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Gerald Davies is a Senior Lecturer at the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Lancaster University. He teaches studio practice elements in Fine Art courses (Art 100, Art 260/360) and supervises MA and PhD students exploring drawing's interdisciplinary potential. His research focuses on social, spatial, and contested environments through visual art, often mixing architectural and crowd dynamics with themes of institutional control and environmental change.
Education: Sculpture degree from Wolverhampton University, MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art. Notable residencies include Durham Cathedral (1987/88) and the Fulbright Scholarship-funded study at Purdue University (1990/91). He has received multiple awards, including the John Minton Prize (1984) and Royal College of Art Drawing Prize (1981). His work is held in public collections like the Victoria & Albert Museum and Purdue University.
Research Trends: Recent works like Crowds and Power and Flood Story analyze institutional spaces and environmental displacement. Projects such as Artist's Notebooks and Caves push drawing into speculative territories. Collaborations include the Visual Intelligences (V.I.) project, funded by AHRC/HEFCE, which explores material/technological intersections in art.
- Scientific Awards:
- AHRB Small Grant Award (2004)
- AHRB Research Leave Award (1999)
- Fulbright Scholarship (1990/91)
- John Minton Prize (1984)
- Jerwood Drawing Prize (2000)
Advising & Grants: Supervises practice-based PhD students investigating drawing's role in medicine, urban marginality, and Kurdish displacement. Grants secured include £4,900 from AHRC and £9,000 from AHRB. His work spans Visual Intelligences, Artists Notebooks, and the embryonic Cave project testing drawing in extreme environments.
Labs & Teams: Co-founder of the Visual Intelligences (V.I.) research group, which collaborates internationally on exhibitions, conferences, and publications. Advises students in the Drawings Mobility collective, exploring drawing's evolving frontiers in interdisciplinary contexts.
