David Meldrum b.1963
Memberships
I was accepted into the Water Colour Society of Ireland in 2021.
I am also a member of the Nordic Watercolour Society since 2012
Rather late in life I rediscovered my artistic side.
After a brief stint in the early 1980’s at the National college of Art, Dublin I turned my back on art and got a job in advertising. It took 30 years for me to find my way back to something I didn’t really appreciate when I was young.
I am so glad that I picked up a pencil again and started going to life drawing classes back in 2011. A year later in 2012 I started painting with watercolour for the first time, this was a turning point – suddenly I knew what I wanted to achieve in life and it is still true today – I want to know how much I can improve and how far I can develop as an artist. The journey so far has been incredible.
I have been working as a full-time artist since 2018. I run life drawing classes at a local culture centre in Stockholm. I was born in Dundalk, Ireland, grew up in Malahide. I have lived in London for 5 years and since 1990 I have been a resident of Sweden.
Art Education:
1981: National college of Art – Dublin
2012 – present: Self-learning with the aid of DVDs, the internet, books, and lots of practice
2016: EPC Art Course with watercolour master, Chien Chung-Wei – Girona
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Exhibitions :
2020 Group Exhibitions
Invited Plein air artist, Udaipur, and Jaipur Radjastan, India.
2019 Solo exhibition
Gallery Rääf, Stockholm, Sweden
Group exhibition
ECWS (European Confederation of Watercolour Societies) Haapsalu, Estonia
2018 Group exhibition
Gallery Movitz, Stockholm, together with Tina Thagesson and Daniel Luther
2017 Solo exhibition
Fylgia solicitors summer exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden.
Group exhibitions
ArtQuest Gallery, Paimpol, France.
ECWS (European Confederation of Watercolour Societies) Salamanca, Spain.
Nordic Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2016 Solo exhibitions
Galleri T, Stockholm, Sweden.
Art Hall (Konsthallen) Gallery, Stockholm Sweden.
Group exhibitions
Edsvik Art Hall – Watercolour exhibition (Jury), Edsvik, Sweden.
Väsby Art Hall – Watercolour exhibition (Jury), Upplands Väsby, Sweden.
ATG Art Society – Autumn exhibition, Solvalla, Sweden.
2015 Group exhibitions
Väsby Art Hall – Watercolour exhibition (Jury), Upplands Väsby, Sweden.
ATG Art Society – Autumn exhibition, Solvalla, Sweden.
