David Brightmore C.V.

Education

1961-64 Welsh College Advanced Tech.- Diploma in Business Administration
1964-68 Sheffield College of Art - Diploma in Fine Art & Design [painting]
2009-11 University of Wales [ Glyndwr ] – M.A. Fine Art

Employment

A thirty year career in art education, architectural design, housing management and
consultancy including;
1996-02 Chairman of the Board at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, Llanbedrog, N.Wales
2000 Full-time painter
2016 Elected member of Royal Cambrian Academy

Solo Exhibitions

1994 Theatr Gwynedd, Bangor, North Wales
1998 Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, Llanbedrog, North Wales
1999 Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, North Wales
2002 Wrexham Arts Centre
2003 Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, MainArtery Gallery, Chester
2004 Penrhyn Castle, Bangor
2006 Oriel Corwen, Daniel Owen Centre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
2008 Rhuddlan Library, Cambria Arts Centre, Tregaron
2009 Royal International Pavillion, Llangollen
2011 Dunbabin Room,Willow Gallery, Oswestry.
2012 New Leaf Gallery, Monmouth and Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff
2013 Clock-Tower Gallery, Sheffield. Barnardcastle Nest Gallery
2016 Brewery Arts Centre, Kenda.l Kunsthuis Gallery, York. Gallery 3 Shrewsbury

Group Exhibitions

Bangor, Wrexham, Mold, Llangollen & Harlech
‘North Wales Open’[prize-winner] and ‘Grosvenor Museum Open’,
'Connections’- 7 artists in Sheffield, Glasgow, North Wales & London
Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk. Candid Arts, London.
Chapel Gallery, Llangollen, Great North Art Show Ripon Cathedral
ART FAIRS in: Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Stoke, London [Landmark ] and Chelsea, Oxford,
Windsor, Bath, Reading, Edinburgh ,Glasgow and Somerset.
Country Living Shows in British Design Centre, Malvern , Tatton and Great Yorkshire
Botanical Gardens, Sheffield. Helfa Gelf Art Trail, Dot Art Gallery, Liverpool

2018 Programme

Joint shows: at Dot Art Gallery, Liverpool and Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy.
ART FAIRS in: Manchester, Sheffield and Windsor. CORPORATE RENTAL in Liverpool

Public Collections

St. Georges University Hospital, London.
Town Council, Mold