David Manley (artist)


David Manley, artist, educationalist and arts administrator was born in Devon and lives and works in North West Leicestershire, UK. He received a Diploma in Art & Design, Fine Art from Falmouth School of Art in 1972 and a Higher Diploma in Art & Design, Fine Art from Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham Polytechnic in 1974. He also has a Master of Arts in Photography from De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. In 1975 Manley was awarded a painting fellowship at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design. There followed a career in arts administration including Visual Arts Director and Head of Public Affairs at East Midlands Arts, UK. In 1994 he was appointed Assistant Dean of the School of Art and Design at the University of Derby and became Dean of the school in 1995. In 2003 he was appointed Dean of the new Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology at the University of Derby and in 2007 Director of Cultural Development.
Manley is an artist working across a variety of media including installation; painting; digital manipulation and photography. His concerns include place, time and memory and he is especially interested in the cumulative impact of serial imagery.

Selected solo exhibitions

2016 - All Of My Senses At Once, Harrington Mill Studios, Nottingham, UK
2015 - Winter Cycle, New Court Gallery, Repton, Derbyshire, UK
2013 - Epidemic / Black North, Angear Gallery, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
2013 - Deadly Delicious, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
2011 - From The Earth Wealth, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, UK

Selected group exhibitions

2017/18 - Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum, China, Jiangsu Art Gallery, Nanjing, China, Jiangsu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Nanjing, China, Yantai Art Museum, China
2017 - Colour a Kind of Bliss, The Crypt, Marylebone, London
2016 - Salon 9, The Old Lock Up Studio, Cromford, Derbyshire, UK
2015 - Geometry, Wonky and Otherwise, Déda Derby, UK
2014 - Carnival Of Monsters, Nottingham, UK
2014 - Launch Pad: About Painting, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK

Selected publications

2017 - Selected Poems by Trevor James and David Manley
2015 - A Winter Cycle, A Winter's Journey by David Manley and Reg Keeling
2015 - Geometry Wonky & Otherwise

Collections

, UK