Liam’s works are held in permanent collections in Auckland, and private collections world wide .
Since 2007 he has been fulfilling private commissions and continuing with graphics work in South East Asia and Auckland, exploring the interaction of architecture, flora and the figure, particularly
the buildings of Arthur Sinclair O’Connor in AucklandLiam Davidson was born in Sydney in 1948. He studied at the Julian Ashton Art School 1968-69, then gained a BA at N.S.W. and Auckland universities, and studied print making under the tutelage of Marilyn Webb and Barry Cleavin. |
Biography
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| Name |
Liam Robertson Davidson |
| Email |
art[at]liamdavidson.com |
| Date of Birth |
19th March 1948 |
| Place of Birth |
Sydney, Australia |
Education
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| 1974-1976 |
Studied Printmaking in Dunedin under the tutelage of Marilyn Webb and Barry Cleavin. |
| 1973 |
Graduated Bachelor of Arts |
| 1968-1972 |
University of Auckland, New
Zealand, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 1967-1968 |
Julian Ashton Art School Sydney, Australia |
Commissions
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| 1994 |
“Six Paintings for the Key”. Watershed Theatre, Auckland,
New Zealand |
| 1991 |
“Mural”. Station Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1985 |
“Silk and Bamboo” Stage Setting. Origins Dance Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1982 |
“Mural”. Unley School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1981 |
“Mural”. Morington Pool, Adelaide. South Australia |
Grants and Awards
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| 1990 |
Award – First Prize, Waitakere Art Exhibition, Auckland, New
Zealand |
| 1987 |
Sculpture Project. Lotteries Commission Grant, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| 1986 |
Sculpture Project. Manukau City Council Grant, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Selected Individual Exhibitions
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| 2020 |
Carnets de Voyage, Grey Lynn Place Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2018 |
Palms, People and Pangolins, Sangdee Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| 2010 |
The Naked Gesture, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Oneroa |
| 2007 |
New Works, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch |
| 2007 |
New Paintings, Lane Gallery |
| 2006 |
22 Modelities, Lane Gallery |
| 2004 |
The Yoginiss and the Bathers, The Lane Gallery, Auckland |
| 2001 |
A Distant Shore, The Lane Gallery, Auckland |
| 1999 |
To Be Pacific, The Lane Gallery, Auckland |
| 1996 |
Salamander Gallery, Christchurch |
| 1995: |
Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1994 |
Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1994 |
Salamander Gallery, Chistchurch |
| 1992 |
Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1991 |
Joan Livingston Galley, Auckland |
| 1988 |
Words & Pictures Gallery, Auckland |
| 1984 |
Room Service Gallery, Auckland |
| 1984 |
Anima Graphics Gallery, Adelaide |
| Group Shows |
| 2007 |
High Points, Statements Gallery, Napier |
| 2006 |
Four Points of the Compass , Lane Gallery |
| 2000 |
Sea Coast with Tom Burnett, The Lane Gallery, Auckland |
| 2000 |
Manukau to Dusky Sound with Marilyn Webb, Statements Gallen1, Napier |
| 1999 |
Finalist, Portrait Award, Wellington |
| 1997 |
Figurations, The Lane Gallery, Auckland |
| 1997 |
Art for Investment, The Lane Gallery, Auckland |
| 1997 |
Shaping the Land, The Lane Galley1, Auckland |
| 1996 |
The Garden, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1995 |
Behind the Mark, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1995 |
Still/Fire/Dance with Helen Pollock, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch |
| 1994 |
Buy By Tender, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1993 |
Modern Myth, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1992 |
Inhibition, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland |
| 1990 |
ASA Portrait Exhibition, Nola Holmwood |
| 1987 |
Wearable Art, Trafalgar Centre, Nelson |
| 1978 |
Opening � Christchurch Community Arts Centre, Art Gallery, Christchurch |
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