Danny Leyland

Danny Leyland (b.1994) works primarily in painting, incorporating elements of print and writing to explore his relationship with place and memory. His paint ings depict figures in landscapes, where color inversion and layering obscure direct interpretations, fragmenting boundaries between subjects. The complex brushwork creates a slow, immersive experience for the viewer. Leyland draws from personal experiences and everyday scenes—such as his flats, camping trips, and shop windows—finding spiritual resonance in mundane mo ments. His work blends past and present, using images from history and re-en actments to create moments of temporal slippage, offering the past as a fleet ing, experiential encounter rather than a fixed interpretation. 대니 레이랜드(Danny Leyland, b.1994)는 회화를 중심으로 판화와 글쓰기의 요소를 결 합하여 장소와 기억에 대한 관계를 탐구한다. 그의 회화는 인물과 풍경을 묘사하며, 색의 반전과 중첩을 통해 해석을 어렵게 만들고, 주체 간 경계를 흐립니다. 복잡한 붓질은 느리 고 몰입적인 감각을 불러 일으킨다. 대니는 개인적인 경험과 일상적인 장면들, 자신이 살았던 아파트, 캠핑 여행, 상점 창문 등을, 작품에 담아내며, 평범한 순간들 속에서 영적 울림을 찾아간다. 그의 작품은 과거와 현재를 엮어 역사적 이미지와 재연을 통해 시간의 틈새를 만들어내며, 과거를 고정된 해석 이 아닌 일시적인 경험으로 제시한다. EDUCATIONS 2023 – 2024 Royal College of Art. MA Painting 2013 – 2016 Edinburgh College of Art. BA Painting University of Edinburgh. Introduction to Archaeology, short course. 2012-2013 Oxford Brookes University. Foundation diploma in Art & Design SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2025 Birds of a feather, group exhibition with Chilli Arts Projects. London. The map-maker’s colours, solo presentation with Mare Karina, Venezia, Italy 2024 CAN Art Fair, group presentation with Arusha Gallery. Ibiza, Spain. Art Accent, emerging artist platform for Art Busan, South Korea. Club Silencio, group exhibition at Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK Palimpsestic Impressions, group exhibition with Arusha Gallery, London (Curation and exhibition text by Danny Leyland) 2023 Reverdie, group exhibition with Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK Hawthorn and the Feast of Julian, group exhibition at Gallery One, High Line Nine, NYC, USA Star of the Sea, solo presentation in collaboration with Connie Hurley at Pig Melon Gallery, Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia 2021 Bathing Nervous Limbs, group exhibition for Edinburgh Art Festival, UK Cruel Intentions, group exhibition with Arusha Gallery, London, UK 2020 Debris Dance, solo show with Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK 2019 A High Hang, group exhibition at Eccleston Project Space, London, UK 2018 Digging, an EMBASSY Gallery off-site project, Basic Mountain, Edinburgh, UK Apple Bobbing, group exhibition for EMBASSY gallery, Edinburgh, UK Wrap Around; Leyland curated this group project for the Scottish Book Trust, at the Scottish Poetry Library, UK. 2017 RSA New Contemporaries, selected graduate exhibition at The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK Creeler’s Cottage, artist room presentation for Rhythm Machine in collaboration with Connie Hurley, Edinburgh UK Jouissance, group exhibition at Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK 2016 Beneath the Body, two-person exhibition at Tent Gallery, Edinburgh PRIZES and RESIDENCIES 2025-2026 Abbey Scholarship, British School at Rome 2024 Chadwell Award, winner Jackson’s Art Prize, runner-up Waverton Art Prize, shortlisted PADA artist residency, Barreiro, Portugal 2023 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant awardee 2019 Kriti Gallery artist residency, Varanasi, India 2017 Hospitalfield Graduate Artist Residency, Arbroath, UK 2016 Edinburgh Palette graduate studio award