{"product_id":"davina-jackson-the-observeros-book-of-birds","title":"210. Davina Jackson - The Observer's Book of Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003e2025\u003cbr\u003eInk, acrylic and Gouache on paper \u003cbr\u003e15 x 9 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavina’s work uses space to explore emotion, memory, and introspection. Through mark-making, painting, and the simplification of form, she examines the quiet, everyday spaces where shared humanity becomes most visible. Focusing on subtle gestures, eye contact, and body language, her work observes how we inhabit our bodies and communicate inner truths through moments of stillness and silence. These reflective scenes invite a slower, more contemplative engagement with the external world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from ordinary encounters as well as theatre, storytelling, photography, and personal lived experience, Davina’s practice offers a quietly resonant investigation into what it means to be human. In recent years, she has begun painting on found book covers — objects already embedded with history, narrative, and material presence. These surfaces provide both a pre-existing palette and a conceptual entry point into another world, allowing her to explore tensions between inherited meaning and personal expression. Through these layered interventions, she invites viewers to reconsider narrative, memory, and perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavina studied at Central Saint Martins School of Art, London (Foundation in Art, 1989), before completing a Fine Art degree at Byam Shaw School of Art, London (1991–1994), followed by a Postgraduate Master’s at the Royal Academy Schools, London (1994–1997).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent exhibitions include the Royal Watercolour Society, London (2026); \u003cem\u003eGrounded\u003c\/em\u003e at 55 Hollywood Road, London (2026); \u003cem\u003eMemento Amoris\u003c\/em\u003e at The Lido Stores, Margate (2026); the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2025); \u003cem\u003eDefining Your Point of View\u003c\/em\u003e at the Paul Smith Flagship Store, Mayfair (2025); \u003cem\u003eSecond Lives\u003c\/em\u003e in Percy Street, London (2025); the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition (2024 \u0026amp; 2025); the Contemporary British Painting Prize exhibitions touring Cardiff, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and London (2024–2025); solo exhibitions at Pontone Gallery, London (2019), Moor House, London (2019), The Woolland Club, Trieste (2018), and The Albemarle Gallery, London (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards and distinctions include a Highly Commended award at the John Moores Painting Prize (2026), being shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize (2025), the Royal Watercolour Society Open Award (2023), runner-up Drawing Bursaries at the Discerning Eye (2014 \u0026amp; 2018), the David Villiers Prize (2002), the Royal Academy Gold Medal for Painting (1997), the Edward Scott Travel Scholarship (1997), and multiple awards from the Royal Academy Schools including the David Murray Landscape Travel Prize, Duff Green Drawing Prize, Celia Walker Print Prize, and Apthorp Trust Prize. Earlier distinctions include being a finalist for the Winsor \u0026amp; Newton Young Artist Award (1995) and winning First Prize at the Ben Uri Open Exhibition (1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work is held in collections including Stonehage Fleming, the Fenton Arts Trust, the Tavistock Centre, Chevron PLC, The Cromwell Hospital, the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, Barnet Council, the Leverhulme Trust, and Oceana Investment Partners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733110399350,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013680533878,"sku":null,"price":1015.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987693281654,"sku":null,"price":1025.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987693314422,"sku":null,"price":1035.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork210.jpg?v=1779206944","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/davina-jackson-the-observeros-book-of-birds","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}