Background
Davidson was born in Belfast in 1968 and attended Methodist College Belfast between 1980 and 1987.
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Colin Davidson
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He graduated from the University of Ulster in 1991 with a First Class Honours Degree in Design.
Career
An artist who works in themes, his recent large-scale head paintings have been exhibited worldwide. He worked in the field of design for print until 1999 when he started to paint full-time. Colin Davidson is an Academician of the Royal Ulster Academy and served as President of the Royal Ulster Academy between 2012 and 2015.
Davidson started to paint his native city in his teens, but this theme came to the fore in 2004 when his exhibition "Number Continuing City" was mounted at the Tom Caldwell Gallery.
The exhibition included large paintings of Belfast as seen from high view-points. lieutenant was seen at the time as a unique view of this city emerging from decades of the Troubles.
The urban theme continued between 2006 and 2010 when Davidson made paintings based on the illusionary world seen in city window reflections.
Achievements
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Nationality
Ireland
Awards
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the Visitors' Choice Award; BP Portrait Award 2015 - US/Ireland Alliance Honor, Los Angeles 2012 - University of Ulster Distinguished Graduate of the Year Award, Belfast 2012 - BP Portrait Visitors' Choice Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
The BP Portrait Award is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.The BP Portrait Award is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.