Danny Fox (born 1986) is a

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artist from St. Ives,

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Career

In 2004, Fox moved to

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. He squatted in Brixton and took odd jobs washing dishes in order to buy brushes. Danny Fox lived in

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from 2016 to 2020.

Themes

Danny Fox's images have vibrant array of colours that look tempered or worn down. Fox is inspired by artists such as

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, Henry Taylor and also painters from St Ives, such as

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and

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. His subjects include horses, boxers, female nudes, birds and fruits.

Solo exhibitions

* 2021, T''he Sweet and Burning Hills'', Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY ** Danny Fox & Kingsley Ifill: ''Eye For A Sty, Tooth For The Roof'', Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen * 2019, ''Danny Fox: Some Mornings Catch a Wraith,'' Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA ** ''Doped,'' ''Roped and Horoscoped'', Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark * 2018, ''Danny Fox'', V1 Gallery at CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark ** ''Blood Spots On Apple Flesh'', Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg * 2017, ''Mitre Delta'', Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, FL * 2016, ''A Spoon With The Bread Knife'', V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark ** ''Adder Among Choughs'', S, 2 Sotheby's, Los Angeles, CA ** ''Onions Under Water'', S, 2 Sotheby's, New York, NY * 2015, ''As He Bowed His Head To Drink'', The Redfern Gallery, London, UK * 2014, ''White Horses'', C n B Gallery, London, UK * 2013, ''Bloom'', Plumbline Gallery, St. Ives, UK

Group exhibitions

* ·2020, ''Animal Kingdom'', Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY ** ''Crowd'', Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK ** ''I Won't Bite'', curated by Brooke Wise, NeueHouse, Los Angeles, CA * 2019, ''Words'', Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY ** ''Punch'', Curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA * 2018, ''Boy Meets Girl'', Choi & Lager, Cologne, Germany * 2017, ''Folklore'', Sade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA ** ''Iconoclasts: Art out of the mainstream'', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK ** ''Horses'', Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark ** ''What Is This Place?'', Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, UK * 2016, ''Human Condition'', The Hospital, Los Angeles, CA ** ''Chart Fair'', V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark ** ''Character'', V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark ** ''35 Works On Paper'', BEERS, London, UK ** ''Parlor'', V1 Gallery, Volta 12, Basel, Switzerland ** ''Fresh Cuts'', Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY * 2015, ''Royal Rumble'', The Cremlin, London, UK * 2014, ''Top Guns'', Paul Loya Gallery, Los Angeles, CA ** ''30 years of the future'', Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK ** ''You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory'', Faux Pas Gallery, Moscow, Russia ** ''Y Brutales Matanzas!'', Maison 1575, Paris, France * 2013, ''Deserts Of Humanity,'' Display Gallery, London, UK * 2012, Y''oung British Alcoholics'', Eternal Youth, London, UK * 2011, ''Winter Show'', Millennium Gallery, St. Ives, UK

References

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