David Whitaker

Born 1938

1962-66
Royal Academy Schools Certificate - Distinction in Painting

AWARDS (Selected)
1973 Mark Rothko Memorial Award
1996 Prize Winner - The Hunting Art Prizes
1999-
2000 Lorne Scholarship
2000 Art Review Prize, Daler Rowney 2nd Prize
2001 Singer Friedlander National Watercolour Competition

TEACHING
1984 - onwards
Senior Lecturer in Painting, Wimbledon School of Art

PROFESSIONAL BODIES
1989 Elected a member of The London Group
1996 Elected a member of The Colour Group
2004 Elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1966 Grundy House Gallery, Blackpool
1968-70-72 Kingston upon Thames Museum & Art Gallery
1970 Serpentine Gallery, London
1972 Galerie Poll, West Berlin
1972 Gardner Centre for the Arts, Sussex University
1974 Imperial College, London University
1975 Brighton Polytechnic
1976 Kingston upon Thames Museum & Art Gallery
1977 Workspace, Chiswick, London
1977 L'Association Culturelle, Amiens
1978 Newcastle Polytechnic
1979 Morley Gallery, London
1983 Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford University
1984 Metropolitan Gallery, London
1991 Ian Hendry Showspace, Muswell Hill
1992 Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
1992 Bibliotheque Universitaire, Amiens
1993 Foyer Gallery, Wimbledon School of Art
1993 The Art Store Gallery, Oakland, California
1995 Crescent Arts Workshop, Scarborough
1997 Gallery Focus, New Malden
1998 Chelsea Arts Club
1998 Bibliotheque Universitaire, Amiens
1999 Gallery Focus, New Malden
2002 Rebecca Hossack Gallery
2004 Rebecca Hossack Gallery
2006 Rebecca Hossack Gallery

SOME GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1968-69-70 Redfern Gallery Summer Shows, London
1971-72 Galerie Poll, West Berlin
1972-73 Serpentine Directions Touring Show
1973 Three Painters Two Sculptors - Gothenberg Museum, Sweden
1974 British Painting 74 - Hayward Gallery, London
John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 9
1975 Five Painters One Sculptor - Serpentine Gallery
1977 British Painting 52-77 Royal Academy of Arts
12 British Painters, Reykjavik, Iceland
1984-88-89 Invited Artists, The London Group, Royal College of Art
1993 The London Group, The Barbican, London
1994 Two English, One Californian Artist - Morley Gallery
1995 The Hunting Art Prizes - Royal College of Art, London
1995-96 The London Group, The Barbican, London
1996 Royal Academy Summer Show
1997 10 London Group Artists - Bedford Hill Gallery
1999 Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery
2000 Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery
From 2000 Groucho Club, permanent show, Soho

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Sweden, Iceland, Germany, France, Poland, Texas, California, England - Redfern Gallery

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Arts Council National Gallery of Iceland
Leicester Education Authority Salford University
Camden Library York City Art Gallery
Guildford County Council
L'Université de Picardy, Amiens

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