David O'Malley

John Moores Painting Prize and Royal Academy exhibitor David O'M has been placing his work with international collectors since 2008. His paintings have also featured across prestigious platforms including Cork Street, ING Discerning Eye, Lynn Painter-Stainers at the Mall Galleries, and Sky Arts.

Bridging the infinite and the intimate, these paintings imbue rigorous space science with a profound, Zen-like stillness. A binding celestial* thread runs through the entire body of work, which is predominantly rendered in deep, velvety blacks to immerse the viewer in the vast, silent voids of the cosmos. Within this dark expanse, the imagery scales from the monumental architecture of mountain-top observatories ogling upward into infinity, to the burning, isolated light of the sun and moon. As a grounding contrast to these deep-space vistas, a distinct subset of the work focuses on shifting atmospheric conditions—capturing clouds as a delicate, fleeting membrane separating Earth from that infinite darkness. It is a striking visual inquiry into scale, shadow, and humanity’s relentless gaze into the abyss.

Artist Statement
"Essentially, I am drawn to the power of vastness and the context of the wider picture—the compelling journey from that...

BA(Hons) Fine Art | Foundation Art & Design | Foundation in Dramatic Arts | A-Levels x 3

Summer Exhibition / Royal Academy of Art / London.
Cosmic Perspectives / Lumen / London SE1
​6x6 / Rochester Contemporary Art Center / New York
Life/Time / Marketplace Gallery / Manchester
Fresh Art Fair / Cheltenham Racecourse / Cheltenham
Grejzik Gallery / Scarborough
887 Outer Space Surreal / open air exhibition / Falmouth
The Discerning Eye (25th anniversary) / Mall Galleries / London
as a lead performance artist for Ragnar Kjartansson / Barbican Art Gallery / London
​The Listening Booth / online
Lynn Painter-Stainer Prize / The Mall Galleries / London
Stazioni/Nero Galeria/Bologna/
How The Light Gets In / Hay Festival
John Moores Painting Prize / Walker Gallery, Liverpool
Wish You Were Here / Magdalan Road Studios / Oxford
Cluster 3 / Trinity Buoy Wharf / London Docklands
20² Exhibition / Gallery TS1 / Middlesbrough
Cork St Open / The Gallery In Cork St / Mayfair, London
Metropolis / Lauderdale House / Highgate, London /
Candid Galleries / Angel, London
Look To The Sky / NGC / Sunderland
Niew Detachmenten / Logement / Antwerp
Archways / To & For Gallery / London
Elements / Horsebridge Gallery / Whitstable
Life and Liberty / Westbourne Grove Gallery / Notting Hill
Islington Art Fair / London
Underpass / 540 Gallery / S...