"The main focus of my work is the journey that we go on physically and emotionally. I play this out often in the adolescent world where I feel the magnitude of what life holds for us and demands from us is at its most potent. "
BIOGRAPHY
painter, born 1960
David Bromley is amongst the most successful and innovative painters currently working in Australia.
In his art Bromley has managed to combine a distinctive Pop sensibility - a love of found images, photographic sources and mass media references - with an inventive relish for the effects of paint. His work divides into two distinct but related strands: images of childhood (adapted from the world of 1950s' book illustrations) and images of the female nude. Displaying an extraordinary artistic energy he has experimented with a wide variety of different media - printmaking, ceramic, sculpture and, recently, film.
Though born in Sheffield, England, in 1960, Bromley moved to Australia at the age of four and has lived there ever since. He has had over thirty solo exhibitions across Australia, Europe, the USA and Asia. His work is held in corporate and private collections in both hemispheres.
Listed among Australian Art Collector's 50 most collectable artists and being a finalist 4 times in the Archibald Prize, David Bromley is an Australian Art icon.
David Bromley recently completed a portrait of singer Lily Allen which was commissioned for the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Australia.
A selection of David Bromley’s solo exhibitions include:
2006 :
The Grand Opening, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne
Art Miami, USA
Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Zaishu Show, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2005 :
Art Palm Beach, USA
Art London, UK
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Rice Polak Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
Salon de Refuse (ARCHIBALD),
SH Erwin Gallery,Sydney
Art Glasgow, Scotland
2004 :
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada
Art Koln, Germany
artLONDON Art Fair, London
Art Palm Beach, USA
Finalist in the Archibald Prize (McLean Edwards),AGNSW Glasgow Art Fair, Scotland
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane and Adelaide
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Kagoshima, Japan (solo)
Obsession Gallery, Tokyo
Everad Reed Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2003 :
Obsession Gallery, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Perth Galleries, Perth
Susanne Zander Gallery, Koln Germany
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
Hirosaku Degawa, Kyoto Japan
Marion Harris, New York
Art London, UK
2002 :
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London
Nicola Townsend, Tokyo
2001 :
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2000:
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne
Atelier de Cyrille Varet - Viaduc des Arts, Paris
Perth Galleries, Perth
1999 :
Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1998 :
Perth Galleries, Perth
Kozminski Galleries, Melbourne
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1997 :
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1996 :
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Grand Orbit Artspace, Brisbane
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1995 :
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1994:
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1993 :
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 :
The Grand Opening, Scott
Livesey Gallery, Melbourne
Art Miami, USA
Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Zaishu Show, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2005 :
Art Palm Beach, USA
Art London, UK
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Rice Polak Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
Salon de Refuse (ARCHIBALD),SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney
Art Glasgow, Scotland
2004 :
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada
Art Koln, Germany
artLONDON Art Fair, London
Art Palm Beach, USA
Finalist in the Archibald Prize (McLean Edwards),AGNSW
Glasgow Art Fair, Scotland
2003 :
Art Miami, USA
Art Palm Beach, USA
ART2003, London
Alchemy, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Alchemy, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2002 :
The Outsider Art Fair, Marion Harris, New York
4 x 4, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Visions, Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
artLONDON Art Fair, London
Finalist in the Archibald Prize (Charles Blackman), AGNSW
Winter Artists x 12, Perth Galleries, Perth,Western Australia
Bristol Art Fair, UK
20/21 Century British Art Fair
2001 :
Modern Living Art, Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
Finalist in the Archibald Prize (Long Tom Tjapanangka), AGNSW
Artists Supporting Animal Preservation, Sydney
artLONDON Art Fair, London
2000 :
Three Men in a Boat, Rebecca Hossack Gallery,London
Finalist in the Archibald Sporting Portrait Prize, AGNSW
Affair to Remember, Australian High Commission, Singapore
Ten Australian Artists, Nicola Townsend ArtDealer, Tokyo
Finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize
artLONDON Art Fair, London
1999 :
Finalist in the Archibald Prize, AGNSW
Salon de Refuse (ARCHIBALD), SH Erwin Gallery,Sydney
1997 :
Salon de Refuse (ARCHIBALD),SH Erwin Gallery,Sydney
1996 :
Salon de Refuse (WYNNE),SH Erwin Gallery,Sydney
1994 :
Finalist in Moet & Chandon Award
Sport, Artspace, Adelaide
20 Artists / 20 Years, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1993 :
Winner - Fisher Ghost Award, New South Wales
Finalist in Moet & Chandon Award
Chandler Coventry: A Private Collection, Campbelltown City Art Gallery Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane
1992 :
Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1991 :
New Art Five, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1990 :
BMG Gallery, Adelaide
Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1989 :
Selected Survey, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa
COLLECTIONS:
Allen,Allen & Hemsley, Sydney; Annelie Brunsten Gallery, Germany; Artbank, Australia; Art Gallery of South Australia; Art Gallery of Western Australia; Baker & McKenzie,Sydney; Campbelltown City Art Gallery; CCT Internet Travel, Brisbane; Derwent Collection, Hobart; De Pasquale Advertising, Brisbane; Derwent Collection, Hobart; Flinders University, South Australia; Gadens Ridgeway, Sydney; GoldCoast City Art Gallery; Marsdens, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria; Northern Territory Art Museum; Optus, Brisbane; Pan Continental Mining; Radisson Playford, Adelaide; Red Ochre Restaurant, Adelaide; St Peter’s College, Adelaide; Tamar Collection, Hobart; Taxation Department, Melbourne; Tiffins on the Park, Adelaide; University of the Northern Territory; University of Southern Qld
