{"product_id":"david-gardner-an-acre-unto-me","title":"205. David Gardner - An Acre Unto Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eCollage and acrylic on wood panel\u003cbr\u003e15.2 x 15.2 x 2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Gardner creates figurative paintings and drawings that interrogate his own queer body and its relationship to different spaces, both real and imagined. Throughout his work, the body is partially concealed and partially revealed, emerging behind veils, fences, foliage, and layered surfaces. These staged images unfold slowly, initiating an act of looking in which the viewer’s gaze must penetrate thresholds and barriers to enter the picture plane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColour plays a central role within Gardner’s practice. His paintings often radiate with vivid, luminous tones that appear lit from within, creating an atmosphere that feels simultaneously intimate, theatrical, and psychologically charged. Through this interplay of concealment, light, and surface, his work explores themes of vulnerability, desire, identity, and visibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGardner completed \u003cem\u003eThe Drawing Year\u003c\/em\u003e postgraduate diploma at the Royal Drawing School (2019), following a BA in Fashion Design Womenswear at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (2011), and a Foundation in Art and Design at Newcastle College (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolo exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eHaunted by Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e with Wilder Gallery and Delphian Gallery, London (2024), and \u003cem\u003eVenus as a Boy\u003c\/em\u003e at Maison Bertaux, London (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected group exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eDrawn Together\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal Drawing School, London (2026); \u003cem\u003eMain Protagonist\u003c\/em\u003e at Slugtown, Newcastle upon Tyne (2025); \u003cem\u003eUnder The Laurels\u003c\/em\u003e at Weald Contemporary (2024); \u003cem\u003eLike a Beacon Against The Cold\u003c\/em\u003e at LBF Contemporary, London (2024); \u003cem\u003eAl Dente: Feast for the Senses\u003c\/em\u003e at Berntson Bhattacharjee, London (2023); \u003cem\u003eShipping Address\u003c\/em\u003e at Palazzo Monti, Brescia (2023); \u003cem\u003eDisrupted Harmony\u003c\/em\u003e at Public Service Gallery, Stockholm (2023); the ACS Winners Group Show at Gurr Johns, London (2023); the Ralph Lauren Group Show at the Mayfair Flagship Store, London (2023); \u003cem\u003eWild Things\u003c\/em\u003e at Hexum Gallery, Vermont (2023); \u003cem\u003ePaint Talk\u003c\/em\u003e at VO Curations, London (2022); the African Fashion Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and touring internationally (2022); \u003cem\u003eMissing You\u003c\/em\u003e at Windsor Castle (2022); the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibitions (2016 \u0026amp; 2022); the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize (2021); and \u003cem\u003eBest of the Drawing Year\u003c\/em\u003e at Christie’s, London (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards include the ACS Studio Prize from the Artist Collecting Society (2022), the Delphian Open Call Award (2022), and the Colin Barnes Drawing Award at Central Saint Martins (2011). His work is held in collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Royal Collection, the Sir Paul Smith Collection, the Sir Michael Moritz Collection, and the Taylor Family Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733109416310,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013680337270,"sku":null,"price":965.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987690922358,"sku":null,"price":975.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987690955126,"sku":null,"price":985.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork205.jpg?v=1779208695","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/david-gardner-an-acre-unto-me","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}