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  • Urban paintings
  • Bagsy sketches
  • Exhibitions & Awards
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  • Media Coverage

Selected Exhibitions & Awards

 CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2025  Grosvenor Museum Open - Chester (9th Feb - 31st Aug)
2025   Contemporary British Portrait Painters 2025 - The Dept Store, London (26th June - 5th July 2025)
2025  MAFA Summer Exhibition - Manchester Cathedral (3rd - 31st Aug 2025)
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018    
Zeitgeist - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
2017    Contemporary Portraiture - The Space at Cass Art, Manchester

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025  London Art Fair - (with Saul Hay Gallery)
2024   Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024 - National Portrait Gallery, London
2024   Manchester Art Fair - Manchester Central
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2024   Warrington Contemporary - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
2024   MAFA Summer Exhibition - Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery
2024   Contemporary British Portrait Painters 2024 - The Dept Store, London
2024   New Light Prize - Bankside Gallery, London (then toured UK)
2023   The meditation of drawing (MAFA) - Manchester Cathedral
2023   A Generous Space 3 (Artist Support Pledge) - Huddersfield Art Gallery
2023   Town House Open - Town House Gallery, Spitalfields
​​​2023    Spring Exhibition - Blue and Berry Art Gallery, Chelford
2023    Urban Jungle - Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2022/3 Warrington Contemporary - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
2022    MAFA Autumn Exhibition - Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery
​2022    Three Counties Art Exhibition - Burslem School of Art
2022    Contemporary British Portrait Painters 2022 - The Dept Store, London
2022    Marvellous: Stoke - The New Vic, Stoke-on-Trent
2021    The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour - Gallery Oldham
2021    John Moores Painting Prize - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2021    All The Best (MAFA) - Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax
2021    Art of the Everyday (MAFA) - Gallery Oldham
2020/1 New Light Prize (touring) - Scarborough, Newcastle, Carlisle & London
​2020    The Castlegate Prize - Castlegate House Gallery, Cumbria
2020    Portraits For NHS Heroes - The Net Gallery, online
2020    Portrait - Air Gallery, Altrincham
2020    CBPP 'Perceptions' - The Space at Cass Art, Islington
2020    Virtually Real - Norman Rea Gallery, York
2019    Warrington Contemporary - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
2019    MAFA Autumn Exhibition - Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery
2019    RBSA Portrait Prize - ​RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
2019    Spotlight - ​Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
2019    PS Mirabel Painting Prize - ​PS Mirabel gallery, Manchester
2019    GM Arts Prize - ​Bolton Museum & Art Gallery
2019    RBSA Prize Exhibition - ​RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
2019    A&I Magazine 'Artists of the Year' - ​Mall Galleries, London
2018    ING Discerning Eye - ​Mall Galleries, London
2018    Being allowed to look - ​Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
2018    Aesthetica Art Prize - ​York Art Gallery
2018    GM Arts Prize - ​Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery
2018    RBSA Prize Exhibition - ​RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
2017    MAFA Small Works Exhibition - Portico Library, Manchester
2017    WSA 8th Biennial - Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
2017    Warrington Contemporary - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
2017    Three Counties Open - Burslem School of Art, Stoke-on-Trent
2017    Jacksons Open Painting Prize - Online
2017    A&I Magazine 'Artists of the Year' - ​Mall Galleries, London
​2016    Warrington Contemporary - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
​2016    Waterside Open - Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

SELECTED AWARDS
2024    Three Counties Open 
- The Arthur Berry Prize
2020    Three Counties Open - Burslem Prize
2020    The Castlegate Prize - Finalist
2019    SAG 99th Annual Exhibition - First Prize
2019    A&I Magazine 'Artists of the Year' - Finalist
2018    Aesthetica Art Prize - Shortlisted
2018    GM Arts Prize - Runner Up Prize
2018    RBSA Prize Exhibition - Third Prize
2017    WSA 8th Biennial - Third Prize
2017    Warrington Contemporary - People's Choice Prize
2017    Three Counties Open - First Prize
2017    Jacksons Open Painting Prize - Shortlisted to final 25
​2017    A&I Magazine 'Artists of the Year' - Finalist
2016    SAG 96th Annual Exhibition - Colourfield Gallery Award
​2016    Warrington Contemporary - Runner Up Prize
​2016    Waterside Open - Third Prize
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Exhibition photos


© Peter Davis 2024   |   Member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts