David Armitage
Curriculum Vitae / Biography
David Armitage was born in Tasmania in 1943 and studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 1967 he moved to New Zealand where he had many one man and group shows. In 1973 a survey exhibition of his work toured the major public galleries of New Zealand. Since 1974 he has lived in the UK where he has exhibited widely, including shows in London, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Liverpool, Brighton & Guildford.
Armitage's
painting is ultimately derived from Abstract Expressionism, but additional
influences stem from his formative years spent in Australia and New Zealand.
Writing about his work, Armitage
comments:
'The great parallel with my work is music, in which everything is derived
from sounds - it doesn't go outside itself - it is what it is. And although
painting cannot rid itself of suggestions and subjects, firstly and finally
it is marks and the interrelation of marks, colour and space, marks made with
genuine feeling - hoping for a genuine response for the painting as an object
that will give great and lasting pleasure'.His work is represented in public
and private collections in New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Europe. This
is a summary of some of David's exhibitions
1973 Survey exhibition touring N.Z. public galleries
1995 Atlantis - London
1996 Mitre Gallery - Chichester
1996 The Maltings - Farnham
1996 The Hawth Arts Centre - Crawley
1997 Windsor Arts Centre - Windsor
1997 Hanover Gallery - Liverpool
1997 Seagate - Dundee
1997 Star Gallery - Lewes
1997 Mappin Gallery - Sheffield
1998 Trinity Arts Centre - Tunbridge Wells
1999 Rye Festival Artist - Rye
2000 Bridgeview Office Complex - Aberdeen
2001 Sussex Arts - Abbeville
2001 Parkview Fine Paintings - Bristol
Crossover, A Millennium Exhibition was a major exhibition for David where
his work was mounted at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery from December 1999
until February 2000