From 2020 to 2025 I have taken part in five exhibitions and held 2 solo exhibitions.
First Solo Exhibition
1st Solo Exhibition at the Riverside Theatre Gallery at the University of Ulster in Coleraine from 26th February to Easter 2020 (the exhibition remained in place during lockdown until September 2020).
The images from the exhibition are shown here.
PRIME exhibition 2024
I had three images in the PRIME exhibition.
Second Solo Exhibition
Second Solo Exhibition at the Riverside Theatre Gallery at the University of Ulster in Coleraine from February to Easter 2024.
It was based around my work in the first two of three modules for an MA in Fine Art at the Open College of Art.
The opening night and some of the images and the themes are shown and described here.
Online MA class exhibition
This was the final year MA in Fine Art class (at the Open College of Arts, degree awarded by the Open University) exhibition which opened on 1st August 2024 and finished on 30th September 2024.
Here is a video of all the presentations in the opening of our MA cohorts exhibition on 2nd September 2024.
Overview of my Work in the MA exhibition
Here is a video of the overview of my work in the MA.
A selection of each part : Composites, Found Poetry, ICM and Everyday Details. They are covered more completely in the sections below.
The overview flipbook is here
Composites
The composites are in the flipbook (Older, longer version)
The composites are in this video and in the flipbook below
Found Poetry
A video of some examples of Found Poetry is here.
A Flipbook is also shown below.
Intentional Camera Movement. ICM
Some ICM images are in a flipbook
Everyday Details
Geoges Perec encourages us to observe the infra-ordinary.
A flipbook is below
Kairos exhibition
This took place at the Indra Gallery, 2, Casings Way, Hackney Wick, London E3 2TH, co-organised by Spira9 Art in September 2024.
I saw a call on CuratorSpace, so thought it was a genuine opportunity to be seen in London https://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/open-callkarios-london-exhibition-in-september-artists-of-all-mediums/8640
The Kairos exhibition, organized by SPIRA9, aims to showcase outstanding artworks and uncover artists’ potential and value.
The selected works will not only be displayed to the public but will also provide artists with promotion and exposure through the exhibition platform, supporting their further development in the art world.
The word “Kairos” originates from ancient Greek, meaning a critical or opportune moment—a turning point that compels action.
We believe that art has the power to evoke “Kairos,” serving as a call to seize the moment.
It urges us to recognise and embrace the urgency of the present, prompting us to act in these pivotal moments where the potential for profound transformation exists.
SPIRA9 introduces a new narrative of time, showcasing slices of time through fluidity, pause, and retrospection in art. In our space, time fractures and flows like the lines in Roberto Matta’s “The Executioner.”
It symbolises the endless ouroboros, integrating the past, present, and future into one. As Talbot states: “We can think differently about the structure of our lives, and the production of goods and food—living responsibly.
The key is whether you believe this is the right direction for the future.”
We invite artists to join us in transcending the traditional clock time and to delve into the undercurrents of time with their artworks.
David Wright with his exhibits at the Indra Gallery, London
These are my images for the Kairos exhibition
PRIME Here-Now exhibition 2025
This will run from the middle of February to the end of March 2025.
These exhibits are inspired by Georges Perec, who reminds us that most of our lives are made up of the everyday ordinary details – l’Infraordinaire. We remember the big events (Kairos), but Perec exhorts us to pay attention to the details of our everyday life, since its the stuff of most of our lives. Some other Perec followers show gritty scenes from their urban lives, but I live near the north coast and walk every day in the woods or on the beach.
However, since I’ve been doing my MFA in Belfast, part of my banal, daily experiences are the journey to and fro by train from Coleraine to Belfast and time spent at the university, as shown in the third (B&W) collage, taken on 5th December, 2024.
‘Halftime’ MFA exhibition at Arcade
This exhibition was to show the work of the MFA in Photography class at the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University who were finishing the first year of their course in May 2025. We were very lucky to get the chance of exhibiting in the Arcade Studio Gallery, Belfast as a slot became free at short notice.
My Artist’s Statement
Artist Statement:
These images are inspired by a slice of time when he studied for a MSc Physics at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. Each image is a complex composite/collage a portrait and of some artefacts from that period. These images from that time have been placed on separate layers in a Photoshop document and by making selections and using blending modes and different layer opacities, a digital composite image was made and can be thought to represent a jumble of memories from that time. . Every time we look at such images and/or reflect on them, our original memories have been affected by time and the new life experiences we have made and so our memories undergo transformation. By using the same layers, but changing these blending modes and selections, variations of the original composite are achieved and they represent the transformation of our memories with time. The colour variation could reflect the emotions at the time of reflection.
Short Biography:
A physicist with an MA in Fine Art, David is working on the MFA in Photography at Ulster University in Belfast.
Contact details:
Website: david-wright-photography.net
IG : @belfast_dave
Email: david@mcilveen-wright.com
