Hugh Davies

I have always been interested in the paradoxical nature of painting and have used invented forms and ambiguous spaces as a means by which I could approach the ideas of time, history, and uncertainty.

The most recent paintings have been much affected by my move from London to Florida, particularly in the use of high-pitched atmospheric color, clear light, reflective surfaces and low horizons. 

The objects normally appear to be remnants or fragments of something else –ambiguous in terms of purpose, status, material, gravity and scale, painted with a mixture of verisimilitude, focus, atmosphere and timelessness. 

– Hugh Davies

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

SELECTED 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 Cotemporary, 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