DAVID WISEMAN LG ARWS
BIOGRAPHY
Born 1949 Essex
1967 - 9 Colchester School of Art
1969 - 72 St. Martins School of Art
1972 - 5 Royal College of Art
1973 Won RCA John Minton Prize
Since 1975 visiting and part time lecturer various colleges incl.
Kingston, Slade, Newcastle, Hull, Cheltenham, Winchester, etc.
1977 Received Arts Council of Great Britain Award
1978 Received Greater London Arts Association Award
1978 Moved to studio in Holborn with Graham Crowley, Vanessa Jackson
1980 In short list of 3 for National Gallery Artist in Residence
1982 Exhibited in major British Council touring exhibition in Germany with Howard Hodgkin, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossof etc.
1985 Moved to Perivale, Ealing, building large garden studio alongside studios occupied by potter wife Betty.
1989 Completed ceiling mural at Charing Cross Hospital followed by many major public art commissions
1999 Four paintings purchased by The Bank of England.
2010 Elected to the National Acrylic Painters Association winning their Presidents Prize in 2010 and Adrian Henri Memorial Prize in 2012
2013 Elected to The London Group in their centenary year.
2016 Elected to the Arborealists
2021 Elected to the Royal Watercolour Society
ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS
1980 Serpentine Summer Show 1, Serpentine Gallery, London
1983 Peterborough City Museum and Art Gallery, Peterborough
1985 Centre 181 Gallery, Hammersmith, London.
1987 Polytechnic Gallery, Brighton.
1988 Winchester Gallery, Winchester
1988 Minories Gallery, Colchester
1993 Islington Arts Factory, London
1996 Questors Theatre Gallery, Ealing, London.
2005 Tricycle Gallery, Kilburn, London
2013 Rowley Gallery, Kensington Place , London
2015 Water Street Gallery, Todmorden, Yorks
2016 Felix and Spear Gallery, Ealing
2017 Cello Factory, London
2019 Water Street Gallery, Todmorden, Yorks
For Arts Sake, Ealing , London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1974 Bradford Drawing Biennale, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
1975 New Contemporaries, Camden Arts Centre, London
1976 John Moores Exhibition 10, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1979 Open Attitudes, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Drawing Exhibition, with Graham Crowley, Jon Holt Gallery,London
1980 Seven Painters, Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge, Polytechnic
Gallery, Hull, City Art Gallery, Portsmouth, Minories, Colchester
British Painters, Art into Industry, Heathrow Airport, London
1981 Studied at St. Martins, St. Martins School of Art Gallery, London
Contemporary Artists in Camden, Camden Arts Centre, London
1982 Thirteen British Artists, with Howard Hodgkin, Frank Auerbach, Ken Kiff,
Leon Kossoff, John Walker, etc. Neue Galerie, Aachen, Kunstverein,
Mannheim, and Kunstverein Brunswick, Germany
Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London
London Group Open Exhibition , Camden Arts Centre and tour
John Moores Exhibition 13, Walker Art gallery, Liverpool
1983 Artists in Aid of Amnesty, Work of Art gallery, London
Landscapes, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
1984 Painters at Winchester, Winchester Gallery, Winchester
Two Painters, with Michael Major, Woodlands Gallery, London
London Group Open Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
1985 The Leicester Exhibition, Beaumanor Hall, Leicester
1986 Three Painters, with Jeff Dellow, George Percy Arteast Gallery, London
1987 On a Plate, Serpentine Gallery, London
Artists who studied with Peter de Francia, Camden Arts Centre, London
Myth, Dream and Landscape, Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, London
The Broader Horizon, Southern Arts Touring Exhibition
1988 The Leicester Exhibition, Beaumanor Hall, Leicester
Modern Miniatures, Hepsibah Gallery, London
1989 Woodlands, Trelissick Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
1990 Mixed Exhibition, Woodlands Gallery, London
1991 Living Landscapes Gill Gallery, London
1992 12/19 181, Centre 181 Gallery, Hammersmith, London
Riverside Artists, Maidstone Library Gallery, Maidstone
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1993 Riverside Artists, Galeria Liceo Recrea, Orensano, Ourense, Spain and tour to
