“My paintings are an exploration of memory. They offer ‘glimpsed’ or half-remembered figures and faces – ‘re-imagined ancestors’ recovered from a personal archive of the forgotten.
My ideas come from material that accidentally comes to hand, an old photograph for example might chime or resonate. I then embark on a quest to unlock the essence of the image in a way that is somehow extra-visual. This journey of development and discovery can take anything from 5 days to 5 years until a kind of alchemy takes place and things seem to harmonise of their own accord in a way that can be very rewarding.
I paint in an expressionistic way using rags and sponges because the physical marks and textures are a fundamental element of what I am trying to achieve. The challenge for me though is to retain an economy of execution – an effortless effort.”
David Storey

Selected Exhibitions:
2020 Group Show, Stratford Gallery
2020 The Seventh View, C24 Gallery, New York
2019 Cameron Contemporary, Brighton, 8 – 25 November
2019 Discerning Eye Exhibition, London, 14 – 24 November
2019 Panter and Hall, London (solo show)
2019 Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Andover
2019 Saul Hay Fine Art, Manchester
2019 FFS, Saatchi Gallery, Kings Road, Castlegate House stand
2019 Group Show, J.P. Art Consultants, Blackheath, London
2019 The London Art Fair, Castlegate Gallery stand
2019 Group Show, Browse Gallery, Berlin
2019 Group Show, J.P. Art Consultants, Blackheath, London
2018 Sussex ArtWave Festival, IDA Contemporary
2018 ‘Being Allowed To Look’, Saul Hay Fine Art, Manchester
2018 Group Show, Castlegate House Gallery, Cumbria
2018 ‘Somewhere Else’, The Stratford Gallery
2018 ‘Bond at Bletchley Park’, Bletchley Park Museum
2018 The Brighton Festival Show, Cameron Contemporary
2018 Group Show, Saul Hay Fine Art, Manchester
2018 The London Art Fair, Castlegate Gallery stand
2017 Solo Exhibition, Panter and Hall, London
2017 The Summer Show, Cameron Contemporary
2017 Solo Show, Highgate Contemporary, London
2016 Group Winter Show, Cameron Contemporary
2016 Group Xmas Show, Highgate Contemporary
2016 ‘Art Without Boundaries’ exhibition, Leyden Gallery, London
2015 Solo Show, Panter and Hall, London
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, Thomas and Paul stand
2014 Art Southampton, New York, Thomas and Paul stand
2014 Solo show, Thomas and Paul Contemporary, London
2012 Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2012 The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2011 Cultivate, Vyner Street Gallery, London
2008 Lautieri Moores Open, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2005 Encounters, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
2003 Sussex Open, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery