Leah Davis (b.1986 Thurso, Scotland)
EDUCATION
2024 PgCert Arts Management, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland
2022 MA Fine Art (with a focus on Jungian art therapy), Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland - with Merit
2020 BA Contemporary Art and Contextualised Practice, University of The Highlands and Islands, Inverness, Scotland - First Class Honours
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2025 Quarantine, The Art Spirit - Menorca, Spain
Seven-day intensive professional development program for emerging artists.
Worked with mentors:
Edward Povey
Jeremy Mann
James McCrae
Nadezda
Martin Wittfooth
Miles Johnston
ACHIEVEMENTS
2023 Runner Up/Highly Commended in The Highland Art Prize 2023
SOLO SHOWS
2021 Artist of the Month, Society of Caithness Artists, Online
2019 You’re so Weird, Upstairs Gallery, Inverness, Scotland
JOINT SHOWS
2023 A Chip Off The Old Pop, with Michael Forbes, Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland
GROUP SHOWS
UPCOMING
2025 Comfort & Disturb, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, Eden Court, Inverness, Scotland
2025 Comfort & Disturb, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, Thurso Art Gallery, Thurso, Scotland
2025 Kittens In Mittens, Inverarity Gallery, Scotland, online
2026 Prowl, Inverarity Gallery, Scotland, online
PAST
2025 90th Annual Exhibition, Society of Caithness Artists, Thurso, Scotland
2025 10th Anniversary Show: Dark Art Show, Curio Art Gallery, online
2024 The Highland Art Prize, The Rockfield Centre, Oban, Scotland
2024 Memoir, Curio Art Gallery, Portugal, online
2024 89th Annual Exhibition, Society of Caithness Artists, Thurso, Scotland
2024 Cat & Crow, Inverarity Gallery, Scotland
2024 Material Matters, North Coast Visitor Centre, Thurso, Scotland
2024 Foresight, Elgin Library, Elgin, Scotland
2024 A Fragile Pot, The Middle Room, Nairn, Scotland
2024 Analogous, Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland
2023 The Highland Art Prize, The Briggait, Glasgow -Awarded Runner up/Highly Commended
2023 Re:Form, Elgin Library, Elgin, Scotland
2022 Members Show, Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland
2022 Master’s Degree Show, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland.
2022 Members Exhibition, Pop Gallery, Forres, Scotland.
2022 Inside Out: Outside In, Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness, Scotland
2022 Graduate Goodies, Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland
2021 Onwards, Look Again, Aberdeen, Scotland
2021 Covenant: Life Beyond the Wire, Moray Art Cente, Findhorn, Scotland
2021 Member’s Exhibition, Pop Gallery, Forres, Scotland
2021 Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland
2021 Annual Exhibition 2021, Society of Caithness Artists, Online
2021 Permanent display Asher's Bakery, Inverness, Scotland
2020 Everything’s Illuminated – 4 yr. Anniversary Group Show, KEEP Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2020 The Reaching Out Exhibition, Society of Caithness Artists, Online
2020 Christmas Show, SixFoot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2020 November Gallery, The Student Gallery, Online
2020 Gallery Portfolio, KEEP Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2020 Society of Caithness Artists, Online
2020 Showcase, Online 2020 The Covid Creative Convention, Online
2020 The New Vanguard: Explorations into the New Contemporary, KEEP Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2019 Context – Dickson’s, Inverness, Scotland
2019 Outsider Art Fest, Mad Hatter’s, Inverness, Scotland
2018 Outsider Art Fest, Mad Hatter’s, Inverness, Scotland
2018 Lonely Arts Club , Long Gallery, Inverness, Scotland
2018 RAW – Long Gallery, Inverness, Scotland