Casa de la Cultura, Chantado Lugo, Casa de la Cultura Monforte de Lemos
Luga, and Galeria Ansoar Chantada Lugo, Spain
1994 R.A.G. Show, Watermans Art Gallery, London
Rexel Derwent Open Drawing Exhibition, Cheltenham
Open Door Open Exhibition, Holborn, London
1995 The Sea, Beatrice Royal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Eastliegh,Hampshire
1996 First Sight, Pitshanger Manor Gallery, Ealing, London
Contingent Lots, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition, Cheltenham
1997 Riverside Artists Group, Museo Municipal Ourense, Spain and tour
1998 Boundaries of Landscape Art, Small Mansion Art Centre, London
Vital Art, Atlantis Gallery, London
Viewpoints Open Exhibition, Artsway Arts Centre, Sway, Hampshire
Critical Faculty, Stanley Picker Gallery for the Arts, Kingston ,
Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, U.S.A. and tour
Artists in Arms, St. Davids Hall, Cardiff and tour to Edinburgh and London
Ealing Open Exhibition, Pitshanger Manor Gallery, Ealing, London
1999 Transformations, Small Mansion Arts Centre, Ealing, London
2000 Westlondonartists Sackville Gallery, Piccadilly, London
2001 Unique Visions Riverhouse Gallery, Walton on Thames, Surrey
The British Landscape Society of Landscape Painters Open Exhibition, Mall
Galleries, London
2002 Art West Start Gallery, Fulham, London
Viewpoints Jersey Galleries, Osterley House, London
Riverside Artists Museo Municipal Ourense, Spain
The Discerning Eye Mall Galleries, London
2003 Upstream Exhibition Space, Charing Cross Hospital, London
Entertaining Mr.Soane commemorating 250th anniversary of architect John Soane
Pitshanger Manor Museum, Ealing, London
Landscapes New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
View Open Exhibition, Artsway Arts Centre, Sway, Hampshire
Christmas Exhibition, Blue Wing Gallery, Kew, London
2004 Opening Exhibition Blue Wing Gallery, Padstow, Cornwall
Celebrations Chelsea Gallery London
2006Westlondonartists Jersey Galleries, Osterley House, London
2008Westlondonartists, Jersey Gallery, Osterley House, London
Ealing Open Exhibition, PM Gallery, Ealing, London
2009Mixed Exhibition, Architects Gallery, Teddington
The London Group Open , Menier Gallery, London
2010 Ealing Open Exhibition PM Gallery, Ealing, London
ArtWorks Open, Commended Artist, Artworks Project Space, London
Three Wise Men with Betty Wiseman, Holly Wiseman PM Gallery Ealing
National Association of Painters in Acrylic, Crypt Gallery , St.Ives Presidents Prize
Gallery Artists, Water Street Gallery, Todmorden
West London Artists Posk Gallery Hammersmith London
2011 Small Works, Water Street Gallery, Todmorden
Artworks Open , Artworks Project Space, London
The London Group Open, Cello Factory, London
National Association of Painters in Acrylic, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum,
Birkenhead, Wirral Adrian Henri Memorial Prize
2012 Landmarks Water Street Gallery Todmorden
100plus100 , London Group, Cello Factory, London
Discerning Eye Mall Galleries, London
National Association of Painters in Acrylic, Crypt Gallery , St.Ives
Small is Beautiful Bowman Gallery Richmond
2013 Outlands Architects Gallery, Teddington
100+ The London Group Cello Factory, London
National Association of Painters in Acrylic, Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby
2014 London Group on London Cello Factory London
Drawn to It , Water Street Gallery, Todmorden
Bomberg to Rego, London Group in Southampton, Museum and Art Gallery
Garden of Earthly Delights, Water Street Gallery, Todmorden,
2015 Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Open, Bankside Gallery, London
National Association of Painters in Acrylic, Crypt Gallery , St.Ives
London Group Open Cello Factory, London
2016 Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Open, Bankside Gallery, London.
The Deaf Canvas Listens London Group Exhibition, KCC Gallery , London
National Acrylic Painters Association, Oxmarket Centre for the Arts, Chichester. Winner Daler Rowney Prize
London Group Annual , Cello Factory, London
Landmarks Water Street Gallery, Todmorden, Lancs
2017 The London Group - Viewpoints Felix and Spear Gallery, Ealing
Arborealists Nature in Art Gallery, Gloucester
Personal Relations The London Group Cello Factory , London and touring to The Hague, Holland and Vicenza, Italy.
