David Sayer

Morning Ferry Circular Quay

2023

David Sayer has been a practicing artist for over thirty years. Born in Sydney, he trained at the UNSW College of Fine Arts as a painter and is represented in public and private collections both in Australia and in Europe. Through the textural layering of paint, David explores the play of light and colour in the urban environment. He explores the busy inner-city environment, areas often overlooked as transient and creates focal points for memory or nostalgia. His images find creative form in capturing a disappearing landscape in a modern developing world. David has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and has twice been included in the Salon Des Refuses, the alternative Archibald and Wynne Prize Exhibition. He has been a finalist in national exhibitions in Townsville, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth including the Mosman and Australian National Maritime Art Prize. My work contains the urban spaces and ground that is often seen as something that is unimportant. Streets, old buildings, railways sidings and areas that are travelled through by busy people rather than dwelt upon. Areas that have a history that reveal a time passed. Through painting I explore this space and the interplay of light and colour. The love of texture in both mediums characterizes the work and provides a vehicle for this direction. Professional Experience 1983-87 BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ART), Sydney College of Advanced Education (City Art Institute) 1988 GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF PROFESSIONAL ARTS STUDIES New South Wales Institute of the Arts 1993 MASTER OF FINE ARTS University of New South Wales Selected Exhibitions 1993 Arthaus Gallery, Sydney 1993 Dublin Regional Gallery, Ireland 1994 R.A.S Exhibition Sydney 1995 Campbelltown Regional Gallery 1995 Martin Hanson Art Awards 1995 Calvary Art Exhibition, Sydney 1996 PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney 1997 Salon Des Refuses, SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney 1997 Redlands Westpac Art prize 1997 PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney 1997 Mosman Art Prize 1997 Fischers Ghost Regional Exhibition, Campbelltown 1998 Untitled Gallery Sydney 1998 PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney 1999 Victorian Contemporary Art Exhibition 1999 PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney 2000 Jill Richards Gallery Sydney 2001 Salon Des Refuses, SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney 2004 BTAC Exhibition, Newcastle 2008 Styles Grove Exhibition, Newcastle. 2008 Small Works Show, Brunswick Street Gallery Victoria 2008 He Who Explores Exhibition – Walker St Gallery, Victoria. Finalist 2008 Townsville Open Art Award. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Finalist 2008 Blacktown City Art Exhibition . Finalist 2008 ANL Maritime Art Prize. Victoria: Finalist 2008 9 x 5 Exhibition. Walker St Gallery, Victoria . 2008 ‘Under 500’ Gardner Galleries. Victoria 2011 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay 2011 Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, Sydney 2012 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay 2013 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay 2014 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay 2015 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay 2017 Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay Awards 1992 Mercedes Benz Art Awards, Highly Commended 1994 RAS Second Prize