David Band

David Band was born in Glasgow in 1959 and studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. In 1983 he established The Cloth Studios, in London. Having exhibited extensively, he moved to Melbourne in 1986. He lectured at RMIT, Melbourne from 1989 to 1994, founding MRB in 1995 and joined Gasworks Studios in Melbourne in 1996. In earlier years, his paintings were inspired by music and more recently by jazz legends such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

Since his move to Australia in 1986, David Band has built on his reputation as a painter and innovative abstractionist, and continues to exhibit ovreseas and throughout Australia.

Link to Artist's Site
www.davidband.com.au

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Imbibe with me, Prints and Collaborations, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Songs for Night and Day, Tim Olsen Gllery, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, New Paintings, Hill Smith Gallery stand B72
2007
In Line, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2006
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2005
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Jill George Gallery, London
Stonington Stables Museum of Art, Melbourne
2004
Space Furniture, Melbourne
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Hill Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
2003
McGraith Galleries, New York
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
After the Rain, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2002
In A Silent Way, McGraith Galleries, New York
Waiting For Butterflys, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2001
The Last Trane, Works on Paper, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2000
Monk, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
1999
Over the Rooftop, Smith & Stoneley, Brisbane
Ten Plates, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Ten Plates, Tim Olsen Gallery, Brisbane
1998
Pillar to Post, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow Art School
Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Olsen Carr Galleries, Sydney
1996
All Imperfect Things, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1995
Bird and Miles, Olsen Carr Galleries, Sydney
Two Rooms (with Chris Connell), Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1994
Stories of Me, Australian galleries, Melbourne
1992
Home and Away, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1991
Works on Felt, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Sculptures and Prints, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Works on Felt, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1989
A Parcel of Rouges, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
A Parcel of Rouges, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1988
Painting and Drawings, Thumb Gallery, London
1987
Painting and Drawings, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1986
Drawings, Thumb Gallery, London
1985
Paintings, Brentford Watermans Art Centre, London
1984
Lester and Friends, L'Escargot, London

Group Exhibitions
2007
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2006
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2005
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2004
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Gasworks, Melbourne
2003
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Nicola Townsend, Tokyo
Gasworks, Melbourne
2002
McGrath Galleries, New York
Gasworks, Melbourne
2001
Nicola Townsend, Tokyo
2000
Bendigo Art Gallery
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Gasworks, Melbourne
1999
Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
Mornington Art prize, Mornington Peninsular Gallery
1998
Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997
Geelong Print Prize
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Linden Art Centre, Melbourne
Olsen Carr Gallery, Sydney
1996
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1994
Lighthouse Art Foundation, Melbourne
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1993
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1992
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Fred Hollows Foundation, Westpac Gallery - Melbourne
1990
International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles
1988
Thumb Gallery, london
Art Relief for Bangladesh, London
International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles
1987
Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1986
Liberty of London
1985
Private Collection of Henri Geldzhaler -The Century Club, New York
Bath Contemporary Art Fair
Oliver & Pink, London
London in Florence, Italy
1984
International Contemporary Art air, London
London in Tokyo, Japan
Compass Gallery, Glasgow and touring to Aberdeen and Dundee
1983
Bath Contemporary Art Fair
Thumb Gallery, london
Oliver and Pink, London
1982
Royal College of the Arts, London

Collections:
National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, ANZ Private Bank Artbank and various corporate and private collections throughout Australia, UK and Europe and the United States.