David Powell

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Works on paper combining song lyrics with painted spaces

Desires travel, 2021
acrylic on paper, 29,7 x 21cm
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In 2020 I designed my own postage stamps with Post NL. I selected paintings of Mark E.Smith, the former lead singer of the British post-punk band The Fall. I've been sending letters to Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

I want to write to you 2020 (ongoing), 2020
Hand writtten letters, A5
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A painting of The Fall from their 1984 'Perverted by Language' tour

Lost in music, 2020
oil on canvas, 200 x 290cm
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A watercolour of David Sylvian, solo artist and former lead singer of Japan

Quiet Life, 2020
watercolour , 29,7 x 21cm
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A selection of paintings and drawings displayed in a non hierarchical manner.

Studio view, 2019
oil, acrylic, pen, pencil, watercolour, approx 320 x 250cm
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Riso zine, 24 pages, edition 90, ISBN 9789492486028 – with visuals by David Powell and Inge Marleen and words by Andrew Renton.

The Neighbourhood of Infinity, 2019
Riso, 29,7 cx 21cm
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A painting of Ian Curtis, former lead singer with the band Joy Division

Ian, 2018
oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24cm
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A painting of the Manchester based band The Fall

The Fall, 2018
acrylic on canvas, 24 x 30cm
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A painting of The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground, 2018
oil on canvas, 24 x 20cm
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Text paintings based on song lyrics

x3 Text paintings
oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50cm

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When ideality and reality touch each other then repetition appears. - Søren Kierkegaard

My political activism into free zones comprises speaking at public events across the UK raising awareness about the dangers of free zones coming to communities and residents entrapped within them. The more I got involved with political activism, the more it fed into my studio practice, this has seen material outcomes in my work move away from display into creating ‘live environments’ that fuse together raw materials, works in progress, and completed works.

Websites

www.davidpowell.nl

Social media

twitter.com/@europeanpowell.nl

Member of a professional association/artists’ association

Fonds/Mondrian Stichting, Amsterdam

Curriculum vitae

Education

1994 - 1996

Fine Art Amsterdam, De Ateliers diploma
1988 - 1992

BA (HONS) Fine Art and Art History Slade School of Fine Art, London diploma
1987 - 1988

Foundation Art Cardiff School of Art & Design diploma
2006

Permanent Docent Undergarduate Autoom and Painting departments KABK Den Haag

exhibitions

2024

Zone Fever Sis Josip Galerie, Den Haag Solo
2017

Helicopter - Channa boon, Bastian Visch, David Powell Group
2016

Ch ch changes, Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium Solo
2011

Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium Solo
2009

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands Group
2008

Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
2008

abine Wachters Fine Arts, Brusses, Belgium Solo
2004

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; MoMA, Arnheim, Netherlands Group
2004

Up til now, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
1997

Solo - Propping up the bar, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Solo

Commissions

2019

private collector The Fall MES 21 x 29,7cm, pen and laser print on paper, United Kingdom Direct sale www.davidpowell.nl/Drawings%20The%20Fall%20MES%202019.html finished
2018

The Fall 24 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas private collector London, United Kingdom Direct sale www.davidpowell.nl/The%20Fall%20index%202018.html finished

Sales/Works in collections

2016

Private collections Belgium, Holland Paintings
2012

Private collections Belgium, Holland Paintings
2011

Private collections Belgium, Holland Paintings
2010

Private collections Belgium, Holland Paintings
2009

Private collections Belgium, Germany, Holland Paintings
2008

Private collections Belgium, France, Holland Paintings
2007

Private collections Belgium, Holland Paintings
2006

Private collections Belgium, Holland Paintings
2005

Private collections Belgium, Holland Paintings
1997

Stedelijk Musem Holland Paintings, sculpture

Publications

2019

Catalog Saatchi Gallery London, United Kingdom
2013

It is the month of may...for me Sabine Wachters Fine Arts/David Powell/Calff & Mieschke - Amsterdam Belgium Catalogue solo
2012

Present Forever 55 Contemporary Dutch Artists FATFORM, Amsterdam Zuid oost Netherlands Catalogue groep
2012

Door Schildersogen/From a Painters Perspective, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam Netherlands Catalogue groep
2011

Out There Sabine Wachters Fine Arts/David Powell/Calff & Mieschke - Amsterdam Catalogue solo
2009

review Kunstbeeld, Amsterdam Kunst Magazine
2006

‘Blue Tuesdays’ De Ateliers, 1963 - 2003, Amsterdam Catalogue groep
2005

Rudi Fuchs Acquisitions 1999-2003 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Catalogue groep

reviews

2019

Draw Art Fair 2019 Magazine Andrew Renton London, United Kingdom Saatchi Gallery catalogue.

Awards and grants

2010

Basis Stipendium Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam Netherlands
2005

Basis Stipendium FONDS, BKVB, Amsterdam Netherlands

Representation

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Sabine Wachters Fine Arts Knokke, Belgium, Belgium

Secondary art-related activities

2006 - 2013

Docent Undergraduate Autonoom & Painting Department, KABK, DEN HAAG On-going
2003 - 2013

Docent AKI (Enschede), Frank Mohr (Groningen), Academie Den Bosch, Academie Utrecht, St. Joost academie (Breda)
1999 - 1999

Gastdocent Berlijn (D)
1998 - 2004

assistent Gilbert & George
1998 - 1999

assistent Sarah Lucas
1998 - 1999

assistent Angus Fairhurst