I’m a visual artist from South Australia.
I began my life as an artist in the 1980s when I’d finished my degree in Mathematical Physics but realised that it was art that would be my lifelong passion. It’s lead me through 20+ solo shows and many group exhibitions since then.
My work is largely concerned with visual representations of the Australian Landscape. It involves research and experimentation into new techniques and media to capture its unique beauty and best express our nation’s relationship to the land we inhabit.
In 2022 made a leap to a new level of practice by completing a Masters of Contemporary Art at UniSA, and in 2023 held a solo show for SALA 2023 at Praxis ArtSpace in Adelaide, as the result of being awarded the inaugural SALA solo photographic opportunity.
This website shows work since 2010, but if you feel like looking for in-depth or older information, you can also go over and poke around in the archive. There you will find a more complete list of old exhibitions, media and the like.
Please enjoy the site.
If you’d like to email me directly my address is:
david “at” davidhume “dot” net (hoping to trick spam robots)
Phone: 0418817243
David Hume: Brief Curriculum Vitae
Born:
1962, Adelaide, South Australia
Education:
2021-22 Master of Design (Contemporary Art)
University of South Australia
1980-83 Bachelor of Science (Mathematical Physics, Pure Mathematics)
University of Adelaide
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
| 2023 | Fleurieu, Perceptions of Place. Praxis ArtSpace, Adelaide | |
| 2022 | Canaletto’s Camera The Light Gallery Adelaide | |
| 2020: | On the Beach Shimmer Photographic Festival Onkaparinga SA | |
| I and the Beach The Light Gallery Adelaide | ||
| 2018: | Conversations with Cezanne The Space Between Gallery Adelaide | |
| 2017: | Figure in the Landscape The Space Between Gallery Adelaide | |
| 2015: | Five Easy Pieces Rosey’s Gallery Adelaide | |
| 2012: | La Citta Perfetta Citadel Exhibition Space Adelaide | |
| 2010: | Earth and Water Citadel Exhibition Space Adelaide | |
| 2009: | Five Seconds in Paris Citadel Exhibition Space Adelaide | |
| 2007: | Journeys Over Land Citadel Exhibition Space Adelaide | |
| 2005: | Woomera Artimages Gallery Adelaide | |
| 2002: | David Hume Artimages Gallery Adelaide | |
| 2000: | Lake Argyle Paintings A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne | |
| Beneath the Beyond du Plessis building, Adelaide | ||
| 1999: | New Australian Landscapes A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne | |
| Beneath the Beyond. A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne | ||
| 1998: | Coorong to Kimberley A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne | |
| 1997: | Andamooka A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne | |
| 1996: | Postcards from the Rock A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne | |
| 1995: | Visions of Venice A.R.T. Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Visions of Venice Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide | ||
| 1991: | Recent Watercolours Kensington Gallery, Adelaide | |
| 1990: | Paintings from Greece Kensington Gallery, Adelaide | |
| 1986: | David Hume Kensington Gallery, Adelaide |
Recent Public Art Projects
| 2021-22: | Coast to Vines Rail Trail City of Onkaparinga |
| 2021 | Brown Hill Tree City of Mitcham Cumberland Park Photowall City of Mitcham |
Recent Grants and Prizes:
| 2023 | (Finalist) Advertiser Contemporary Art Award |
| 2022 | (Awarded) SALA Solo Photographic Opportunity |
| 2021 | (Awarded) Gavin Walkley Community Engagement Grant |
| 2020: | (Awarded) Southern Ocean Art Prize – Creative Photography Category. |
Collections:
Bankers Trust • Qantas • Walker’s Corporation • Australian Consulting Partners • Jones Lang la Salle • SAPMEA • SMS Consulting Partners • Pangaea Collection • Skinner Collection
Selected Bibliography:
The Adelaide Review May 2002 Visual Arts, Shimmer – John Neylon
Australian Art Collector Magazine no8 April 1999 Undiscovered, Unmasked – Susan McCulloch
The Melbourne Herald Sun 15 July 1998 Accidental Artist – Chris Boyd
The Melbourne Age 4 July 1998 Saturday Extra
Optus Television, Peppermint Lounge Nov 1997 The Road to Andamooka
Australian Artist Magazine, no.129 March 1995 Collision Course p.36-43
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