EMMA DAVIS - born 1971
Education:
1987-1989 Btec in General Art & Design Northbrook College, Worthing, Sussex 1987-1989
1990-1993 2:1 Degree in fine art Wolverhampton University
1993-1994 Teaching 2 days a week at Stafford College of higher education on BTEC General Art & Design Course
1994-2015. Freelance card, wrapping paper designer at Really Good Card Company and Soul
1998. Oxford Art Weeks mixed exhibition Old Fire Station
1999. Solo Exhibition Oxford Art Weeks. Old Fire Station
1999. September U.K.T Exhibition CCA Galleries
1999. Affordable Art, London
1999. Christmas show, CCA Galleries, Fulham, London
1999. Summer show CCA Galleries, Fulham, London
2000. solo show at CC Galleries, Farnham
2000. Affordable Art London
2001 Solo show CCA Galleries Farnham, London
2001 Affordable Art Fair, Bath
2001. Spring Fair, Birmingham
2001. Autumn Affordable Art Fair
2002. Ideal Home Exhibition
2002 Mixed Show. D'art Gallery, Devon
2003. Had baby!
2005. Another baby…
2008. 15-day trip to Japan to sign prints at 6 exhibitions
2013. Exhibition at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
2014. Spring Exhibition at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
2014. Autumn Exhibition at Churchill Hospital, Oxford
2015. Exhibition Art Weeks Oxford
2015. Mixed exhibition. Art on the Hill, Brill, Oxfordshire
2015. November: Exhibition at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
2016. Exhibition Saint John the Evangelist, Oxford
2016. Mixed exhibition: Art on the Hill, Brill, Oxfordshire
2016. Exhibition Oxford University Press
2016. Christmas show, Wet Paint Gallery, Cirencester
2017. Affordable Art Fairs, New York, Stockholm, Battersea and Bristol.
2017. Exhibition Saint John the Evangelist, Oxford
2017. Mixed Show D'art Gallery, Devon
2017. Mixed Show, Rostra Gallery Bath
2018. Exhibition with Sarah Spackman, May
2018. OAS Exhibition, Oxford
2018. Affordable Art Fairs New York and Battersea
2018. ING Discerning Eye exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2019. Shortlisted for RA summer show
2019. Hampstead Affordable Art
2019. Group show, SJE Cloisters Oxford
2019. Open Studio, Oxford
2019. Salon des Refuses, Voted in top 12 pieces by public
2019. Affordable Art Melbourne, Australia
2019 Affordable Art, Battersea
After having babies who are now independent teenagers, I'm painting again full time and loving being in my studio every day. I love paint, I love colour. The paintings I'm making are emerging from my subconscious. Sometimes I give myself a limited palette of colours to work with, other times I let loose and put random colours on the board and perhaps paint maybe 20 different layers before scratching, rubbing and sanding away to reveal elements of an earlier painting. I work with acetate and masking tape giving me sharp lines which contrast with the scritchy scratchy marks. I also use clear gesso and high gloss medium to accentuate different areas of the painting. My titles come from the music I'm listening to or things that are happening right now as I paint.
