Davidson, Colin
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1968 Born Belfast
1980-87 Educated Methodist College, Belfast
1987-91 Art & Design Faculty, University of Ulster, Belfast. First Class Honours Degree
2003 Associate Royal Ulster Academy
2006 Academician Royal Ulster Academy
Solo Exhibitions
1993 BBC Belfast
1997 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
1998 Straid Gallery, Co Antrim
1999 Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2000 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
2001 Gallery Revel, New York
2001 Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2002 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
2003 Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2004 Gallery Revel, New York
2004 'No Continuing City', Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
2005 Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2006 'Inside/Out', Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
2007 Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
1990-date Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
1991-date Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
1997 Four man show, Elaine Somers Gallery, Holywood
1998 Group show, Gallery Revel, New York
1998 Group show, The Discerning Eye, London
1999 Group show, Albemarle Gallery, London
2000 Group show, ArtExpo, New York
2000 Group show, Gallery Revel, New York
2000 Group show, Basil Blackshaw and Friends', Boyle
2000 Group show, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2000 Group show, Kellys Resort Hotel, Rosslare
2001 Group show, Kellys Resort Hotel, Rosslare
2002 Group show, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle
2002 Group show, Kellys Resort Hotel, Rosslare
2002 Group show, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast
2003 Group show, Albemarle Gallery, London 2003 The Ireland Funds Special Olympics World Summer Games Auction, National Concert Hall Dublin 2003 Memorial Exhibition, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
2003 Group show, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle
2003 Group show, Kellys Resort Hotel, Rosslare
2004 Group show, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast
2004 RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2004 Group show, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle
2004 RHA Gala Banquet Exhibition, Dublin
2005 Tsunami Art, RHA, Dublin
2005 Group show, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle
2006 RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2006 Group show, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle
2006 RHA Gala Banquet Exhibition, Dublin
2006 Sotheby's, London
2007 RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2007 Group show, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle
2007 Sotheby's, London
Awards
1994 Communication Arts Award, California
1994 ICAD Craft Award, Dublin
1994 Association of Illustrators, London
1994 Winsor & Newton Gold Award, London
1994 Creative Review Award, London
1997 RUA Silver Medal, Belfast
2001 RUA Conor Prize, Belfast
2002 RUA Silver Medal, Belfast
2004 RUA Gold Medal, Belfast
2007 Caldwell prize for Drawing, RUA
Selected Commissions
1990 Coal Advisory Service
1992 Shell UK
1992 Green Gate 48-sheet campaign
1993 Lyric Players Theatre (set of ten posters)
1993 Queen's University prospectus cover
1993 Bushmills Book of Irish Pubs, Appletree Press
1995 Book of Irish Quotations, Appletree Press
1995-2000 Open Fairways 1995-96 Cobra Golf USA (portraits of Greg Norman, Hale Irwin, Ben Crenshaw & Seve Ballesteros)
1996 Portrait Tom Caldwell
1997 Lisburn Borough Council
1998 NITB
1999 Portrait Basil Blackshaw
2000 Portraits Hugh & Ann Logue
2003 Presentation to Senator George Mitchell
2004 Presentation to Professor Sir George Bain, Queen's University Belfast
Collections
Allied Irish Bank
Anglo Irish Bank
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Bar Library, Belfast
British Broadcasting Corporation
Boyle Civic Collection
Cobra Golf, USA
Department of the Environment NI
Electricity Supply Board, Ireland
First Trust Bank
Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park, Dublin (Interpol)
Hastings Hotels
Hilton Hotels
National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland, Limerick
National Treasury Management Agency, Dublin
Northern Ireland Electricity
Office of Public Works, Ireland
Parliament Buildings Stormont
Royal Victoria Hospital
Standard Life UK
Ulster Bank Group
Wexford County Council
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