Born and raised in England, David is an award winning artist who works in the classical tradition. He lives in Victoria, B.C., where he also teaches painting and drawing. His paintings hang in corporate and private collections in Canada, the United States and Internationally. David was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour in1997. In 1998 he was awarded the Honour Award and A.J. Casson Medal. David works in oil, watercolour and etching.
Solo Exhibits:
The Gallery at the MAC - David Ladmore: A Retrospective - Victoria, BC - January 29 - March 18, 2007
The Living Gallery - Lyric Pieces - Ashland, OR - April 4 - 30, 2003
Jenkins Showler Gallery - White Rock, BC - February 1999
Saanich Municipal Hall - Victoria, BC - September 1998
Richard Blanshard Building - Victoria, BC - March 1998
Saanich Municipal Hall - Victoria, BC - January 1998
Saanich Municipal Hall - Victoria, BC - September 1997
Richard Blanshard Building - Victoria, BC - April 1997
Victoria Public Library - Victoria, BC - 1995
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1995
Island Blueprint - Victoria, BC - 1994
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1994
Group Shows:
State of Art Show and Sale 2007 - Victoria, BC - October 4 - 17, 2007
Fran Willis Gallery - Farewell Exhibition - Victoria, BC - June 21 - 30, 2007
Foxhall Gallery - Small Wonders - Washington, DC - Nov 22 - Dec 31, 2005
New York Art Expo - Behr-Thyssen exhibit - New York, NY - February 26 - March 1, 2004
Fran Willis Gallery - Clothesline Show - Victoria, BC - Jan 4 - 18, 2003
The Living Gallery - Annual Holiday Show - Ashland, OR - Dec 6 - 31, 2002
Fran Willis Gallery - 2002 Holiday Exhibition - Victoria, BC - Dec 5 - 24, 2002
Art Interiors - 9th Annual Festival of Smalls - Toronto, ON - Nov 23 - Dec 24, 2002
Foxhall Gallery - Small Wonders: Exquisite Artworks in Smaller Proportions - Washington, DC - Nov 19 - Dec 31, 2002
The Living Gallery - Celebrating The Living Gallery’s 5th Birthday - Ashland, OR - October 4 - 31, 2002
Oxford Gallery - In the Present Tense - Rochester, New York - August 31 - October 5, 2002
Vanderleelie Gallery - Unframed - Edmonton, Alberta - July 20 - Aug 6, 2002
Foxhall Gallery - Painterly Views - Washington, DC - March 12 - April 8, 2002
Fran Willis Gallery - Abkhazi Garden - Victoria, BC - June 2001
Oxford Gallery - Needing No Introduction - Rochester, NY - February 17 - March 24, 2001
Fran Willis Gallery - Holiday Exhibition - Victoria, BC - December 2000
Assiniboia Gallery - Annual Holiday Extravaganza - Regina, SK - December 2000
Fran Willis Gallery - Summer Show - Victoria, BC - July/August 2000
Jenkins Showler Gallery - White Rock, BC - July 2000
Jenkins Showler Gallery - White Rock, BC - January 2000
Assiniboia Gallery - Holiday Miniatures Show - Regina, SK - December 1999
Fran Willis Gallery - Holiday Exhibition - Victoria, BC - December 1999
John B. Aird Gallery - Mistletoe Magic - Toronto, ON - December 1999
Cadboro Bay United Church - Art Works at Cadboro Bay - Victoria, BC - September 1999
Fran Willis Gallery - Summer Show - Victoria, BC - August 1999
Garage Gallery - Small Ones - Victoria, BC - July 1999
CACGV Gallery - Erotic Art Show - Victoria, BC - April 1999
Vanderleelie Gallery - Edmonton, AB - February 1999
Queen Alexandra Centre - Art Works at Cadboro Bay - Victoria, BC - December 1998
John B. Aird Gallery - Open Water ’73 - Toronto, ON - December 1998
Cadboro Bay United Church - Art Works at Cadboro Bay - Victoria, BC - July 1998
Blackwood Gallery - Watercolour: Into the Next Millennium - Toronto, ON - May 1998
Xchanges Gallery - Group Show - Victoria, BC - April 1998
