Dave White biography in Biographies from the artzine on artrepublic.com

Dave White draws inspiration from things he loves and has created oil paintings of sneakers, cars, animals and comic characters. All of these are captured with his vigorously energetic brand of contemporary Pop Art.

A graduate of Liverpool John Moores University, his early work, created whilst working in John Lennon’s old studio. He was selected for the Northern Graduates Exhibition which toured UK venues including the Royal College of Art, London.

In 2008, White held his debut solo exhibition of his vintage military inspired pop art portraits in a show entitled ‘Planes, Tanks and Automatics’ at the Truman Brewery during Frieze week which was featured in the Wall St Journal and “sold briskly” (Bloomberg Press NY) in spite of economic turmoil. Stephen Adams of The Daily Telegraph described him as ‘one of Britain’s most feted up and coming painters’

He has featured alongside prominent artists such as David Hockney and Damien Hirst, catching the attention of numerous companies and corporations with work in collections belonging to Nike, Aol, and Coca Cola to name but a few.

His collaboration with Coca Cola to create a painting of Jay Z’s new design for Cherry Coke was exhibited at the famous Dia Arts Centre, New York. He has been featured in many publications including Time Out London, GQ Magazine, The Evening Standard, and was on the cover of Creative Review.

In 2010 Dave exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York on the ‘Project on Creativity’ with Chuck Close, celebrating Aol’s 25th Anniversary. White was also invited to create a live installation at All Things Digital in Los Angeles. White was recently featured as ‘Artist in the Spotlight’ for Heidi Lee’s Editioned Art Magazine in New York.