David O'Malley

The work of David O’Malley (BA)Hons has featured in the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, Cork Street, Sky Arts, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries amongst a multitide of other exhibitions. His work been selling internationally 2008. His paintings

The artist originates from the coast of Lancashire, studied Fine Art in the Northeast of England, before moving to London where he remained for numerous years. Prior to the pandemic, he left the capital for County Durham.


"Essentially I am drawn to the power of vastness and the context of the wider picture; the compelling journey from that which is constricted within, to the cusp of the infinite. An existential dialectic may be detected from ruminations on the metaphysical aspects of time and space. I seek to instil a pure sense of wonder in my work intended to guide the viewer to tap into the sublime, celebrating the mental faculty that enables man to be transported by Art.

I am particularly fond of a David Lynch quote postulating that the restrictions of the film making process do not apply to the field of painting and that indeed ‘painting is infinite’. The ultimately levelling template of the void is inherent at the core of everything i make."

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

Summer Exhibition 2022 / 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
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