News : Gerwyn Davies

A new body of work by Gerwyn Davies is now on display in ‘Iridescent’ at the Museum of Sydney. The exhibition features 12 large scale photographs with Davies responding to and reimagining the museums, archives, historic houses and gardens under the care of Sydney Living Museums and NSW State Archives. ‘Iridescent’ Museum of Sydney Current until 24 April, 2022 For […]

Gerwyn Davies is featured in the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar Australia/New Zealand. Wearing costumes made especially for the fashion spread, the artist is featured in a curated ‘It’ handbag editorial. Playing upon the textures and colours of the bags, Davies created a series of bright and bold costumes and photographs. Alexander English’s accompanying article […]

An article on Gerwyn Davies has been featured in Good Weekend magazine. In the article penned by Jane Albert, Gerwyn discusses his early life, his career thus far and what the future holds for his artistic practice including a major new exhibition opening at Sydney Living Museums in December, 2021. To read the article on […]

Congratulations are in order for Gerwyn Davies who is a finalist in the 2021 Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture with his work ‘Float’. Established in honour of the late photographer Olive Cotton, this biennial award recognises excellence in photographic portraiture. The winner will be announced Saturday 17 July at the exhibition opening. Olive Cotton […]

Monica Rohan and Gerwyn Davies have been announced as finalists in the 2021 Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Now in its 16th year, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize attracts entries from artists across Australia. The recipients of the major prize, Highly Commended and artist residency awards will be determined by this year’s guest judge, Renai Grace […]

Museum of Brisbane’s upcoming exhibition ‘City in the Sun’ opening 19 June will include works by Laura Patterson and Gerwyn Davies. ‘City in the Sun’ presents works relating to Brisbane’s image as a subtropical oasis of leisure and abundance. As described by the Museum of Brisbane, the showcase of large-scale new contemporary artworks provides “playful […]

Gerwyn Davies’ exhibition, ‘Plush’, is now open at UNSW Galleries. ‘Plush’ presents works from the series ‘Utopia’, ‘Deluxe’, ‘Sunny Boys’, ‘Idols’, ‘Leisure Sick’ and ‘Bel-Air’ all which were produced over the last four years. In each series, the artist’s body is concealed, decorated and transformed by extravagant costuming constructed by the artist. As described on […]

Gerwyn Davies’ forthcoming exhibition at UNSW, ‘Plush’, is featured in the March issue of Art Almanac. In the article Dr Joseph Brennan speaks with the artist about the exhibition and the themes driving his practice. Discussing the works featured in the show, the artist notes “I am using post-production to embellish and lacquer the photograph, […]

Gerwyn Davies’ work ‘Fountain’ is featured on the cover of Art Edit Magazine (issue #26). ‘Fountain’ is from the artist’s recent 2020 series, ‘Utopia’. For more information on this issue of Art Edit Magazine, please click here. Image credit: Art Edit Magazine, issue 26. Artwork: Gerwyn Davies, ‘Fountain’, 2020, archival inkjet print edition of 8 […]

Gerwyn Davies and Marina Strocchi have been announced as finalists in the 2020 Alice Prize – National Contemporary Art Award with their works ‘Adonis’ and ‘Blue Drawing’. The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary art prize open to artists from around Australia working in any medium. Boasting a top prize of $30,000, this year’s award […]