Exhibitions
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTIVE)
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| 1963 | Dolphin Hotel, Swansea |
| 1964 | ‘Paintings and Reliefs’, Outlook Tower Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1968 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh |
| 1972 1973 1974 1977 | Talbot Rice Art Centre, Edinburgh |
| 1973 | McRobert Centre, University of Stirling |
| 1974 | Welsh Arts Council Gallery, Cardiff |
| 1975 | Education Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds |
| 1980-1981 | October-January: Holsworthy Gallery, London |
| 1986 | January: Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones, Corunna; |
| 1986 | February: Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones, El Ferrol |
| 1986 | February: ‘Ivor Davies: Drawings and Prints’, Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cwmbran |
| 1987 | September: ‘Ivor Davies, Paintings’: Newport Museum & Art Gallery |
| 1987 | Mynyddoedd Dirgel / Mysterious Mountains: Paintings and Drawings by Ivor Davies, 1980-87’, September-October: Newport Museum & Art Gallery; October: Oriel 31, Powys; October-November: Davies Memorial Gallery, Newtown; December: Chalk Farm Gallery, London |
| 1987 | Loughborough College of Art |
| 1989 | March: Janus Avivson Gallery, Camden, London |
| 1989 | June-July: ‘Ivor Davies’, Jane Roberts - Max Rutherston Gallery, London |
| 1989 | September: ‘Ivor Davies’, Windsor Arts Centre, Windsor |
| 1989 | October: ‘Ivor Davies: Paintings’, Al Sharaf Design, London |
| 1990 | February: Jedda, Saudi Arabia: invitation to paint and exhibit. |
| 1990 | Gallery 28, Swansea |
| 1990 | December: commissions for major Hong Kong hotel |
| 1991-1993 | ‘Ivor Davies: Recent Works’, touring: September 1991: West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff; October-December 1991: Wrexham Arts Centre; January-April 1993: Nottingham University Art Gallery; March-April 1993: Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea; May 1993: Gateway Galleries, Shrewsbury; August: Victoria Art Gallery, Bath |
| 1992 | October: Mandarin Fine Arts, Hong Kong |
| 1993 | August-September: ‘Ivor Davies: More Recent Work’, Bruton Gallery, Bath |
| 1994 | May-June: Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff |
| 1995 | March-April: ‘Delwedd Cymru / Native Subjects: Ivor Davies’s Welsh Paintings over Forty Years’, Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery, Brecon |
| 1998 | ‘Chwedloniaeth y Llfr Gwyn / Legends from the White Book’; touring Exhibition, by Wolseley Fine Arts; March-April: Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy; May-June: MOMA Wales, Machynlleth; July: Rhyl Museum and Arts Centre; Setember-October: National Museum and Art Gallery of Wales, Turner House, Penarth; November: Wolseley Fine Art, London |
| 2000 | September-October: Bruton Gallery, Leeds |
| 2000 | October-November: Ogilvy & Estill, Conwy |
| 2001 | April-May: Bishop Phillpotts Gallery, Truro |
| 2003 | January-May: Denbighshire Touring Exhibition |
| 2004 | January ‘Drawing Roy: 50 years Depicting the Same Person, Evolving from Youth to Threescore Years and Ten’, Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery, Brecon |
| 2006 | ‘Ivor Davies’, semi-retrospective exhibition; in collaboration with Arts International & the British Council; Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic |
| 2007 | January: ‘Drawing Roy’, Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran |
| 2007 | ‘Tywysogion’: paintings commissioned by S4C; January – March: a series of 8 television programmes with my paintings made by Filmiau’r Bont for S4C. |
| 2007 | January: ‘Tywysogion’, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy; February: ‘Tywysogion’, Neuadd y Dre, Boncath, Dyfed; March: ‘Tywysogion’, Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff |
| 2010 | February: ‘Ymadawiad / Departure’, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan |
| 2014 | March-April: ‘Ivor Davies’, semi-retrospective; Oriel Theatr Clwyd, Mold. |
| 2015-2016 | November-March: ‘Silent Explosion’, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTIVE): | |
| 1953 and 1959 | Various group exhibitions, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff |
| 1955 | ‘Contemporary Welsh Painting and Sculpture’, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff |
| 1953 | ‘Young Contemporaries’, RBA Galleries, London |
| 1959 | Gallery One, London |
| 1959 | Kettles Yard Art Gallery, Cambridge |
| 1959 | ‘Young Contemporaries’, RBA Galleries, London |
| 1960 | Galerie Theater, Bern |
| 1960 | Galerie Kasper, Lausanne |
| 1960 | Galerie Bridel, Lausanne |
| 1963 | Dillwyn Gallery, Swansea |
| 1966 | Signals, London |
| 1968 | ‘Wales Now’ Welsh Arts Council Travelling Exhibition |
| 1972-73 1973-74 1976-77 | ‘Original Print’: The Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop; Travelling Exhibitions |
| 1973 | ‘Wales and the Modern Movement’, University College, Aberystwyth |
| 1973 | ‘The Artist-Craftsman in Architecture’, Edinburgh Arts Centre |
| 1973-1987 1990-1993 1995-1996 2000-2014 | National Eisteddfod Exhibition |
| 1975 | ‘Daear, Dŵr ac Awyr / Earth, Water, Air’, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre; Library Hall Gallery, Haverfordwest; Bangor Art Gallery |
| 1976 | ‘Gweiddiau / Origins’, Eisteddfod Exhibition, Cardigan; Chapter Gallery, Cardiff; Bangor Art Gallery |
| 1980-81 | Christmas Exhibition, Welsh Arts Council Gallery, Cardiff |
| 1980 | ‘Drawing 80’: exhibition of drawings organised by the Welsh Group, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff |
| 1980-81 | ‘Art and the Sea’, touring exhibition: Third Eye Centre, Glasgow; Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno; ICA, London |
| 1981 | ‘Cardiff Artists’, Stuttgart |
| 1981-82 | ‘Artists in Cardiff’, Gallery of Faculty of Art & Design, Cardiff |
| 1981-82 | ‘The Final Proof’, a touring exhibition of prints, organised by the Welsh Arts Council |
| 1982 | ‘Artists in Focus’, exhibition of photographs by artists, Morley Gallery, Morley College, London |
| 1983 | ‘Welsh Group’ touring exhibitions, National Museum of Wales |
| 1985-1987 1994-1996 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (large work) |
| 1986-1987 | ‘Celtic Vision’; international touring exhibition:Madrid, Corunna, Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Nantes |
| 1986 | ‘New Vision’, Warwick Arts Trust |
| 1987 | Beca Group Exhibition, on tour with SEWA |
| 1987 | ‘Welsh Group’ Exhibition, Newport Museum and Art Gallery |
| 1987 | ‘Printmakers in Wales’, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Second Space |
| 1988 | Janus Avivson Gallery, London |
| 1988 | ‘Clean Irish Sea’, Dublin |
| 1988 | ‘Celtic Vision II’, Dublin |
| 1988 | ‘Welsh Group’ Exhibition, St Joseph’s School, Newport |
| 1988 | July-August: ‘Ystâd Cymru / The State of Wales’, a Beca, Gweled and Welsh Sculpture Trust group exhibition, Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran |
| 1989 | Oriel 31, Welshpool |
| 1989 | Glyndebourne Opera Gallery |
| 1989 | ‘Pictures for Schools’, National Museum of Wales |
| 1989 | Gallery 28, Swansea |
| 1989 | Albany Gallery, Cardiff |
| 1989 | Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, Gwynedd |
| 1989 | ‘From Prism to Paintbrush: Colour Theory and Practice in Modern British Painting’, touring: October-November: Theatr Clwyd, Mold; Middlesex Polytechnic Gallery |
| 1990 | ‘Welsh Group’ Exhibition |
| 1990 | ‘The Probity of Virtue’, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno |
| 1991 | May: ‘Transú-Trosi: Irish-Welsh Art Exchange’, Bank of Ireland Gallery, Dublin; June: ICE, Kilkenny; July: Crawford Gallery, Cork; August: Bruton Gallery, Bath; September: Thackeray Gallery, London |
| 1991 | November-December: ‘Trasú / Trosi’: The Welsh Work’, Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery |
| 1991 | December: ‘Winter Exhibition’, Bruton Gallery, Bath |
| 1991-2014 | Royal Watercolour Society of Wales exhibitions |
| 1991-1999 | Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Summer and Christmas exhibitions |
| 1992 | April-May: New Academy Gallery, London |
| 1992 | July: Richmond Gallery, Cork Street, London |
| 1992 | August: National Eisteddfod: work commended |
| 1992 | November: ‘Art for Sale’, Whiteley’s, London |
| 1992 | November ‘The Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries, London |
| 1992 | November: ‘Open Weekend’, Richmond Gallery, Cork St., London |
| 1993 | May-June: Beca exhibition – ‘Fire and Flood’; Oriel Bangor; Oriel Theatr Clwyd, Mold |
| 1993 | July: Summer Exhibition, Bruton Gallery, Bath |
| 1993 | July-August: ‘The Alternative Summer Show’, Bruton Street Gallery, London |
| 1993 | November-December: Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy |
| 1993-2013 | Royal Cambrian Academy Exhibitions |
| 1993 | January: ‘Flowers in a Room’, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen |
| 1994 | July-August: ‘The Art Show’, Alexandra Palace, London |
| 1995 | February-March: ‘Word Overall: The Year of Literature Exhibition’, Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery |
| 1995 | March-April: ‘Landscapes by Four Artists’, New Academy Gallery, London |
| 1995 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition |
| 1995 | June: ‘Intimate Portrait’, Glyn Vivian Gallery, Swansea; touring exhibition |
