David Cobley
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Biographical Details |
| Born 27 June 1954, Northampton, England |
| Education |
- Northampton School of Art, Foundation Course in Art and Design 1971-1972
- Liverpool School of Art, Diploma in Fine Art (incomplete) 1972-1973
- Sophia University (Tokyo), BA in Comparative Culture 1979-1981
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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
- Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 2007
- Messum’s 2005
- Beaux Arts Bath 2002, 2004
- Widcombe Studios 1997
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Selected Open Exhibitions |
- The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1989, 1995, 1997 to the present
- The Royal West of England Academy 1989 to 1994, 1996 to the present
- The New English Art Club 2000, 2001, 2003 to the present
- NAKED at The Royal West of England Academy 2004
- The Holburne Portrait Prize 2002, 2004
- The Discerning Eye 1998, 2000, 2001
- The RP Selection at The National Portrait Gallery 2000
- People's Portraits (touring exhibition) 2000
- The Hunting Art Prizes 1999, 2005
- The BP Portrait Award 1995
- The John Player Portrait Award 1989
- The Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo 1982
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Commissions |
- The Princess Royal HRH Princess Anne
- President Bashar al-Assad of Syria
- Steven Berkoff
- Richard Briers
- Ken Dodd OBE
- Sir Norman Fowler
- Dame Alicia Markova
- The Lord Mayor of London
- Sir Timothy Sainsbury
- The Dean of Westminster
- English National Ballet
- Exeter College
- The National Society for Epilepsy
- The Royal Horse Artillery
- The Royal Engineers
- The Royal Marines
- The Royal Navy
- The Institution of Civil Engineers
- among others
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Public Collections |
- The National Portrait Gallery
- The Victoria Gallery, Bath
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Awards |
- Llewellyn Alexander Award 2004
- Public Prize, The Holburne Portrait Prize 2004
- Prosigns and Graphics Prize 2002
- Andrew Brownsword Prize 2001
- Daler-Rowney Prize and RWA Public Prize 1999
- RWA Tom Rice Gallery, Dublin, Award 1999
- John Brandler Prize 1993
- Short-listed, John Player Portrait Award 1989
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| Societies |
- The Royal West of England Academy 2001
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1997
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