July 1, 2022
Congratulations to Gerwyn Davies and Mark Tweedie who are finalists in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2022. Now in its 17th year, this acquisitive award attracts entries from around Australia with this year’s prize including 40 shortlisted finalists. The winner will be announced at 7 October. Sunshine Coast Art Prize…
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June 4, 2022
A profile on Gerwyn Davies has been featured in Wish Magazine – The Art Issue from The Australian Newspaper (Friday, 3 June). Written by Benjamen Judd, this extensive article explores the artist’s evolving practice and touches on his recent ‘Iridescent’ exhibition for the Sydney Living Museums and forthcoming project with…
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December 15, 2021
A new body of work by Gerwyn Davies is now on display in ‘Iridescent’ at the Museum of Sydney. The exhibition features 12 large scale photographs with Davies responding to and reimagining the museums, archives, historic houses and gardens under the care of Sydney Living Museums and NSW State Archives. ‘Iridescent’ Museum of Sydney…
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September 4, 2021
An article on Gerwyn Davies has been featured in Good Weekend magazine. In the article penned by Jane Albert, Gerwyn discusses his early life, his career thus far and what the future holds for his artistic practice including a major new exhibition opening at Sydney Living Museums in December, 2021.
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July 17, 2021
Congratulations are in order for Gerwyn Davies who is a finalist in the 2021 Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture with his work ‘Float’. Established in honour of the late photographer Olive Cotton, this biennial award recognises excellence in photographic portraiture. The winner will be announced Saturday 17 July at…
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June 15, 2021
Monica Rohan and Gerwyn Davies have been announced as finalists in the 2021 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Now in its 16th year, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize attracts entries from artists across Australia. The recipients of the major prize, Highly Commended and artist residency awards will be determined by this…
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June 12, 2021
Museum of Brisbane’s upcoming exhibition ‘City in the Sun’ opening 19 June will include works by Laura Patterson and Gerwyn Davies. ‘City in the Sun’ presents works relating to Brisbane’s image as a subtropical oasis of leisure and abundance. As described by the Museum of Brisbane, the showcase of large-scale…
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March 18, 2021
Gerwyn Davies’ exhibition, ‘Plush’, is now open at UNSW Galleries. ‘Plush’ presents works from the series ‘Utopia’, ‘Deluxe’, ‘Sunny Boys’, ‘Idols’, ‘Leisure Sick’ and ‘Bel-Air’ all which were produced over the last four years. In each series, the artist’s body is concealed, decorated and transformed by extravagant costuming constructed by…
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February 27, 2021
Gerwyn Davies’ forthcoming exhibition at UNSW, ‘Plush’, is featured in the March issue of Art Almanac. In the article Dr Joseph Brennan speaks with the artist about the exhibition and the themes driving his practice. Discussing the works featured in the show, the artist notes “I am using post-production to…
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December 19, 2020
Gerwyn Davies’ work ‘Fountain’ is featured on the cover of Art Edit Magazine (issue #26). ‘Fountain’ is from the artist’s recent 2020 series, ‘Utopia’. For more information on this issue of Art Edit Magazine, please click here. Image credit: Art Edit Magazine, issue 26. Artwork: Gerwyn Davies, ‘Fountain’, 2020,…
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March 6, 2020
Gerwyn Davies and Marina Strocchi have been announced as finalists in the 2020 Alice Prize – National Contemporary Art Award with their works ‘Adonis’ and ‘Blue Drawing’. The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary art prize open to artists from around Australia working in any medium. Boasting a top prize…
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November 5, 2019
Gerwyn Davies will have his work ‘Bed’ featured in upcoming group exhibition, Pleasure, at RMIT Gallery. Curated by Julian Goddard, Helen Rayment and Evelyn Tsitas, this exhibition presents the work of more than 35 artists and explores how artists and designers have used the body as a provocative, personal and political canvas. Pleasure…
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May 30, 2019
Gerwyn Davies has been announced as a finalist in the 2019 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture with his work ‘Hedge’. Dedicated to the memory of photographer Olive Cotton, the biennial award boasts an acquisitive $20,000 prize. Renowned Australian artist Marian Drew will judge this year’s prize. Winners will be…
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May 22, 2019
Gerwyn Davies will present his work in an upcoming solo exhibition, Heatwave, at the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. The exhibition program will also include an artist talk at the gallery on Saturday 29 June. For more information about the exhibition, please click here. Heat Wave 28 June –…
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May 15, 2019
Congratulations to Protégé artists, Mark Tweedie and Gerwyn Davies, who have been announced as finalists in this year’s Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Tweedie entered a painting, ‘A dream like this is hard to wake from #2′ and Davies is a finalist with his photographic work ‘Sir Joh Heslop’. This year’s…
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