hugh davies

REPRESENTED ARTIST
Hugh Davies was raised in Nigeria and England, educated in Somerset and studied fine art at Brighton College of Art and Chelsea College of Art, in London where he received his Masters in Fine Art. He has served on the faculties of distinguished institutions including Chelsea College of Art, Oxford University, the University of the Arts, London and Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL. Davies’ work has been included in more than 60 international gallery and museum exhibitions.

Davies' work draws attention to the paradoxical nature of painting, using invented forms and ambiguous spaces to visually describe time, history and uncertainty.

Hugh Davies

REPRESENTED ARTIST
Hugh Davies was raised in Nigeria and England, educated in Somerset and studied fine art at Brighton College of Art and Chelsea College of Art, in London where he received his Masters in Fine Art. He has served on the faculties of distinguished institutions including Chelsea College of Art, Oxford University, the University of the Arts, London and Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL. Davies’ work has been included in more than 60 international gallery and museum exhibitions.

Davies' work draws attention to the paradoxical nature of painting, using invented forms and ambiguous spaces to visually describe time, history and uncertainty.

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Education 

Undergraduate, Fine Art, Brighton College of Art, England Postgraduate, Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, England 

Solo Exhibitions 

1971 Kempton Gallery, Brighton 

1973 Woburn Art Gallery, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire 

1975 Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham 

1977 Morley Gallery, London 

1984 Redfern Gallery, London 

1985 Redfern Gallery, London 

1986 Cartwright Hall, Bradford City Museum, Yorkshire 

1991 Trinity Gallery, London 

1992 Bruton Street Gallery, London 

1999 Uncle Grey Gallery, London 

2005 Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2010 Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2011 Highlands Museum of the Arts, Sebring, Florida 

2012 Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida 

2013 Englewood Arts Center, Englewood, Florida

2014 Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida 

2015 Sarasota Arts Centre, Sarasota, Florida 

2018 Method & Concept, Naples, Florida 

Select Group Exhibitions 

1995 The Walk Gallery, London 

1995 “The London Group”, Barbican Centre, London 

1996 “Conversation Pieces” Uncle Grey Gallery, London 

1997 Artspace Gallery, London 

1997 Davies and Tooth Fine Art, London 

1998 Battersea Arts Center, London 

2000 Still Too Few Gallery, London. 

2000 “Research”, The House, London 

2001 Art 2001, Islington, London 

2001 “The London Group”, Woodlands Art Gallery, London 

2002 Stark Gallery, London 

2002 “SW62QB” Bagleys Space, London

2004 Faculty Exhibition, Ringling School of Art and Design, Florida 

2005 “Gallery Artists” Longstreth and Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2006 Five Artists, Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples Florida 

2007 International Design Center, Florida 

2007 “A Priori/Prima Facie., Selby Gallery, Sarasota Florida 

2007 “Gallery Artists”, Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2008 Faculty Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Sarasota Florida 

2008 “Gallery Artists”, Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2009 Faculty Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Sarasota Florida 

2009 Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2010 Faculty Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Sarasota. Florida 

2010 Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2010 Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida 

2010 “Marmite Painting Bi-annual•, Central Gallery, Manchester, U.K. 

2010 Lanchester Projects, Coventry, U.K. 

2011 “Marmite Painting Bi-annual• The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London, U.K. 

2011 Longstreth Goldberg Art, Naples, Florida 

2012 Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida 

2012 Selby Gallery, Sarasota, Florida 

2013 Onessimo Fine Art, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 

2013 Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida 

2014 Etra Fine Art, Miami, Florida 

2014 Onessimo Fine Art, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 

2015 Etra Fine Art, Miami, Florida 

2015 “Made in Sarasota”, Allyn Gallup Fine Art, Sarasota, Florida 

2015 Onessimo Fine Art, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 

2015 “Defining Abstraction”, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, Florida 

2018 INVENTORY, Method & Concept INVENTORY, Naples, Florida 

2020 Group Exhibition, Method & Concept, Naples Florida 

Awards

Arts Council of Great Britain 

West Midlands Art Association 

1985 Elected to The London Group 

2004 Royal Society of Arts 

Experience 

Faculty of Art /Prog Director / Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL 

1980 – 2003 Faculty of Art / Chelsea College of Arts, London England 

Visiting Artist/Lecturer University of Oxford / Wimbledon School of Art/ University of East London / Brighton University / Bradford College of Art and Design /Camberwell College of Arts.