| 1995 | June:‘Ysbridoliaeth R.S. Thomas’, Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Llanbedrog |
| 1995 | July: Summer Exhibition, Bruton Gallery, Bath |
| 1995 | September: ‘The Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries, London |
| 1995 | Bruton Street Gallery, London |
| 1996 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition |
| 1996 | August: ‘Familiar Faces’, New Academy Gallery, London |
| 1996 | November: ‘The Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries, London |
| 1996-1997 | December – February 1997: Eighth Mostyn Open Exhibition, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno |
| 1997 | January-February: ‘Celtic Landscapes’, Wolseley Fine Arts, London |
| 1997 | August: ‘Myth and Modernity: Nine Welsh Artists’, Rotunda, Hong Kong; September-October; Oriel Ynis Môn, Llangefni, Anglesey |
| 1999 | June-July, ‘Aquarelle: International Watercolour Symposium Exhibition’, Down Civic Centre, Downpatrick |
| 2000 | July: Bruton Gallery Highlights, Gallery 27, London |
| 2000 | September-November: ‘Certain Welsh Artists’, Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea |
| 2000-2001 | October-March 2001: Welsh Artists Talking, National Museum and Art Gallery of Wales, Cardiff |
| 2000 | November-December: ‘The Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries, London (by invitation) |
| 2001 | January: ‘Welsh landscapes’, New Academy Gallery, London |
| 2001 | March: ‘Wales, Unauthorised Version’, Arts Council exhibition, HDLU, House of Croatian Artists, Zagreb; |
| 2001 | July: ‘Plain Air’ invitation to paint and exhibit at Cēsis, Latvia |
| 200-2004 | ‘META: Imaging the Imagination; Metaphysics in the Art of Wales’, June-July 2001: Queens Gallery, Narberth: May-June 2002: Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania; August-September 2002: Henry Thomas Gallery, Carmarthen; March-April 2003: National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; January-February, 2004: Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff |
| 2001 | November-December: ‘The Discerning Eye’, The Mall Galleries, London |
| 2002-2003 | August: ‘Ystyr y Tir, The Meaning of the Land, Le Sens de la Terre, Ster an Douar’, Lorient, Brittany; St Clears, Dyfed |
| 2002 | September–January 2003: ‘Blast to Freeze: British Avant-garde of the Twentieth Century’, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany |
| 2003 | March-May: ‘Wales Drawing Biennale’, Aberystwyth University Arts Centre |
| 2003 | ‘Welsh Group’, touring exhibition of North America |
| 2003 | February-March: ‘Blast to Freeze’, Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse |
| 2004-2005 | June-September: ‘This was Tomorrow: Art and the 1960s’, Tate Britain, London; touring: 2005 October – April 2005: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery |
| 2004-2005 | July:‘Centenary Exhibition: Farming and the Welsh Landscape’, RWAS, Builth Wells; August-October: National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; February-March 2004: RCA, Conwy |
| 2005-2006 | ‘This was Tomorrow’: Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2006 | Invited to participate in 6-part S4C TV series ‘12 Contemporary Welsh Artists’, which commissioned artists to respond to landscapes painted by famous past artists, presented by Osi Rhys Osmond. One programme shows my creation of a painting ‘Rhyl Harbour’, from a position used by Lowry. |
| 2006 | ‘Byd o Liw’ touring exhibition: Cardiff Bay; Swansea Marina; Pwllheli Marina; Llandudno, Pier y Gogledd |
| 2006 | October-November: ‘The Painted Pot’, Newport Museum & Art Gallery |
| 2007 | November-December: ‘Three Painters: Glyn Jones, Ivor Davies, Robert Pepperell’, Howard Gardens Gallery, UWIC, Cardiff. |
| 2009 | October, ‘State of the Estate’, Penpont House, Brecon |
| 2010 | Oriel y Bont, Trefforest, University of South Wales; exhibition jointly organised by the Royal Cambrian Academy and University of Glamorgan (USW) |
| 2011 | July: Modern and Contemporary Welsh Art Galleries Opening Exhibition, National Museum, Cardiff |
| 2012 | ‘Welsh Princes and Chinese Legends’, Treberfydd House Gallery, Llangasty, Brecon |
| 2013 | ‘Art Under Attack’, Tate Britain, London (See www.tate.org.uk/...on/...art-under-attack) |
| 2013 | September-December: ‘Exploding Utopia’, Laure Genillard Gallery, London |
| 2014 | Watercolour Society of Wales, Paris |
| 2014 | January-March: ‘Correspondences: Contemporary Painting in Response to the Life and Writings of R.S. Thomas’, Oriel Glyn y Weddw, Gwynedd |
| 2014 | IESA Exchange Exhibition, various US venues and Art Central Gallery, Barry |
| 2014 | Welsh Group / German Exchange, Cardiff and Düsseldorf |