David Hawley

Over the past twenty years David Hawley has exhibited consistently in solo and group exhibitions in Australia and overseas.

Hawley completed a Master of Fine Art (Research) in 2003 and Phd in 2017 at the Tasmanian School of Creative Art in Hobart. He has received multiple grants through both NAVA and state arts funding bodies and has been short listed for a number of awards including the Fremantle Print Award, the Burnie Print Prize and Tidal; the City of Devonport Art Award.

The process of making art, particularly in relation to abstract painting, is an ongoing source of investigation and experimentation for Hawley. He is interested in the notion of expanded painting as a repositioning of absolutes and conventions to enable the continuation of specific strategies and ideologies.

Hawley’s work is represented in private and public collections, including the Devonport Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Artbank and the Burnie Regional Art Gallery. He currently lives and works in Hobart.