Biography
1965 Born Falmouth, Cornwall
1983/84 Studied at Falmouth School of Art
1984/87 Studied at Camberwell School of Art. Graduated with a BA (Hons) Degree, First Class, Fine Art (Painting)
1986/87 South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London (first prize)
1987 Winner of the Richard Chamberlain Memorial Prize, Painting Exhibition, South London Art Gallery
Travelled in France, Italy and Switzerland
1988 Lived and painted in Cornwall
1990 Lived and painted in Tokyo, Japan
1992 Redfern Gallery, London, [one-man exhibition]
1992 Travelled in the USA
1993 London Group Exhibition, Barbican, London [prize winner]
1994 Painted in Cornwall
1994/95 Lived and painted in the USA for five months
2001 Elected Royal West of England Academician
2004 Lived and painted in Palm Springs, California, USA for three months
2007 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London [prize winner]
2011 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London [prize winner]
2012 John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2013 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London [runner-up]

Danny Markey RWA

"For me, painting and the choice of subject is impulsive. However, I do try to avoid the picturesque and look at the unregarded yet common aspects of the world around me. In the end what matters is what you make of it in paint but I seem to need a place, a landscape to get me going and the little epiphanies that trigger ideas for my paintings can occur in the most ordinary settings."

Danny Markey, 2009

Danny Markey was born in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1965. He now lives in Wales. His paintings extract a colourful and spontaneous simplicity from the landscape and from his immediate surroundings. Travel inspires him and he has lived and painted in Cornwall, Japan and USA.

Between 1983 and 1987 he studied at Falmouth School of Art and Camberwell School of Art. In 1986/87 he won First Prize at the South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London.

His first solo show at the Redfern was in 1994 and he has shown regularly there since. His work has been widely shown and in 1997 The Old Jail House, Albany, Texas mounted a retrospective exhibition.

in 2001 he was elected a Royal West of England Academician. His work is in numerous private and public collections including the British Museum. He lives and works in Wales.

Solo Exhibitions
1989 Camden Galleries, London
1992 The Redfern Gallery, London
1994 The Redfern Gallery, London
1995 The Charleston Gallery, Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex
1996 The Redfern Gallery, London
1997 Old Jail House, Albany, Texas, Museum, Retrospective of Paintings and Watercolours
1998 The Redfern Gallery, London
2000 The Redfern Gallery, London
2002 Suburban Hymns, New Work, The Redfern Gallery, London
2005 Desert Places, The Redfern Gallery, London
2008 The Redfern Gallery, London
2009 New Paintings, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden
2010 Ffin y Parc Country House and Gallery, Llanrwst
2011 A Collector's Choice, Redfern Gallery, London
2013 Recent Works, Redfern Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions
1987 Camberwell School of Art Painting Exhibition, South London Art Gallery
1987 Exhibited in Royal Overseas League Annual Exhibition, London
1987 Group Show, Sue Williams Gallery, London
1989 Summer Exhibition, Newlyn Society of Artists, Cornwall
1991 Summer Exhibition, The Redfern Gallery, London
1993 London Group Exhibition, Barbican, London (Prize winner)
1994 Group Show, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
1999 The Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition
2001 Open Painting Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy
2001 Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries (selected by Michael Parkinson)
2002 Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries (selected by Griff Rhys Jones)
2008 Night, Royal West of England Academy, Contemporary artists from 18th to 19th century
2008 Estuary, Two Person Exhibition, Newport Museum and Art Gallery (with Andrew Hardwick)
2008 The Drawing Room, Royal West of England Academy, Contemporary and Historical Drawings


Awards
1987 Winner of Richard Chamberlain Memorial Prize
2007 Prize Winner, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2009 Second Prize at the Royal Watercolour Society Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2011 Winner of the Wales Regional Prize, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2013 Runner Up, Lynn Painter Stainers Prize

Collections
The British Museum, London
Falmouth Museum and Art Gallery