Archive
Oriel Davies is developing this archive as a resource for those researching both visual arts and arts education. Divided into exhibitions, projects and Test Bed the archive is searchable using the search bar below or by browsing through the archive pages.
Conspicuity
Philip Cheater
The fabric of society is a complex web of communication and physical encounters, information and instruction - a matrix infiltrated and managed by signs and symbols of health and safety culture. It is with the semiotics of safety, its language of vibrant geometric forms and luminous graphics, and our responses, that Philip Cheater’s practice is most concerned. more >
Test Bed 2014 19 April - 18 June
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Melanie Manchot
Melanie Manchot, winner of the Oriel Davies Open in 2012 returns to the Gallery in this solo exhibition featuring stunning new work. more >
Exhibition 2014 01 February - 09 April
Mary Vettise 0000000:00000:000:0 a reality with forms
Mary Vettise was Student winner in the Oriel Davies Open 2012
Mary Vettise presents 0000000:00000:000:0 a reality with forms - an exhibition of new video work exploring the facts and fictions, mythologies and histories surrounding two films, Titanic 3D (2012) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961). more >
Exhibition 2014 01 February - 09 April
(Sonomano)
Morgan Griffith
Found material is the departure point for Morgan Griffith (SONOMANO), acting as a catalyst for his small collage / assemblages which are rich in humour and the banal, but are also deeply personal. more >
Test Bed 2014 01 February - 09 April
Articles of Hope, Adornments for Justice
Manchester Jewellers Network
A collection of body adornments based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). more >
Exhibition 2013 16 November - 22 January
