DAVID LADMORE
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DAVID LADMORE
Victoria, British Columbia
(250) 361-3243
davidlaurieladmore@shaw.ca
www.davidladmore.com

Born and raised in England, David is an award winning artist who works in the classical tradition. His paintings hang in corporate and private collections in Canada, the United States and Internationally. David was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1997. In 1998 he was awarded the Honour Award and A.J. Casson Medal. David works in oil, watercolour and etching.
image of David Ladmore on Dallas Road walkway, Victoria, BC
Solo Exhibits:
Full Circle Studio Arts - Of Love and Water Book Launch and Art Exhibit - Victoria, BC - July 28 - August 18, 2011
The Gallery at the MAC - David Ladmore: A Retrospective - Victoria, BC - January 29 - March 18, 2007
The Living Gallery - Lyric Pieces - Ashland, OR - April 4 - 30, 2003
Jenkins Showler Gallery - White Rock, BC - February 1999
Saanich Municipal Hall - Victoria, BC - September 1998
Richard Blanshard Building - Victoria, BC - March 1998
Saanich Municipal Hall - Victoria, BC - January 1998
Saanich Municipal Hall - Victoria, BC - September 1997
Richard Blanshard Building - Victoria, BC - April 1997
Victoria Public Library - Victoria, BC - 1995
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1995
Island Blueprint - Victoria, BC - 1994
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1994

Two Person Shows:
The Gallery at the MAC - Ladmore and Ladmore V - Victoria, BC - August 27 - October 15, 2012
Sips Artisan Bistro - Ladmore and Ladmore IV - Victoria, BC - March 15 - May 2, 2011
Gallery Cafe at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre - Ladmore and Ladmore III - Victoria, BC - June 1 - 27, 2010
CACGV - Ladmore and Ladmore II - Victoria, BC - February 11 - 17, 2010
The Gallery at the MAC - Ladmore and Ladmore - Victoria, BC - August 17 - October 5, 2009

Group Shows:
Oxford Gallery - Palimpsest - Rochester, New York - April 21 - June 2, 2012
The Sculpture Studio - The Imagists’ Show - Victoria, BC - November 24 - December 4, 2011
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Summer Small Works Exhibition and Sale - Victoria, BC - June 26 - August 29, 2010
The Rite of Spring - Muse Winery - North Saanich, BC - April 23 - 25, 2010
Fiat Lux - Oxford Gallery - March 13 - May 1, 2010
Look Victoria 2010 - February 5 - 27, 2010
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - Christmas Small Works Exhibition and Sale - Victoria, BC - November 19, 2009 - January 3rd, 2010
Christmas Artshow - Victoria, BC - December 5 and 6, 2009
Serious Collective - Serious Coffee - Victoria, BC - August 2009
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - The 3rd Annual Summer Small Works Exhibition and Sale - Victoria, BC - June 27 - August 30, 2009
Night - Oxford Gallery - Rochester, New York - March 7 - May 2, 2009
Look Victoria 2009 - Victoria, BC - February 7 - 28, 2009
Artperitifs - The Gallery at the MAC - Victoria, BC - September 8 - October 28, 2008
Look Victoria 2008 - Victoria, BC - February 8 - March 1, 2008
State of Art Show and Sale 2007 - Victoria, BC - October 4 - 17, 2007
Fran Willis Gallery - Farewell Exhibition - Victoria, BC - June 21 - 30, 2007
State of Art Show and Sale 2006 - Victoria, BC - October 5 - 18, 2006
Fran Willis Gallery - Victoria, BC - Sept 7 - 30, 2006
Foxhall Gallery - Small Wonders: Exquisite Artworks in Smaller Proportions - Washington, DC - Nov 22 - Dec 31, 2005
Sidney Fine Art Show 2005 - Sidney, BC - Oct 14 - 16, 2005
New York Art Expo - Behr-Thyssen exhibit - New York, NY - February 26 - March 1, 2004
Fran Willis Gallery - Clothesline Show - Victoria, BC - Jan 4 - 18, 2003
The Living Gallery - Annual Holiday Show - Ashland, OR - Dec 6 - 31, 2002
Fran Willis Gallery - 2002 Holiday Exhibition - Victoria, BC - Dec 5 - 24, 2002
Art Interiors - 9th Annual Festival of Smalls - Toronto, ON - Nov 23 - Dec 24, 2002
Foxhall Gallery - Small Wonders: Exquisite Artworks in Smaller Proportions - Washington, DC - Nov 19 - Dec 31, 2002
The Living Gallery - Celebrating The Living Gallery's 5th Birthday - Ashland, OR - October 4 - 31, 2002
Oxford Gallery - In the Present Tense - Rochester, New York - August 31 - October 5, 2002
Vanderleelie Gallery - Unframed - Edmonton, Alberta - July 20 - Aug 6, 2002
Foxhall Gallery - Painterly Views - Washington, DC - March 12 - April 8, 2002
Fran Willis Gallery - Abkhazi Garden - Victoria, BC - June 2001
Oxford Gallery - Needing No Introduction - Rochester, NY - February 17 - March 24, 2001
Fran Willis Gallery - Holiday Exhibition - Victoria, BC - December 2000
Assiniboia Gallery - Annual Holiday Extravaganza - Regina, SK - December 2000
Fran Willis Gallery - Summer Show - Victoria, BC - July/August 2000
Jenkins Showler Gallery - White Rock, BC - July 2000
Jenkins Showler Gallery - White Rock, BC - January 2000
Assiniboia Gallery - Holiday Miniatures Show - Regina, SK - December 1999
Fran Willis Gallery - Holiday Exhibition - Victoria, BC - December 1999
John B. Aird Gallery - Mistletoe Magic - Toronto, ON - December 1999
Cadboro Bay United Church - Art Works at Cadboro Bay - Victoria, BC - September 1999
Fran Willis Gallery - Summer Show - Victoria, BC - August 1999
Garage Gallery - Small Ones - Victoria, BC - July 1999
CACGV Gallery - Erotic Art Show - Victoria, BC - April 1999
Vanderleelie Gallery - Edmonton, AB - February 1999
Queen Alexandra Centre - Art Works at Cadboro Bay - Victoria, BC - December 1998
John B. Aird Gallery - Open Water '73 - Toronto, ON - December 1998
Cadboro Bay United Church - Art Works at Cadboro Bay - Victoria, BC - July 1998
Blackwood Gallery - Watercolour: Into the Next Millennium - Toronto, ON - May 1998
Xchanges Gallery - Group Show - Victoria, BC - April 1998
Jimmy Wright Gallery - Visions of a Nation - Victoria, BC - September 1997
CACGV Gallery - Victoria, An Illustrated Tour - Victoria, BC - May 1997
CACGV Gallery - Look '97 - Victoria, BC - 1997
Sancha Hall - Look '96 - Sidney, BC - 1996
FCA Winter Juried Exhibition - February 1996
FCA U. N. Celebration Show - October/November 1995
Fine Arts '95 - Sooke, BC - August 1995
Vancouver Island 2nd Annual Art Show - June 1995
BC Festival of the Arts - Kamloops, BC - May 1995
FCA Spring Show - Victoria, BC - April/ June 1995
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1995
Rogue Gallery - Look '95 - Victoria, BC - 1995
The Grail Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1994
The Rock Bay Gallery - Victoria, BC - 1994
Fine Arts '93 - Sooke, BC - 1993

