Jean David

I’m Jean David, and I am an artist and art teacher.

I have had a passion for painting and drawing all my life. These days, I will generally paint and draw anything that will be still enough for long enough to let me! I prefer to paint directly (ie with the actual subject matter in front of me, rather than a photo) either in the studio or out in the elements ‘en plein air’.

To me, a well executed drawing or painting (mine or anyone else’s) can convey a truth more eloquently, an emotion or a feeling of human experience more truthfully than any other form of expression. I can still remember the first time I saw a Leonardo drawing in a text book – I was literally transfixed at how the world could be viewed in a different way other than how I had been brought up. To me, the Leonardo drawings were able to get directly to the heart of the matter, and disregard what he could not be bothered to ‘see’.

Since my decision to become a full time artist some twenty something years ago, I have tirelessly pursued a goal to be able to just do it better. This has inevitable involved me going through a number of stages and phases, all of which have helped me acquire more experience and skills as I moved forward.

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2004 Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of NSW College of Fine Art, Australia. Invited to do an Honours year.

1999 Julian Ashton Art School, The Rocks, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2015 Groupama, Niort, France
2014 Art de la Breche, Niort, France
2014 Chateau Saint Catherine, France
2013 The Royal Gallery, Amsterdam
2011 Art Est, Lieichhardt, Sydney, Australia
2010 Jean David Atelier, Cordes sur Ciel, France
2009 KunstKerk, Amsterdam
2008 The Gallery Upstairs, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
2004 The Watch House Balmain Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2018 Carre d’Artistes, Paris
2016 Noordwijk Schilderfest, The Netherlands
2015 Galerie Kunstraub with GDBMC, Cologne, Germany
2015 Salon D’Art D’Automne, with GDBMC, Aulnay, France
2015 Group Exhibition, Galerie Beaute Du Matin Calme, Paris
2015 Salon d'Automne, Paris
2015 From Paris to New York, with GDBMC, New York
2015 Exposition d'Art with GDBMC, Seoul, South Korea
2014 Salon D'Automne, Paris
2014 Noordwijk Schilderfest, The Netherlands
2014 Art in the Open, Ireland
2013 Noordwijk Schilderfest, The Netherlands
2012 Noordwijk Schilderfest, The Netherlands
2006 Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Pall Mall, London
2006 Battersea Affordable Art Fair, London
2003 UNSW CoFA, Graduating Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2003 Threshold - Manly Arts Festival, Sydney, Australia
2002 Threshold - Manly Arts Festival, Sydney, Australia
1999 Julian Ashton Art Scho...