David Redfern
Born 1947, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Studied
1965-69, Reading University Fine Art Department
1969-71, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London
Employment
1971-83, Arts Council of Great Britain, Serpentine Gallery, Head Gallery Assistant
1984-2011, Croydon College, teaching and managing F. E. Art and Design courses
2000, Elected a member of The London Group
2002, Appointed as The London Group Archivist
Exhibitions
1971, "1971 Northern Young Contemporaries", Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
"Platform '71", Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1973, "Five Artists. Seriously . .", Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, London
1974, "Four Painters", TUC Congress Hose, London
1975, "Painters of Reality, Mystery and Illusion", Rochdale Art Gallery
1976, "British Realists", Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1978, "Art for Society", Whitechapel Art Gallery
1979, "Summer Show 1" Serpentine Gallery, "Lives" Hayward Gallery
1980, "Young British Artists", BP International Headquarters, London
1981, "David Redfern: Paintings and Lino-cuts", The National Theatre, London
"Foyer Exhibition", Southampton Art Gallery
1983, "David Redfern and James Savage", Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
1984, "David Redfern", Wolverhampton Art Gallery
1986, "Tradition and Innovation", National Touring Print Exhibition
Woodlands Art Gallery, Blackheath, London
1989/90, "Picturing People", British Figurative Art since 1945
British Council Tour, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Harare
1991/2, 10th Cleveland UK International Drawing Biennale
1994/96, Staff Show, School of Art and Design, Croydon College
1998/9, "Nine Moons", Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1999, Duncan Terrace Gallery, North London
2000 (annually), London Group Annual Exhibitions, ongoing
2001, New Year Exhibition, 2001, Cadogan Contemporary, London
Office Exhibition, Options Group, London
2003, Walk Gallery, King Edward Walk, London
Drawings, Blackheath Halls, London
2005, Selections from the Fosterart Collection, Rivington Street, London
"To the Limit", London Group/SoCo Artists Exhibition, SoCo Gallery, Hastings
2006, "De Salon 2006", Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2007, "Collective Response", Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London
Bridge Art Fair, Trafalgar Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London
2010, "Merchants of Light", The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London
2011, "Earthwork", Central Booking, New York, USA
2014, "Deptford Stories", Arklow Trading Estate, Deptford, London
2015, "Combines", The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London
2017, Shoreham Sculpture Trail, Shoreham, Kent
2018, "David Redfern Paintings 1972 - 1991", Felix & Spear, London
2018, "The London Group at St Ives", Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2020, "All Ye Assembled Here", Felix & Spear, London
2021, "Creating a National Collection", Southampton City Art Gallery
"Modern British and Contemporary Selection", Felix & Spear, London
2022, "The London Group at Bankside", Bankside Gallery, London
2023, "The London Group at Scarborough", The OLd Parcels Office, Scarborough
"The London Group at Linden Hall Studios", Linden Hall Studios, Deal, Kent
Open Submission Exhibitions
1974, John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 9
1975, "Chichester National Art Exhibition", Chichester
1977, "The Crown Art Exhibition 1977", Reed House, London
1977/81/83, Tolly Cobbold / Eastern Arts National Art Exhibition
1978, The London Group, R.C.A., London
1980/1/2/3/4, The Spirit of London, Royal Festival Hall, London. (Prizewinner 1984)
1981, "On the Open Road", R.A.C. HQ, London. (Prizewinner)
1982/3/4/6/7/8, The Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery.
1982-93, Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges
1987, "State of the Nation", Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
1990, 222nd Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1991, "10th Cleveland (U.K.) International Drawing Exhibition", UK tour
1993, 225th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
The London Group, Barbican Arts Centre, London
1994, Rexel Derwent Open Drawing Competition, Cheltenham
1995, Cadogan Contemporary, London.
2006, Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2006, Mall Galleries, London
2009, "Creekside Open", APT Gallery, London
2012, "Survival of the Fittest", Waterworks Nature Reserve, East London
2020, "Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour", Mall Galleries, London
Television
1983, Paintings used by Channel 4 to illustrate the "Winter of Discontent" in "A Partly Satirical Broadcast"
1989, Paintings used to illustrate a documentary on the Thatcher years broadcast on German Television
Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Basildon Arts Trust, Burton upon Trent Art Gallery, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, Camden Council Picture Loan Scheme, Sainsbury Arts Centre, TUC Congress House, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, Ocean Transport &Trading, Trumans Social Club Brick Lane, Astor Wax Factory Manchester
Private Collections in the UK and Europe.
Publications
2010, "Merchants of Light" The Cello Factory
2013, "The London Group: a history 1913 – 2013”, a 400 page illustrated history of The London Group
2018, "David Redfern Paintings: 1972 - 1991" Felix & Spear
2020, "All Ye Assembled Here" Felix & Spear