Approved: 08.11.2016

Dave Lunt

Artist

Approved: 08.11.2016

I am a Manchester based artist and I am currently resident at 'Bankley Studios' in Levenshulme. My work is multi disciplinary, encompassing painting, drawing, digital sculpture and animation and is based upon my interest in the often grey area that separates science fact from science fiction.

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    Artist Statement

    I am a Manchester based artist and I am currently resident at 'Bankley Studios' in Levenshulme. My work is multi disciplinary, encompassing painting, drawing, digital sculpture and animation and is based upon my interest in the often grey area that separates science fact from science fiction.

    I am fascinated by a number of subjects (including geology, exploration, cartography, astronomy and cosmology)and these form the backbone of an ongoing project (working title ‘Existence is Doubted’) which hovers in between science fact and science fiction. Influenced by writers and theologians such as Baudrillard, Ballard, Eco and Borges (amongst others) I attempt to reflect these interests and ideologies through paintings, drawings, photographs, digital sculptures and animation. Images and structures which resemble utopian/dystopian landscapes and environments, evolve through constant cycles of manipulation and repetition, with the outcome being an ongoing narrative that is subject to its own mythology and attempts to question the idea of what is real and what is not. Recent work has focused primarily on space exploration and in particular the search for exo-planets and moons in other star systems and the wonder and infinite possibilities they bring.

    “..The truth is we want to have a world that is not totally known and that has the capacity to surprise us. As our information sources improve and become ever more complete, the need to create and conjure new places that are definitely off the map also grows.” ‘Off the Map- Lost spaces, invisible cities, forgotten islands, feral places and what they tell us about the world’. By Alastair Bonnett. Aurum Press ltd 2014

    CV & Education

    QUALIFICATIONS

     

    POST - GRADUATE EDUCATION  - LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 2005

     

    M.A Art and Design Studio Practice.

     

    HIGHER EDUCATION- LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 2000

     

    B.A Honours Degree: Fine Art Painting.

    EXHIBITIONS

    2019

    Nov, Animated short ‘Approach’ to be screened, Autumn program, The UMW Media Wall, Mary Washington University, Virginia.U.S

    Oct, Animated short ‘Quadrillion’ selected for ‘ArtGene’ Digital U-Hang commission program ‘Extreme Views : Part 2

    July-Aug ‘Moon@50’ Group Show at Ilkely Manor, Yorks.

    July, ‘Cosmos’,with Lumen Studios,Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford.

    July, ‘Hang Out’ Bankley Studios, Pop up show for Manifest 2019,Manchester..

    Apr,’Micro’ , Group Show, AIR Gallery, Altrincham,Trafford

    2018

    Dec, ‘Monitor’, Group Show, AIR Gallery, Altrincham,Trafford

    Dec, ‘Wigan Open Art Exhibition’, Group Show, The Old Courts, Wigan.

    Jul-Aug, ‘Twice as Nice’, Group Show, PS Mirabel,Manchester

    May, Cosmic Perspectives (curated by ‘Lumen’),Group Show, Ugly Duck,London

    2017

    December, Lumen Gallery Exhibition, Bankley Gallery, Levenshulme,Manchester

    May-GM Art Prize, Manchester Chamber of Commerce ,Shortlisted for works 'View 1(The Facilty) 'and 'View2 (The Facility)'

    2016

    Sep- The Elbow Room Art Prize, Shortlisted for work 'Point'

    June- Spectrum, PS Mirabel, Manchester

    May - Process, Bankley Studios, Levenshulme, Manchester

    2015

    May- joined Bankley Studios co-operative

    2014

    Feb-Mar, Solo Exhibition, Portico Library and Gallery, Manchester

    2013

    Sept-Oct, Group Show Altrincham College of Art, Altrincham.

    April-May, Group Show, Cheshire Open Art Studios, Marburae Gallery, Macclesfield, Prize Winner - Gallery Choice Award (Red Cabin) and Visitors Choice Award (la Tour Sombre).

    2012

    March-Apr. Solo Exhibition, Chapel Gallery Showcases, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancs.

    Jan-Feb, Solo Exhibition, Bollington Arts Centre, Bollington, Cheshire

    2011

    Jul-Sept, Group Show, ‘Desire Lines’, Art Lounge, New Mills.

    Jul-Sept, Group Show, West Lancs. Open Exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk

    2010

    Nov- present ,Group Show, New Revolve Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancs

    Sept-Nov, Solo Exhibition, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancs.

    Jun-Sept, Group Show, West Lancs. Open Exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk

    May, Group Show, Open Exhibition, Victoria Mill Art Centre, Congleton, Cheshire.

    May – June, Solo Exhibition, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe

    Jan – May, Group Show, Waterside Open , Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Trafford, Manchester.

    2009

    Dec – Jan 2010, Joint Exhibition (Gareth Kemp), Cornerhouse, Manchester.

    Dec – Jan 2010 , Joint Exhibition (John Ellis), Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester.

    April – Group Show, Revolve Gallery Showcase, G casino, Manchester and Revolve/Mooch gallery, The Triangle, Manchester.

    May – July, Group Show, Grosvenor Open Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum, Chester

    2008

    May - Group Show, ‘On Your Wall Too’, Leeds Metropolitan University Art Gallery, Leeds.

    July - Group Show, ‘Up and Coming’, C.U.C, Liverpool.

    Sept. - Nov, Group Show, Sefton Open, Atkinson Gallery, Southport.

    Nov. - Dec, Group Show, Autumn Exhibition (organised by  'Trafford Arts Network' and 'Creative Industries'), Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester.

    Dec, Group Show,  ‘Christmas Presence’, Bridewell Studios, Liverpool.

    2007

    May – June, Joint Exhibition (with Philip Worth) ‘The Red Gallery’, Kingston upon Hull.

    May – June, Group Show, ‘You Are Here’, Kitchen Gallery, Norton Priory, Cheshire.

    October- Dec, Joint Exhibition (with Morris Riley), ‘Altered Scapes’, ’The Blyth Gallery’ Manchester.

     2006

    Mar – June, Solo Exhibition, Artefact, F.A.C.T, Liverpool.

    Sep- Nov , Solo Exhibition, Altrincham College of Art, Timperley, Altrincham.

    Nov- Jan 2007, Group Exhibition, ‘Winter Blues’, Eggspace, Egg Cafe, Liverpool.

    2005

    April – June, Group Show Grosvenor Open Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum, Chester.

    Nov – Dec, Group Show ‘New Art and Design 3’, Exposure Gallery, Swansea.

    Nov – Dec, Group Show ‘Colony - All at once, together, at the same time’, Colony Gallery, Regent Street, Birmingham.

    WEBSITES

    http://www.bankley.org.uk/Artist-Dave-Lunt

    http://homemcr.org/exhibition/gareth-kemp-and-david-lunt/

    www.davesdarkfuture.blogspot.com