Watercolour: Into the Next Millennium - travelling show
Jan 9 - March 12, 2000     Eptek National Exhibition Centre, Summerside, PEI
April 1 - May 30, 2000     New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB
June 30 - Aug 13, 2000     The Sir Sam Steele Art Gallery, Orillia, ON
Sept 2 - Oct 14, 2000     Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON
Oct 30 - Dec 16, 2000     Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, ON
Jan 5 - Feb 8, 2001     Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
March 8 - April 22, 2001     Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
May 8 - June 24, 2001     Timmins Museum, Timmins, ON
June 30 - Aug 25, 2001     Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
Sept - Oct, 2001     West Parry Sound District Museum, Parry Sound, ON
Nov 24, 2001 - Jan 7, 2002     Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON
Jan 11 - Feb 18, 2002     Lindsay Art Gallery, Lindsay, ON
Mar 16 - Apr 28, 2002     La galerie d'Art Stewart Hall, Centre Culturel de Pointe-Claire, QC
June 10 - July 5, 2002     CSPWC Gallery @ Wallace Studios, Toronto, ON

Awards:
Look 2009 - First Prize
Look 2008 - Third Prize
Honour Award and A.J. Casson Medal - Open Water 1998
Michael Blake Watercolour Award - 1995
Juror's Choice - FCA Spring Show - 1995
Juror's Choice - Look '95

Publications:
Of Love and Water - Poems by Gerard Rochford and Images by David Ladmore - 2011
Boulevard - January/February 2010
James Bay Beacon - Feature Artist - May 2009
International Artist - Feature Artist - December/January 2007
Boulevard - September/October 2006
American Artist Drawing - Winter 2006
Focus - June 2005
International Artist - Master's Showcase - October/November 2004
Watercolor Magic - Autumn 2002
Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries 2000/2001
International Artist - Master's Showcase - August/September 2000
Watercolor Magic - Winter 2000
Style at Home - October 1999
Island Illustrator - Feature Artist - January 1995

Teaching:
Guest Instructor- CSPWC National Symposium 1999 - Bowen Island, BC
Talks and Workshops
Private Tuition
Camosun College - Victoria, BC
B.C.I.T. - Vancouver, BC
Herald Street Art Space - Victoria, BC
Pacific Design Academy - Victoria, BC
Kwantlen College - Richmond, BC

Represented By:

CANADA
The Gallery in the Oak Bay Village - Victoria, British Columbia, 2223A Oak Bay Avenue, (250) 598-9890
Jenkins Showler Gallery - Surrey, British Columbia, The Shops at Morgan Crossing, 101-15735 Croyden Drive, (604) 535-7445
Art Interiors - Toronto, Ontario, 446 Spadina Road, Suite 203, (416) 488-3157

UNITED STATES
Peter Bartlow Gallery - Chicago, Illinois, 22 West Ontario, (312) 337-1782
Oxford Gallery - Rochester, New York, 267 Oxford Street, (716) 271-5885
Saper Galleries - East Lansing, Michigan, 433 Albert Avenue, (517) 351-0815
Foxhall Gallery - Washington, District of Columbia, 3301 New Mexico Avenue, NW, (202) 966-7144
Michael Levy Gallery - Long Beach, California, 5470 E. 2nd Street, (562) 856-9800


Artist's Statement
"My work is a response to the beauty and simplicity of the things I find around me. In figure and landscape, careful study reveals the undercurrents and rhythms of existence."

David Ladmore in his studio, Victoria, BC David Ladmore plein air painting at Bowen Island, BC



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