David Fox

David Fox is an Irish contemporary artist, specialising in paint.

Originally from Tullamore, Co. Offaly and born in 1987, Fox has been painting since a very young age. He graduated from GMIT (Galway), with an Honours degree in Fine Art in 2011 and the University of Ulster, Belfast, with an MFA (Masters in Fine Art) in 2013.

The artist now lives and works in Dublin and is becoming increasingly well established as an emerging artist, having had recent and ongoing participation in both group and solo exhibitions. 

Fox has exhibited both nationally and internationally including the Galway Arts Festival in 2009, Belfast’s Platform arts gallery in 2011 and the Luan Gallery, Westmeath in 2015. Most recently he has exhibited at international art fairs including Positions art fair, Berlin and international solo exhibitions at Galeria Silvestre, Tarragona Spain. 

We met the artist at Visual Artists Ireland's Speed Curating event in Belfast in January 2016. David was then invited to participate in our group show 'Republic' in the summer of 2016 before joining the gallery's AGA group later that year.

Art Education         

2011-2013    MFA in Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast
2006-2011   BA in Fine Art, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Galway, Ireland
Solo exhibitions
2025
 'Marked Lands', Esker Arts Centre, Tullamore, Ireland.
'Urban Fingerprint', GOMA Gallery, Waterford.
2024
 'Urban Fingerprint’, Aras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Mayo
2023
 'Urban Fingerprint’, Olivier  Cornet Gallery, Dublin
 2019
 'An Altered Land’, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2017
‘Frontier,’ Offaly Arts, Áras an Chontae, Tullamore, Co.Offaly.
‘A Road Less Travelled’, Gerard Dillon Gallery, Cultúrlann, Belfast. 
2016
There is much yet to be done…', Galleria Silvestre, Tarragona and Madrid, Spain.
'A Road Less Travelled', Galeria Silvestre, Madrid, Spain.
2015
'Echoes of absence, Galeria Silvestre, Tarragona and Madrid, Spain
2013
‘Absence/Presence’, -One room one week, Mullan Gallery, Lisburn rd, Belfast
Group Exhibitions

2026
God, Kinch, if you and I could only work together..., Bloomsday / Summer group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin


2025

Memorandum, winter group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

Out of Lines , Bloomsday/Summer group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

195th RHA Annual exhibition.

Art Evolve 2025 , contemporary art fair at the RDS, with the Olivier Cornet Gallery.


2024

Royal Ulster Academy (RUA), Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Ranelgh Arts Festival Exhibition, Dublin.

Pink is my Colour , Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

London Art Fair, -Vane Gallery Stand, London.

Contrast , winter group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.


2023

' Compendium ', winter group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin

1515 , group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

'Offaly Artists’, curated by Patrick T. Murphy, Esker Arts Centre, Tullamore.

Open exhibition, curated by Blaise Smith, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise.

Rua Red Spring Open, Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Cenre, Tallaght.

193rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery Dublin.

My Favourite Artwork... , Olivier Cornet Gallery.

Signal Open Exhibition, Signal Arts Centre, Bray.


2022

Art Riddler Art Prize, Studio 10, Dublin.

Signal Arts Annual Open Exhibition, Signal Arts Centre, Bray.

Between the Sights of the Sun, Curated by Maeve Mulrennan, Birr Arts Festival.

Outrageous, Obscene and Offensive , Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.



2021  

' On Paper ', a winter group art show co-curated with Jackie Ryan.


2020

' Resurfacing ', end of Summer group show, 6-28 August 2020

' The Morphing Feminine ', Bloomsday group show, 16 June - 30 July 2020

2019
Group exhibition, Galeria Silvestre, Madrid.
‘Drawing on Don Quixote', group show curated by Olivier Cornet at National Opera House (Oct 2019, Opera Festival Wexford), VUE Contemporary Art Fair (Nov 2019, RHA Dublin), Olivier Cornet Gallery (Jan to Mar 2020).
2018
‘Somewhere between perception and reality', group show at VUE Contemporary Art Fair (Nov 2018, RHA Dublin) with Olivier Cornet Gallery (later shown at Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dec to Feb 2019).
2017
 ‘2° C’, group show at VUE Contemporary Art Fair (November 2017, RHA Dublin) with Olivier Cornet Gallery (later shown at Olivier Cornet Gallery, December to February 2018).
The Meeting, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin & Laois Arthouse & Library, Stradbally, Co. laois (Curators Muireann Ni Chonaill & Olivier Cornet).
2016
Winter group show, Artisann Gallery, Belfast.
Republic, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
Art in the East side Billboard Project, Creative Exchange, Belfast.
20/20, The Engine Room, Portview Trade Centre, Belfast.
2016, An Image of Ireland- Imago Mundi Exhibition, 140 Irish artist project for Luciano Benetton collection.
A Continuing Journey, Offaly Arts, Tullamore, Offaly. 
In Stream, Queen Street Studios-Ulster University Arts Festival, Belfast. 
2015
Winter group show, The Engine Room gallery, Belfast.
Positions Berlin, International Art Fair, Arena Berlin, Germany.
Feria Marte, International Art Fair, Castellon, Spain.
Degrees of Separation, The Engine Room, Portview Trade Centre, Belfast.
Lonely Planet, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Westmeath.
2014
Little Kingdoms, Catalyst Arts, Belfast. 
Foundation 14, Offaly Arts centre, Tullamore, Offaly.
'Personal Space' Hive Emerging, Waterford.
Summer group exhibition, Mullan Gallery, Lisburn rd, Belfast.
Collaborations 14, Group show, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin.
2013
Christmas group show, MullanGallery, Lisburn rd, Belfast.
Selected group show, Dunamaise Arts centre, Portlaoise, Laois. 
Foundation 13, Offaly Arts centre, Tullamore, Offaly.
Borderline, Group Show, Hollywood, Co. Down.
Art in the East side Billboard Project, Creative Exchange, Belfast. 
MFA Degree Show, University of Ulster, Belfast.
Group show, Mullan Gallery, Lisburn rd, Belfast.
On the Waterfront, Gallery 2, Waterfront hall, Belfast.
MFA Interim Show, University of Ulster, Belfast.
2012
Annual Members Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
 ½ (one of two), Platform Arts, Belfast.
2011
BA Degree Show, Galway Mayo.
Institute of Technology, Galway.
2009
Ealaion at lunasa, Galway Arts Centre, Galway.
Collections & Awards
2023: 'Elephant Mural, Waterford City', was acquired by the CIAS at the end of the artist's solo show 'Urban Fingerprint, Olivier Cornet Gallery.
2019: 'The Motorway VI' was acquired by the OPW at the end of the artist's solo show 'An Altered Land', Olivier Cornet Gallery.
2017: 'The Motorway VII' was acquired by the OPW from the Olivier Cornet Gallery in February 2017.
2016: Support funding for individual artist, Arts Council N.I. (SIAP). Shortlisted for Sky Arts, Landscape Artist of the Year, semi finals (including TV appearance). An Image of Ireland, Imago Mundi (Luciano Benetton collection).
2013: Support funding for individual artist, Arts Council N.I. (SIAP).
2011: Painting awarded to the private collection of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland.