Tim Davies
Tim Davies was born and brought up in west Wales. After working and studying in London, Norwich and Canterbury he returned to Wales in 1994. He lives and works in Swansea.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 50th Year To Heaven, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales Between a rock and a hard place, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales Seeriad / Series, Tallinna Kunstihoone Fond, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Between a rock and a hard place, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales Kilkenny Shift, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2008 Figures in a Landscape, V22Ashwin Street Gallery, London
2006 Cadet and other works, Harris Museum, Preston, England; Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth Wales
2004 Still Life, City Gallery, Leicester, England Distant Views, Oriel Q, Narberth, Wales
2003 Process, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham and Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales
2002 Drummer Boy, National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
1997 Capel Celyn, Spacex, Exeter, England Continuum, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales
1996 Solfach, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, Wales Gwaith / Work I, Oriel 31, Newtown, Wales; Wrexham Library Arts Centre, Wrexham, Wales
1992 Burnt Wall, Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery, Swansea, Wales Flags Over Solva, Solva, Wales
1991 Assemblages, Bedford Museum, Bedford, England
Group Exhibitions
2010 The Changing Landscape, Oriel y Parc, St David’s, Wales
2009 A Picture of You? Identity in Contemporary British Art, The Graves Gallery, Sheffield, England A Light Across the Street, W A L L, London, England
2008 The Wharf Road Project, Wenlock Building, London, England @earthlink.org, Cazenovia Gallery, New York, USA
2007 Elixir, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, England Visions in the Nunnery, The Nunnery Gallery, London, England
2006 May you live in interesting times, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Alcemi, National Eisteddfod of Wales special exhibition with Catrin Jones, Swansea, Wales
2005 Flourish, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic strata, Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion, Wales and Kells Priory, Kells, Ireland Over and over, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania Ceremony, Pump House Gallery, London, England Focal, Ruthin, Wales strata, Strata Florida, Wales and Kells, Ireland
2004 Artes Mundi, National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff, Wales Horizons, Haage Kunstkring, The Hague, Netherlands
2003 Resist, Crescent Art Gallery, Scarborough, England Explorations, National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Wales Elsewhere, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales National Eisteddfod of Wales, Meifod, Wales
2002 Harlech Biennale, Harlech, Wales Made in Belize, London; Swansea, Wales and Svejo, Norway
2001 Contemprary Art in Belize, Olimpia Gallery, Merida, Mexico
2000 Afon / River Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales Locws International, Swansea, Wales
1999 Alice Maher / Tim Davies, Triskell Gallery, Cork and Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland Chora, Underwood Gallery, London, England 2nd Biennale, Belize Earth Park Project, Belize Editions, Miracles, Edinburgh, Scotland National Eisteddfod of Wales, Ynys Môn, Wales
1998 Clean Slate, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Alice Maher / Tim Davies, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales; City Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bro Ogwr, Wales Mostyn Open Exhibition, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
1997 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bala, Wales
1996 Site-ations, Artists Project, Cardiff, Wales Transformations, Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llandeilo, Wales
1995 Standpoints, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham, Wales National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bro Colwyn, Wales
1994 Kunstikontakt, Tallinn, Estonia National Eisteddfod of Wales, Castell Nedd, Wales
1993 East, Norwich Gallery, England Artspace, Warehouse Artists Studio, Norwich, England
1992 Sea Gorse and Phantoms, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, England
Competitions, Prizes and Awards:
2008 Major Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales 2005 Wakelin Purchase Award, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 2004 Short-listed for the Artes Mundi, International Visual Art Prize 2003 Fine Art Gold Medal Winner, National Eisteddfod of Wales 1998 Winner, Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
Curatorial Projects:
Co-founder and curator, Locws International 2000 – 2007 Founder and curator Ground: 2008 – present Co-curator strata 2005
Public Collections
Arts Council of England Collection, The Southbank Centre, London Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff Contemporary Arts Society of Wales Harris Museum, Preston Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno The British Council
Education
1991 MA, Art and Architecture, University College for the Creative Arts, Canterbury 1990 BA Hons Fine Art, Norwich School of Art 1987 Fine Art Foundation, Ravensbourne College of Art, London