Peter Davis

Contemporary painter, Manchester, UK

About the Artist 

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Peter Davis is a prizewinning figurative painter who creates urban realist landscapes  and contemporary portraits. In 2018, he had a solo show at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery  and, in 2020, he was selected for the John Moores Painting Prize, the equivalent of receiving  an Oscar nomination in the art world. 

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Peter’s realistic paintings always include someone absorbed in their personal technology. His  compositions move from busy streets to quiet alleyways, each vignette a fascinating narrative  of the life of today’s Mancunians. They are all stories of our time, of people going about their  everyday lives, technology in hand. 

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Peter is an elected member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts (MAFA), the  Contemporary British Portrait Painters (CBPP) and Castlefield Gallery Associates. 

Solo Exhibitions  

2018 Zeitgeist - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery 

2017 Contemporary Portraiture - The Space at Cass Art, Manchester

Recent Group Exhibitions

2021 John Moores Painting Prize - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 

2021 Art of the Everyday (MAFA) - Gallery Oldham 

2021 New Light Prize (touring UK galleries) 

2020 The Castlegate Prize - Castlegate House Gallery, Cumbria 

2020 Virtually Real - Norman Rea Gallery, York 

2019 Warrington Contemporary - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery 

2019 MAFA Autumn Exhibition - Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery 

2019 RBSA Portrait Prize - RBSA Gallery, Birmingham 

2019 Spotlight - Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester 

2019 PS Mirabel Painting Prize - PS Mirabel gallery, Manchester 

2019 GM Arts Prize - Bolton Museum & Art Gallery 

2019 RBSA Prize Exhibition - RBSA Gallery, Birmingham 

2019 A&I Magazine 'Artists of the Year' - Mall Galleries, London 

2018 ING Discerning Eye - Mall Galleries, London 

2018 Being allowed to look - Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester 

2018 Aesthetica Art Prize - York Art Gallery 

2018 GM Arts Prize - Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery 

2018 RBSA Prize Exhibition - RBSA Gallery, Birmingham 

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Recent Awards

2021 John Moores Painting Prize – Finalist 

2020 The Castlegate Prize - Finalist 

2020 Three Counties Open - Burslem Prize

2019 SAG 99th Annual Exhibition - First Prize 2019 A&I Magazine 'Artists of the Year' - Finalist 2018 Aesthetica Art Prize - Shortlisted 

2018 GM Arts Prize - Runner Up Prize 

2018 RBSA Prize Exhibition - Third Prize 

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