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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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