”My paintings are an exploration of memory and offer ‘glimpsed’ or half-remembered figures standing silently on the edge of living memory, rescued from a personal archive of the forgotten.

I’m drawn to images that are slightly not of my time, or from my time, but from when I was young – I find these images refer to a more dream-like world. So, having found an image that resonates with me, I then try to unlock its essence in a way that transcends the visual and lingers in the mind of the viewer. This journey of development and discovery can take anything from 5 days to 5 years until a kind of alchemy takes place and things seem to harmonise of their own accord in a way that can be very rewarding.

I like to paint in an expressionistic way using rags and sponges because the physical marks and textures are a fundamental element of what I’m trying to achieve. The challenge for me though is to retain an economy of execution – an effortless effort.”

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2026 Solo Exhibition, Cameron Contemporary, Hove
2025 AAF, Cameron Contemporary, Singapore

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews, Scotland
2025 The Stratford Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire
2025 New York AAF, Cameron Contemporary, New York
2025 The London Art Fair, Castlegate House Gallery
2024 The Fraser Gallery, St. Andrews, Scotland
2024 Panter and Hall, solo exhibition, London
2024 New York AAF, Cameron Contemporary, New York
2024 The London Art Fair, Panter and Hall
2023 The Edinburgh Art Fair, Castlegate House stand, Edinburgh
2023 Solo Exhibition, The Stratford Gallery, Broadway
2023 New York AAF, Cameron Contemporary, New York
2023 The Royal Academy, (shortlisted), Summer Exhibition, London
2022 The London Art Fair, Castlegate Gallery
2022 Solo Exhibition, Cameron Contemporary, Hove
2021 Solo show, Panter and Hall Gallery, London
2020 Discerning Eye Exhibition, London
2020 Group Show, C24 Gallery, New York
2019 The Seventh View, C24 Gallery, New York
2019 Discerning Eye Exhibition, London
2019 Solo show, Panter and Hall, London
2019 FFS, Saatchi Gallery, Kings Road, London
2019 The London Art Fair, Castlegate Gallery
2019 Group Show, Browse Gallery, Berlin 
2018 'Somewhere Else', Stratford Gallery, Stratford Upon Avon
2018 The London Art Fair, Castlegate Gallery
2017 Solo Exhibition, Panter and Hall, London
2015 Solo Exhibition, Panter and Hall, London
2014 AAF, Hamburg, Thomas and Paul Gallery
2014 Art Southampton, New York, Thomas and Paul Gallery
2014 Solo show, Thomas and Paul Gallery, London
2012 Threadneedle Prize finalist, Mall Galleries, London
2012 Finalist, The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 
2008 Lautieri Moores Open, The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2005 Encounters, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery 

COLLECTIONS
David Storey’s work features in collections throughout the world including: France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Australia and the USA.

EDUCATION
Hornsey College of Art and Middlesex University in London