“As a social realist painter, Davis seeks to create complex, multi-dimensional images of people going about their everyday lives with technology in hand.”
Awards
- Three Counties Open, Burslem Prize, 2020
- The Castlegate Prize, Finalist, 2020
- SAG 99th Annual Exhibition, First Prize, 2019
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Zeitgeist, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, 2018
- Contemporary Portraiture, The Space at Cass Art, Manchester, 2017
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Marvellous: Stoke – The New Vic, Stoke-on-Trent, 2011
- The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour, Gallery Oldham, 2021
- John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2021
Peter Davis
Award-winning contemporary artist.
Peter Davis is a North West based artist whose urban landscapes and contemporary portraiture document modern life and society’s reliance upon technology. As a social realist painter, Peter seeks to create complex, multi-dimensional images of people going about their everyday lives with technology in hand.
In 2018, Peter exhibited a solo show at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery and his work has formed part of numerous exhibitions of contemporary figurative painting across the UK. Peter has twice been shortlisted for ‘Artist of the Year’ by Artists & Illustrators, the UK’s leading art magazine; he was runner up in the 2018 Greater Manchester Art Prize and a finalist at the international Aesthetica Art Prize. In 2017 Peter won first prize in the Three Counties Open and in 2020 he was selected for the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
Peter is an elected member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, the Contemporary British Portrait Painters and Castlefield Gallery Associates.
Additional information
Dimensions | 29 × 39 cm |
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Original or Print | Original, Print |
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