Born 1973 in Exeter, UK.
David lives and works in London, UK.
Solo exhibitions
2017 The Back of Us Is a Mountain. Class Room, Coventry
2014 Freedom Street. Royal Over–Seas League, London
2014 Green Gives Way to Gold. A.P.T. Gallery, London
2013 Fragmentarium. dalla Rosa Gallery, London
2012 Tourist Smoking Room. Transition Gallery, London
2010 Oaxaca Stadium. Arch Gallery, London
2008 New Works on Paper. Osokool Gallery, London
2004 Cyprus Paintings. First Floor Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2003 Different. Florence Trust, London
2002 Hearts and Crosses. Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Cyprus
Two person exhibitions
2021 Stephen Lewis and David Webb Portal Project. A.P.T. Gallery, London
2016 After the Primitives: Emily Speed and David Webb. dalla Rosa Gallery, London
2014 Hinterland: Rachel Busby and David Webb. Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
2014 Necessary Monsters: Lee Grandjean and David Webb. University of Greenwich Galleries, London
Group exhibitions
2021 JollyMerry 21. Cyprus College of Art. Lemba, Cyprus
2021 Summer Exhibition, curated by Mali Morris. Royal Academy of Arts, London
2021 Cast of Things, curated by Bernice Donszelmann and Richard Rigg. A.P.T. Gallery, London
2021 Studio Confetti, curated by Karl Bielik. Terrace Gallery, London
2021 Hearten. Elixir Gallery, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trusts
2021 Circling the Square. Thames-Side Gallery, London
2020 #postcardsized #art. Best Friends Show Room, Falun, Sweden
2020 The Land of Sol. Sol Space, Nouic, France
2020 25. A.P.T. Gallery, London
2020 Indian Spring. Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
2020 Picture Palace. Transition Gallery, London
2019 A Tapered Teardrop. Terrace Gallery, London
2018/19 Shape Recognition. Eagle Gallery, London, in collaboration with dalla Rosa Gallery, London
2018 APT + ONE (David Webb and Tom Hackney). APT Gallery, London
2018 A Road Not Taken. The Crypt, St. Marylebone, London
2017 Winter Group Show. Linden Hall Studio, Deal
2017 Creekside Eleven. Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
2017 Counterpoints. Eagle Gallery, London
2017 Cabbages and Kings. Maddox Arts, London
2017 A5xn. dalla Rosa Gallery, London
2015 Multiplied. dalla Rosa Gallery, Christie’s, London
2015 Conference of the Birds. i’klectik, London
2015 Carta. dalla Rosa Gallery, London
2015 Twentieth. A.P.T. Gallery, London
2015 Hommage and Transcription. Kapil Jariwala, London
2015 A Promised Land. St. Anne’s Galleries; Sarah O’Kane Fine Art, Lewes
2015 Contemporary British Abstraction. Container Gallery, London
2014 Panel Paintings II. Eagle Gallery, London
2014 Summer Saloon. Lion and Lamb, London; Caroline Wiseman Modern & Contemporary, Suffolk
2014 Infinity : One. dalla Rosa Gallery, London
2014 GB/Switch/NL Pulchri, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2014 Paper Games. Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute, London
2013 Atomic. Alli Sharma, London
2013 Chromatology. Cornaro Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus
2013 Without An Edge There Would Be No Middle. Pluspace, Coventry
2013 Other Objects. Lion and Lamb, London
2013 8 Minutes From Here. Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
2013 Panel Paintings. Eagle Gallery, London
2013 10 Years Too Late. Institut Fur Alles Mogliche, Berlin
2012 The Perfect Nude. Curated by Phil Allen and Dan Coombs. Charlie Smith London
2012 Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London
2010–11 Fade Away. Transition Gallery, London; Gallery North, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2010 Exeter Contemporary Open. Selectors incl. Cathy Lomax, Domo Baal. Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
2010 Fwd: Drawing. Galleri Se Konst, Falun, Sweden
2010 Lyn Painter-Stainers Prize. Painters Hall, London
2010 Ray Lowry: London Calling. Idea Generation Gallery, London
2009 100×100. Parker’s Box, Brooklyn
2009 There and Everywhere. Transition Gallery, London
2009 South East. Curated by Clyde Hopkins and Stephen Lewis. A.P.T. Gallery, London
2009 Jerwood Contemporary Painters. Jerwood Space, London; Project Space Leeds
2008 Small is Beautiful XXVI. Flowers East, London
2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize. Jerwood Space, London; Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery
2008 The Painting Room. Transition Gallery, London
2007 Triangle 25 Alumni Exhibition. DUMBO Arts Festival, New York City
2007 Bounty – A Case of Preposterous Optimism. A.P.T. Gallery, London
2007 Building Picturing. The Painting Center, New York City
2007 Four Cornered Universe. The Foundry, London
2006 From the Medway to the Med. Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable
2006 Thread (curator). A.P.T. Gallery, London
2006 Terra Incognita. Atelier Wilhelmina Gasthuisterrein, Amsterdam
2005 Re–escape – Artists from London and Berlin. Bucanearo, Hamburg
2005 BP Portrait Award. National Portrait Gallery, London; Scottish National Portrait Gallery
2004 re:project. Access Gallery, Vancouver
2004 Fourth International Biennial. Gyumri Centre for Contemporary Art, Armenia
2004 Painters. Long and Ryle, London
2003 Common Fields. Studio Voltaire, London
2002 Work in Progress (Selected by Isabel Carlisle). Florence Trust, London
2002 Gallery Artists. Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2002 CCA Show. Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
2001 Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Exhibition. Atkinson Gallery, Millfield
2000 Hung, Drawn and Quartered. Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
1998 Tabernacle Prize. MOMA Wales
1997 Wales Drawing Biennale. Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Cardiff
Awards and commissions
2020 The Bonsall stained glass windows, 6 panels, London
2016 Principal stained glass window, Stoke Newington Methodist Church, London. Commissioned design
2011 The Gihon River Collective Fellowship Award
2009 Jerwood Contemporary Painters award winner
2007 The David & Rosamond Putnam Transportation Fund Travel Grant
2007 Arts Council England Group exhibition
2002–2003 Florence Trust Residency award
Collections
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
National Library of Wales
Kasser Mochary Foundation, Montclair, NJ
Siena Art Institute
Triangle Arts Association, New York
Denton Associates
Private collections in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia
Residencies
2012 Vermont Studio Center (full fellowship), Johnson, Vermont
2008 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
2007 MacDowell (Fellow), Peterborough, New Hampshire
2006 Triangle Arts Association Artists’ Workshop, Brooklyn, New York.
1999 Painting Summer School, Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Cyprus
Bibliography and selected catalogues
2019 Sammankomster och gatherings: Galleri Se Konst Falun 2009-2018
ISBN: 978-91-639-8984-1
2016 Cabbages and Kings, Cuillin Bantock. Art in Perpetuity Trust, London. ISBN: 978-0-9931685-3-6
2014 Necessary Monsters, Veronica Sekules. University of Greenwich Galleries, London. Catalogue
2011 500 Portraits: BP Portrait Award, Sandy Nairne. National Portrait Gallery Publications, London. ISBN: 978-1855145702
2011 About Painting, Barry Schwabsky. Transition Editions, London. ISBN: 978-0-9568814-0-3
2011 Invaluable, Victoria Rance and Sheila Vollmer. A.P.T., London. Catalogue. ISBN: 978-0-9555666-6-0
2009 Jerwood Contemporary Painters 2009; Phillip Allen, Mali Morris and Alexis Harding. Catalogue. ISBN: 978-0956357069
2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008, Prof. Anita Taylor and John McDonald. Catalogue. ISBN: 978-0-9556646-7-0
2007 Bounty – A Case of Preposterous Optimism, Andrew Lambert. A.P.T. Gallery, London. Catalogue. ISBN: 978-0955566615
2005 BP Portrait Award 2005, Philip Hensher. National Portrait Gallery Publications. Catalogue. ISBN: 978-1855143654
2004 Gyumri Fourth International Biennial. Gyumri Centre of Contemporary Art, Armenia. Catalogue
Essays
2014 Rachel Busby and David Webb – On Form, Lizzie Lloyd
2014 Necessary Monsters: Lee Grandjean and David Webb, Dr. Veronica Sekules
2012 The Maternal Elephant, Eleanor Moreton
2009 David Webb – New Paintings, Dr. Cuillin Bantock
2003 David Webb, Cherry Smyth (chapter)
2002 David Webb – Orange Tree, Isabel Carlisle (chapter)
Publications
2019 Tributes to the painter John McLean for abcrit.org
2012 Uncaught Hares, David Webb, Dr. Alice Correia and David Waterworth. University of Greenwich, London. Catalogue essay. ISBN: 978-0957343009
2009 Mother Hen, David Webb. Garageland, Issue 9: Migration. Transition Editions, London. Article. ISSN: 1749-9267
2008 Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Art, David Webb interviewed by Emma Talbot. Garageland. Issue 7: Rock ‘n’ Roll. Transition Editions, London. ISSN: 1749-9267
Curating
2011 Uncaught Hares. University of Greenwich Galleries and Clifford Chance, London
2009 There and Everywhere. Transition Gallery, London
2006 Thread (co–curator). A.P.T. Gallery, London
2004 Re–Union (co–curator). A.P.T. Gallery, London
Qualifications and training
2001–2002 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art. Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Cyprus
1998–2000 MA Fine Art. Canterbury Christ Church University
1994–1997 BA (Hons) Fine Art. School of Art, Aberystwyth University
1992–1993 Foundation Course in Art and Design. Hastings College of Art