National Acrylic Painters Association, Crypt Gallery , St.Ives Winner Presidents Prize
Summer Exhibition Felix and Spear Gallery, Ealing
Arborealists, Le Dortoir des Moines,St Benoit, Poitiers, France
Royal Society of Marine Artists Open Exhibition Mall Galleries, London
London Group Open Exhibition Cello Factory, London curator and selector
2018
The London Group Down from London Linden Hall Studio, Deal
The Pastel Society 119th Annual , Mall Galleries London
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, London
Winner RWS Publicity Prize, Wallace Seymour Watercolour Prize
R.I.Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Arborealists, Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
London Group in St Ives Penwith Gallery, St Ives
Presence with Dan Preece and Mark Dunford, Tregony Gallery, Truro
The London Group in St Ives, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
Arborealists, Mariners Gallery, St Ives
2019
The Arborealists at The Collegiale Sainte-Croix de Loudun, France
R.I.Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The London Group KCC19, Kensington and Chelsea College, London
Indoor Voices, Greystone Industries Summer Show, curated by Graham
Crowley, Wickham Market, Suffolk
The Arborealists Young Gallery, Salisbury
Clyde Hopkins and Friends, Linden Hall Studio Gallery, Deal
London Group Open Exhibition, Cello Factory, London
2020 Small and Smaller Water Street Gallery, Todmorden, Lancs
Winter Exhibition Linden Hall Studio Gallery, Deal,
Pastel Society, 121st Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries , London
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, London
The Arborealists National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
Isolation London Group online exhibition
Broadway Arts Festival Open Exhibition Online
Inner Words , Tregony Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
2021 Being with Trees Arborealists, Gustavo Bacarisas, Gibralter
ArtTop10 Interviews Exhibition, Cello Factory, London
R.I.Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The Pastel Society 122nd Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
David Wiseman Painter Betty Wiseman Potter, Rowley Gallery, London
In Plain Sight The London Group, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
Bankside Summer Exhibition, Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts , London
Winter Exhibition, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
London Group Xmas Exhibition, Cello Factory, London
2022. Summer Exhibition, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire
Catch Your Breath, The London Group, Morley Gallery, London
Arborealists, Nature in Art Gallery, Twigworth, Glos
Trees and the Sacred, Arborealists, Norwich Cathedral
Collaborations, Linden Hall Studio at Goodnestone Hall, Kent
Horizons-Landscape and Beyond , Cello Factory, London
Summer at the Bankside, Bankside Gallery, London
Sound and Vision, Wimbledon Library Gallery, London
Botanicals , Ryebank Gallery, Rye, Kent
Less is More , Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London
The London Group Annual, Bankside Gallery, London
Mini Picture Show Bankside Gallery, London
2023 The Tyranny of Ambition British and Irish Art, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Home Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London
Seventy Trees Rowley Gallery, London
London Trees Arborealists , Lauderdale House, London
The London Group in Scarborough, Old Parcels Office Scarborough
The London Group Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
RWS Now RWS Gallery, London
Arborealists Ace Arts, Somerton , Somerset
At the Water's Edge Arborealists , Pie Factory, Margate, Kent
Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
The London Group Open, Copeland Gallery, London
2024.
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Royal College of Art
The Open University
Peterborough City Museum and Art Gallery
London Borough of Hammersmith
Riverside Health Authority
Hounslow and Spelthorne Health Authority
Arts Council of Great Britain
Museo Municipal Ourense, Spain
Mill Hill Health Centre, Acton,
London Prudential Property Services Ltd
The Bank of England
Barts and the London N.H.S. Trust
Frimley Park N.H.S. Trust
Lewisham Hospital
Royal Watercolour Society Collection
and in many private collections in Britain, Europe, U.S.A. and Australia
AWARDS
Royal College of Art John Minton Award
Arts Council of Great Britain Award
Greater London Arts Association Award
Arts Council of Great Britain Purchase Award
NAPA Presidents Prize 2010
NAPA Adrian Henri Memorial Award 2012
Royal Watercolour Society Purchase Prize 2016
Daler Rowney Award for best group of works, NAPA exhibition 2016
NAPA Presidents Prize 2017
RWS Publicity Prize 2018
Wallace Seymour Watercolour Prize 2018
GALLERIES
Rowley Gallery, London
Waterstreet Gallery, Todmorden, Lancs.
Pineapple Gallery, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham
Bankside Gallery , London