| |  | 1959 | Born Glasgow, Scotland | | 1976-81 | Studied Glasgow School of Art, Scotland | | 1981-83 | Royal College of Art, London, England | | 1983-86 | Founder of ‘Cloth Studios’, London, England | | 1986 | Moved to Melbourne, Australia | | 1989-94 | Lecturer, RMIT University, Melbourne | | 1996 | Member of Gasworks studios, Port Melbourne |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'Imbibe with me', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | 'Recent Work', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘Drawings’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
| | 2005 | 'Changing Seasons', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘ ‘Monotypes’, Jill George Gallery, London
| | ‘Love Poems’, Stonington Stables Museum of Art, Melbourne
| | 2004 | ‘Space’, Space Furniture, Melbourne
| | Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
| | Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | 2003 | ‘After the Rain’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
| | McGrath Galleries, New York
| | 2002 | ‘Waiting for the Butterflies’, Tim Olsen, Sydney
| | ‘In a Silent Way’, McGrath Galleries, New York, USA
| | 2001 | ‘Nearness of you’, Jan Murphy gallery, Brisbane
| | ‘The Last Trane’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2000 | ‘Monk’, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Tenplates’, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
| | 1998 | ‘Tenplates’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Life in a Scotch sitting room’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Life in a Scotch sitting room’, Olsen Carr Galleries, Sydney
| | 1996 | ‘All imperfect things’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1995 | ‘Bird and Miles’, Olsen Carr Galleries, Sydney
| | 1994 | ‘Stories of me’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Connell and Band - 2 rooms’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1992 | ‘Works on felt’, Rebecca Hossack, London, England
| | ‘Home away away’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1991 | ‘Works on felt’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Sculptures and Prints’, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
| | 1989 | ‘A parcel of rouges’, Rebecca Hossack, London, England
| | ‘A parcel of rouges’, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
| | 1988 | ‘Paintings and drawings’, Thumb Gallery, London, England
| | 1987 | ‘Paintings and drawings’, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1986 | ‘Drawings’, Thumb Gallery, London, England
| | ‘David Band exhibition and installation’, Liberty, London, England
| | 1985 | ‘Paintings’, Brentford Watermans Art Centre, London, England
| | 1984 | ‘Lester and friends’, L’Escargot, London, England |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2007 | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘In line’, collaborative exhibition with Fraser Taylor, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
| | 2006 | 'Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2005 | 'Contemporary Works on Paper', Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | ‘Jan Murphy 10th Anniversary Exhibition’, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
| | 2004 | ‘The Australian Print Workshop Archive 2’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | ‘Gasworks Artists’, Gasworks, Melbourne
| | 2003 | ‘Alchemy’, Tim Olsen, Sydney
| | ‘Alchemy’, Jan Murphy, Brisbane
| | ‘Wallpaper’, Australian Galleries Work on Paper, Melbourne
| | ‘Nicola Townsend, Tokyo
| | ‘Gasworks Artists’, Gasworks, Melbourne
| | 2002 | ‘Gasworks Artists’, Gasworks, Melbourne
| | ‘Affordable Artfair’, McGrath Galleries, New York
| | 2001 | Nicola Townsend, Tokyo
| | 2000 | ‘Exquisite corpse’, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
| | ‘Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Gasworks Artists’, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
| | ‘Fifteen +’, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
| | 1999 | ‘Pleasure’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne.
| | ‘40 Works by Four Scots’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
| | ‘Mornington Art Prize, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Victoria
| | 1998 | ‘Pillar to Post’, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
| | ‘Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1997 | Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
| | ‘Knock, Knock’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Gasworks at Linden’, Linden Art Centre, Melbourne
| | ‘Painting is not dead’, Olsen Carr Gallery, Sydney
| | 1996 | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1994 | Lighthouse Art Foundation, Melbourne
| | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1993 | ‘On the Other Hand’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Five Artists’, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1992 | ‘Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Sight Regained’, Fred Hollows Foundation, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1990 | International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA
| | 1988 | ‘New British Drawing’, Thumb Gallery, London, England
| | ‘Art Relief for Bangladesh’, London, England
| | ‘International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA
| | 1987 | ‘Drawing’, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1986 | ‘The Cloth’, Liberty, London, England
| | 1985 | Private Collection of Henri Geldzhaler, The Century Club, New York, USA
| | Bath Contemporary Arts Fair, Bath, England
| | ‘The Cloth’, Oliver and Pink, London, England
| | ‘London In Florence’, Italy
| | 1984 | International Contemporary Art Fair, London, England
| | ‘London In Tokyo’, Japan
| | ‘The Cloth’, Compass Gallery, Glasgow & touring to Aberdeen and Dundee
| | 1983 | Bath Contemporary Art Fair, Bath, England
| | ‘The Olympic Show’, Thumb Gallery, London, England
| | ‘Beneath the Cloth’, Oliver and Pink, London, England
| | 1982 | ‘Beneath the Cloth’, Royal College of the Arts, London, England |
BibliographyCastle, Rachel; “High achiever”, Inside Out, Issue 74, July-August 2008, cover image and pp. 75-82 Genocchio, Benjamin; “Pattern-making by design”, The Australian, 18 May 2002
Grundy, Roslyn; “On the Band wagon”, The Age, March 1999
“In my office” (article on Ian Smith, National MD, George Patterson Bates), The Age, 1999
Imprint, vol. 30, Summer 1995, cover image
Interview, 1984
Jurjans-Heard, Zinta; “Great Scot”, The Age, 25 March 1998
Langley, Kim; “Band’s Stand”, Vogue Australia, December 1999, p. 146-151
Lynn, Elwyn; The Australian, 1987
Makin, Jeff; “Gallery Hangs in There”, Herald Sun, 6 December 1999, p. 90
Waterman, Ross; “Beautiful Fields, the Art of David Band”, Imprint, vol. 33, Spring 1998, p.1
Smee, Sebastian: “Tiers of Influence”, The Weekend Australian (Review), April 22-23 2006, p. 18
Wassman, Jeff; “All imperfect things: the paintings of David Band”, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Awards| 1998 | ‘AWARD’ (Australian Writers and Art Directors) Award for ‘Tenplates’ etchings | | 1994 | Colle Trust: Australian Print Workshop funding award for ‘Jazz’ monoprint series |
CollectionsANZ Private Bank
Artbank, Sydney
Henry Geldzhaler Collection, New York, USA
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Commissions| 2002 | Grand Prix, Melbourne: artworks for private box, Albert Park, Melbourne | | | Australand, Melbourne: artworks for Freshwater Apartments, City Road, Melbourne | | | Hecker Phelan, Melbourne: artworks for GPO Hotel, Fortitude Valley, Queensland | | 2000 | ANZ Private Bank, Melbourne: 6 etchings for offices | | 1999 | Van Haandels: ‘Last Rooms’, 50 artworks for the Prince of Wales Hotel, St Kilda | | 1997 | Van Haandels: canvas wall-hanging for Il Fornaio restaurant, St Kilda | | | Crown Casino: 4 x 30m mural | | 1996 | Simon Goh: 8 silkscreens for Chinta Ria restaurants in Melbourne and Sydney | | | Maurice Terzini: 8 paintings for The Melbourne Wine Room, Melbourne | | 1994 | Mushroom Records, Melbourne: 10 paintings for ‘Wanted Man’ CD by Paul Kelly | | 1989 | George Patterson Bates, Melbourne: painting ‘League Ladder’ | | 1984 | Vanity Fair: commissioned drawings for magazine | | | Interview: commissioned drawings for magazine | | | Nicole Miller, Saks and Liberty: fabric design commission | | 1983 | Paul Smith, London, England: commissioned to print T-shirts | | 1982-83 | Spandau Ballet, UK: record covers for ‘True’ and ‘Parade’ | | 1981 | Altered Images, UK: record cover |
Selected ReviewsNew Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005
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