Biography

1965 Born in Falmouth, Cornwall
1983-84 Studied at Falmouth School of Art
1984-87 Studied at Camberwell School of Art
1986 First Prize at 'South Bank Picture Show'
1992 First exhibited at the Redfern Gallery
1992, 94 Visited USA
1993 Showed with The London Group at the Barbican, winning a prize
1997 Retrospective at the Old Jail House Museum, Albany, Texas
2001 Elected Royal West of England Academician
2004 Visited Palm Springs
2006 Invited to participate in the Cill Rialaig Artists’ and Writers’ Retreat in Ballinskelligs, Ireland
2007 Won the regional prize for Best Artist from Wales in the 'Discerning Eye' exhibition
2009 Won Second Prize in the RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition

Selected solo exhibitions

1989 Camden Galleries, London
1992-2000 Redfern Gallery, London
1995 The Charleston Gallery, Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex
1997 Old Jail House Museum, Albany, Texas
2000 Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2002 Redfern Gallery, London, 'Suburban Hymns: New Work'
2005 Redfern Gallery, London, 'Desert Places'
2008 Redfern Gallery, London
2009 Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
2011 Redfern Gallery, London, 'A Collector's Choice'
2013 Redfern Gallery, London
2016 Redfern Gallery, London, 'Danny Markey: Nocturnes'

Selected group exhibitions

1986/7 Royal Festival Hall, London, 'South Bank Picture Show'
1987 South London Art Gallery, 'Camberwell School of Art Painting Exhibition'- Richard Chamberlain Memorial Prize
Royal Overseas League Annual Exhibition, London
Sue Williams Gallery, London
1989 Newlyn Society of Artists, Cornwall, 'Summer Exhibition'
1991 Redfern Gallery, London, 'Summer Exhibition'
1993 Barbican, London, 'London Group Exhibition'- prize winner
1994 Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
1999 Royal West of England Academy, 'Autumn Exhibition'
2001 Royal West of England Academy, 'Open Painting Exhibition'
2002 Mall Galleries, London, 'Discerning Eye Exhibition'- Collector's Choice
2003 Mall Galleries, London, 'Discerning Eye Exhibition'- Collector's Choice
2007 Mall Galleries, London, 'Discerning Eye Exhibition'- regional prize for Best Artist from Wales
2008 Royal West of England Academy, 'Night'
Newport Museum and Art Gallery, 'Estuary' (two person exhibition with Andrew Hardwick)
2012 Mall Galleries, London, 'Discerning Eye Exhibition'- prize winner
2013 Mall Galleries, London, 'Lynne Painter-Stainers Prize'
2016 Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 'Towards Night'

Collections

British Museum, London
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Falmouth Museum and Art Gallery

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