Curriculum Vitae - Lewis Davidson

Education

2017-19 MFA Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art (Distinction)
2010-13 BA Hons Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art and Design (1st Class Honours)
2009-10 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, University of Gloucestershire (Distinction)

Scholarships and Awards

2021 Gilbert Bayes Award, Royal Society of Sculptors
2019 Deans List of Academic Excellence, Slade School of Fine Art
2018 Deans Bursary, Slade School of Fine Art
2018 Red Mansion Art Prize Shortlist
2017 Felix Slade Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art
2014-16 Art@Tell, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
2010 Travel Scholarship, University of Gloucestershire

Upcoming Exhibitions

Museum exhibition with Guadalajara 90210 in Autumn in León, Mexico

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2025 Electric Fall, Des Bains, London
2023/24 Kunststoff, 125th Year Anniversary, the University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2023 Shallow Haunts, Kupfer, London
2022 CLICKERS, Xxijra Hii, London
2021 In from the Cold, The Stone Space, London
2020 Season of Fire from the Passenger Seat, London

Selected Exhibitions

2025 The Naming of Parts, Triangle Studios, London
2023 Wailing Moon, Staffordshire Street Studios, London
2023 Gilbert Bayes Award Group Exhibition, The Art House, Wakefield
2023 Gilbert Bayes Award Group Exhibition, Royal Society of Sculptors, London
2022 Forms without Forms, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
2021 Echo System, Thamesside Studio Gallery, London
2021 Gearhead, SET, London
2020 Invitational I, Unit1 Gallery, London
2020 GARGLE, a culmination of the Almacantar Studio Award, Raw Labs, London
2020 Inner Space, Oliver Beer Studios, London
2020 Season of Fire from the Passenger Seat, Raw Labs, London
2019 Adjacent Directly, Unit1 Gallery, London
2019 Under Sole and Sky Head, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2019 Perpetual Shift, The Koppel Project, London
2019 I Still Don’t Know What Drives Us, The Zetter, London
2019 Limbo, Slade Summer School Residency, London
2019 Interim, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2018 Holiday, ARCADE, London, (co-curated)
2018 Small Press Project, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2017 Catch of the Year, DIENSTGEBÄUDE, Zürich, Switzerland
2017 CRUMBLE TOWN, SET Space, London
2016 Fat Relic, London
2016 Tag, The Zetter, London
2016 ART ON CAMPUS, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
2015 The Observer Effect, GEMAK, The Hague, Netherlands
2015 Fresh Air, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
2015 Little Mountains, Embassy Tea Gallery, London,
2014 The Open West, The Wilson, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
2014 Trophy for a Cabbie, The Zetter, London
2014 London/Vienna Calling, Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria,
2013 London/Vienna Calling, Mile End, London
2013 Fresh Air, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
2012 A Momentary Holding, Gallery on the Corner, London
2012 And you, what do you Believe in?, The Crypt, London
2012 BRITTVINTER,Umea,Sweden

Residencies

2020 Duo, Unit1 Gallery, London
2019-2020 Almacantar Studio Award
2019 Slade Summer School Residency, London
2016 Fat Relic, London
2016 Artist in Residence, Cody Dock, London
2014-2018 Workshop 53, Aberfeldy Street, London.

Fairs

2021 Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, featuring in Xxijra Hii booth

Commissioned Projects

2020, 2018 and 2016 James Dick
2019 and 2020 Marion and Christof Tresler
2017 Ralph Bartel
2014, 2014 Paul Smith
2014 Frontier Economics
2013 Carolle Farron
2013, 2012 Ruth MacIntosh
2013, 2012 Joan Wells
2012 Frontier Economics
2011 Glenn and Jane Tutsell

Workshops and Talks

2023 Scavenger Hunt Workshop, UCA Farnham
2023 Scavenger Hunt Animation workshop, LCC, London
2022 ArtistTalk,LCC,London
2021 Artist Talk, The Stone Space
2021 Scavenger Hunt, Newcastle University of Architecture
2020 Artist Talk, Conscious Isolation Fine Art Lecture Series
2020 Artist Talk, Norwich University of the Arts
2019 Out of Hand and into the Fire, Clay and Glass Workshop, Newcastle University of Architecture
2019 Frankenstein’s Shop, Charrette Week, Newcastle University of Architecture
2019 In Front of the Noise, a brief history of Logos in Punk Music, Slade Summer School
2019 Artist Development Talk, Chelsea School of Art and Design