Danny Fox (artist)

Danny Fox (born 1986) is a British artist from St. Ives, Cornwall.[1][2]

Career

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In 2004, Fox moved to London. He squatted in Brixton and took odd jobs washing dishes in order to buy brushes.[2]

Danny Fox lived in Los Angeles from 2016 to 2020.[3][1]

Themes

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Danny Fox's images have vibrant array of colours that look tempered or worn down.[1] Fox is inspired by artists such as Richard Simkin, Matisse, Henry Taylor and also painters from St Ives, such as Ben Nicholson and Alfred Wallis.[2]

His subjects include horses, boxers, female nudes, birds and fruits.[4][5]

Solo exhibitions

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  • 2021, The Sweet and Burning Hills, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY [6]
    • Danny Fox & Kingsley Ifill: Eye For A Sty, Tooth For The Roof, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen
  • 2019, Danny Fox: Some Mornings Catch a Wraith, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA [7]
    • Doped, Roped and Horoscoped, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2018, Danny Fox, V1 Gallery at CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark [8]
    • Blood Spots On Apple Flesh, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg
  • 2017, Mitre Delta, Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, FL
  • 2016, A Spoon With The Bread Knife, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark [9]
    • Adder Among Choughs, S|2 Sotheby's, Los Angeles, CA
    • Onions Under Water, S|2 Sotheby's, New York, NY
  • 2015, As He Bowed His Head To Drink, The Redfern Gallery, London, UK [10]
  • 2014, White Horses, C n B Gallery, London, UK  
  • 2013, Bloom, Plumbline Gallery, St. Ives, UK

Group exhibitions

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  • ·2020, Animal Kingdom, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY [11]
    • Crowd, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
    • I Won't Bite, curated by Brooke Wise, NeueHouse, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2019, Words, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
    • Punch, Curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2018, Boy Meets Girl, Choi & Lager, Cologne, Germany
  • 2017, Folklore, Sade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    • Iconoclasts: Art out of the mainstream, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK[12]
    • Horses, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark [13]
    • What Is This Place?, Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, UK
  • 2016, Human Condition, The Hospital, Los Angeles, CA     
    • Chart Fair, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Character, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark [14]
    • 35 Works On Paper, BEERS, London, UK
    • Parlor, V1 Gallery, Volta 12, Basel, Switzerland
    • Fresh Cuts, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2015, Royal Rumble, The Cremlin, London, UK
  • 2014, Top Guns, Paul Loya Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    • 30 years of the future, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
    • You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory, Faux Pas Gallery, Moscow, Russia
    • Y Brutales Matanzas!, Maison 1575, Paris, France
  • 2013, Deserts Of Humanity, Display Gallery, London, UK
  • 2012, Young British Alcoholics, Eternal Youth, London, UK
  • 2011, Winter Show, Millennium Gallery, St. Ives, UK

   

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nelson, Arty (2021-02-02). "British Painter Danny Fox's Star Continues to Rise". GQ. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ a b c Jones, Dylan (2016-11-24). "Danny Fox: "The fancy galleries don't really know what to do with me."". British GQ. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  3. ^ Draper, Jessica (2015-11-17). "Danny Fox: 'My whole approach to my work can change in a single drawing'". www.studiointernational.com. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  4. ^ "Danny Fox | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  5. ^ "After a Four-Day Q&A, Artist Danny Fox Stops Texting Us Back". Interview Magazine. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  6. ^ "Danny Fox: The Sweet and Burning Hills (January 12-February 26, 2021)". Alexander Berggruen. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  7. ^ "Danny Fox - Some Mornings Catch a Wraith - Exhibitions - Berggruen Gallery". www.berggruen.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  8. ^ "Danny Fox". V1 Gallery. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  9. ^ "DANNY FOX A SPOON WITH THE BREAD KNIFE CATALOGUE". V1 Gallery. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  10. ^ "Danny Fox: As He Bowed His Head To Drink - An exhibition of new work completed in St. Ives, LA and London. - Installation Views". The Redfern Gallery. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  11. ^ "Animal Kingdom, June 26-August 29, 2020". Alexander Berggruen. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  12. ^ "Danny Fox Is One of the Most Exciting Young Painters Today". Galerie. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  13. ^ "Horses". V1 Gallery. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  14. ^ "Character". V1 Gallery. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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