Colin Davidson

Colin is an artist and Chancellor, Ulster University. Since 2010 his focus has been on painting grand scale portraits which have won widespread recognition and many international awards. His sitters have included HM Queen Elizabeth II, Angela Merkel, Brad Pitt, Ed Sheeran and Seamus Heaney to name a few. His exhibition; Silent Testimony, reveals the stories of eighteen people who are connected by their individual experiences of loss through ‘The Troubles.’ Visit here for more on Colin’s art practice.

selected highlights

Ciara Hickey in Conversation with Array Collective

2021 winners of the Turner Prize, Array Collective, discuss their art-making as activism for women and LGBTQ+ rights and share some practical lessons in how to continue working as a collective despite obstacles and recognition by establishment interests.

Ulster University

Revelation, Reckoning, and Recovery

Continuing the critical conversations around child sexual abuse in Australia in the wake of the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (RCICSA, 2013-17).

University of Canberra

Siobhan Wills in Conversation with Willie Doherty

A case study between a human rights filmmaker and acclaimed visual artist sharing a common interest in documenting inter-generational social trauma through places and landscapes that have experienced political violence.

Ulster University

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