Jimmy Wright Gallery - Visions of a Nation - Victoria, BC - September 1997
CACGV Gallery - Victoria, An Illustrated Tour - Victoria, BC - May 1997
CACGV Gallery - Look ’97 - Victoria, BC - 1997
Sancha Hall - Look ’96 - Sidney, BC - 1996
FCA Winter Juried Exhibition - February 1996
FCA U. N. Celebration Show - October/November 1995
Fine Arts ’95 - Sooke, BC - August 1995
Vancouver Island 2nd Annual Art Show - June 1995
BC Festival of the Arts - Kamloops, BC - May 1995
FCA Spring Show - Victoria, BC - April/ June 1995
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1995
Rogue Gallery - Look ’95 - Victoria, BC - 1995
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1994
The Rock Bay Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1994
Fine Arts ’93 - Sooke, BC - 1993
Watercolour: Into the Next Millennium - travelling show
Jan 9 - March 12, 2000 Eptek National Exhibition Centre, Summerside, PEI
April 1 - May 30, 2000 New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB
June 30 - Aug 13, 2000 The Sir Sam Steele Art Gallery, Orillia, ON
Sept 2 - Oct 14, 2000 Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON
Oct 30 - Dec 16, 2000 Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, ON
Jan 5 - Feb 8, 2001 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
March 8 - April 22, 2001 Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
May 8 - June 24, 2001 Timmins Museum, Timmins, ON
June 30 - Aug 25, 2001 Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
Sept - Oct, 2001 West Parry Sound District Museum, Parry Sound, ON
Nov 24, 2001 - Jan 7, 2002 Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON
Jan 11 - Feb 18, 2002 Lindsay Art Gallery, Lindsay, ON
Mar 16 - Apr 28, 2002 La galerie d’Art Stewart Hall, Centre Culturel de Pointe-Claire, QC
June 10 - July 5, 2002 CSPWC Gallery @ Wallace Studios, Toronto, ONT
Awards:
Honour Award and A.J. Casson Medal - Open Water 1998
Michael Blake Watercolour Award - 1995
Juror’s Choice - FCA Spring Show - 1995
Juror’s Choice - Look ‘95
Publications:
International Artist Feature Artist December / January 2007
Boulevard - September/October 2006
American Artist Drawing - Winter 2006
Focus - June 2005
International Artist - Master’s Showcase -October/November 2004
Watercolor Magic - Autumn 2002
Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries 2000/2001
International Artist - Master’s Showcase - August/September 2000
Watercolor Magic - Winter 2000
Style at Home - October 1999
Island Illustrator - Feature Artist - January 1995
Teaching:
Guest Instructor- CSPWC National Symposium 1999 - Bowen Island, BC
Talks and Workshops
Private Tuition
Camosun College - Victoria, BC
B.C.I.T. - Vancouver, BC
Herald Street Art Space - Victoria, BC
Pacific Design Academy - Victoria, BC
Kwantlen College - Richmond, BC
The Gallery in the Oak Bay Village - Victoria, British Columbia
Full Circle Studio Arts – Victoria, British Columbia
Fran Willis - Victoria, British Columbia
LindaLando Fine Art – Vancouver, BC
Jenkins Showler Gallery - White Rock, British Columbia
Art Interiors - Toronto, Ontario
Peter Bartlow Gallery - Chicago, Illinois
Oxford Gallery - Rochester, New York
Michael Levy Gallery - Long Beach, California
Somerhill Gallery - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Saper Galleries - East Lansing, Michigan
Foxhall Gallery - Washington, DC
The Living Gallery - Ashland, Oregon
Artist’s Statement:
“My work is a response to the beauty and simplicity of the things I find around me. In figure and landscape, careful study reveals the undercurrents and rhythms of existence. It is an irresistible force.”
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