, Aberdeen. |
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2001 |
Les Belles D'Ecosse,
Napier Gallery, Jersey. |
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2000 |
Royal Scottish
Academy, Edinburgh. |
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1998-2000 |
Art Exposure Gallery,
Glasgow. |
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1998 |
Clayton Gallery
Newcastle. |
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1998 |
Aberdeen Artist Annual Show. |
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1998 |
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. |
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1997-2001 |
Summer Show, The Open
Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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1997 |
Frame of mind, The
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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1997 |
Fifty Artists, Fifty
Years, Edinburgh Festival The Open Eye Gallery,
Edinburgh. |
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1997 |
Noble Grossart
Finalist, Glasgow School of Art. |
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1996-2001 |
On a Small Scale, The
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. |
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1996-1997 |
Scottish Artist and
Artist Craftsmen, R.S.A. |
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1994-1995 |
Illustrators In
Scotland, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow |
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1994-1995 |
Illustrators In
Scotland, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. |
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1993 |
New Designers,
London. |
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| PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS |
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United States of
America, France. |
