Selected Exhibitions + Events

Upcoming

10 x 10 (ish)

A cluster of matchbox paintings by David will be presented at Tatha Gallery’s end of year group show.

Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland
November 22nd – December 21st 2024

Annual Exhibition:
Fry Gallery

David will participate in the annual show and fundraising sale of this iconic gallery in historic Saffron Walden, presenting a series of recent small-scale Light on Water artworks, framed and unframed.

The Fry Art Gallery Society, Essex, England
November 16th & 17th 2024

COP 29:
Art Speaks Out | Videos for our Climate

Art Speaks Out is a video art initiative for our climate by ikonoTV, dedicated to using artistic mediums to highlight environmental issues, showcase the beauty of our planet, and inspire meaningful change. International filmmakers were selected via Open Call to present various aspects of global climate change and sustainability, reflecting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and engaging with the themes of COP29, the UN Climate Change Conference. This year Art Speaks Out partners with Extreme Hangout, fostering innovative dialogues around climate action, providing an exceptional platform for artists to reach and inspire a broader audience. An updated version of David’s 500 Years filmed performance will be included.

Screening at Extreme Hangout events during COP29
+ streamed on ikonoTV

COP Green Zone, Baku, Azerbaijan
November 11th – 22nd 2024

Vanishing Landmarks:
Melting Ice & Rising Water Levels

The University of Westminster has invited David to be part of their exhibition during the Being Human Festival 2024 – the UK’s nationwide free festival of the humanities. An exhibition in London, curated by Monica Germanà, will present local and international artists who have responded to today’s urgent environmental questions. Through focusing on melting icecaps and rising water levels, the exhibition will reflect on the vanishing landmark that is the Arctic, and the repercussions that a potentially ice-free Arctic might have for the rest of the world in our near future. Among others, the works on display will feature an updated version of Where Once the Waters and Jen Cable’s Going, Going, Gone. 

The Soho Poly, 16 Riding House Street, London, England
Being Human Festival 2024
November 7th 2024

Art on a Postcard:
Ten Year Anniversary Charity Auction

Two works by David were selected by guest curator Tom Best (of The Auction Collective). This November, Art on a Postcard celebrates a decade of innovative fundraising. From highly collectable Royal Academicians to the most exciting emerging names in contemporary art. The global online auction runs from 5th November, with a private view on 12th November at Gathering, London. Guest curators’ auctions will close on 19th November starting at 2pm.

Since 2014, Art on a Postcard has raised over £2 million for The Hepatitis C Trust, thanks to support from participating artists. These auctions offer a unique chance to acquire mini-masterpieces from renowned names.

Gathering, London, England
+ online
November 5th – 19th 2024

Recent

Light on Water

Tenth Solo Exhibition

David’s 10th solo exhibition has just closed. The show revisited some of his key themes over the last fifteen years and presented a new body of larger scale abstract paintings.

“David has mounted his most ambitious installation of seascapes to date and leads a remarkable transformation of The Gallery this September” — The Scottish Gallery

★★★★ — The Scotsman

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The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
August – September 2024

Featured

Where Once the Waters

Solo Exhibition

David held a small solo exhibition principally discussing the topic of sea-rise, during the first months of the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale. Listed as an associated event and opened during the official Biennale launch week 2022, over the course of its display, Where Once the Waters featured widely online: recommended by journalist Holly Howe at whynow? as British art to see at the 2022 Biennale; selected by The Scottish Gallery’s Sophie Lawson for The View from the Venice Biennale 2022; listed in My Art Guides and Biennale Arte Guide 2022; and four times reached the number one search result from over 280k using #VeniceBiennale on social media.

Works from the series have also been presented during the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022, selected for EcoArtSpace’s I AM WATER open call, exhibited in Glasgow during COP26 and Sharm el-Sheikh during COP27. A scaled-down tour of the project is underway, and a book is now available.

For enquiries please contact the studio

Visit the dedicated webpage

Castello, Venice, Italy
Spring 2022

500 Years

Performance

David was invited to produce a Christie’s Lates event. The result was an immersive performance, combining sight, sound and scent, imagining sea-level rise across five centuries. Devised by David Cass and featuring violinists Aisling O’Dea, Emma Purslow & Anita Vedres, 500 Years was part of Christie’s December 4th programme Old Masters, New Era.

The Great Room, Christie’s
King Street, London, England
December 2023

Past

Summer Contemporary:
Britten Pears Arts

Fifteen miniature seascapes from David’s Where Once the Waters series have been selected for the first Britten Pears Arts Summer Contemporary exhibition.

Britten Pears Arts, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
July – September 2024

Ice & Water

The University of Iceland, Reykjavík, presented an exhibition, conference and workshops centered around circular thinking on cultural and environmental sustainability. 150 prints of David’s “letter artworks” (from the project Where Once the Waters) were exhibited, including letters written for locals & conference attendees.

Curated by Dr Ingibiörg Ágústsdóttir (University of Iceland) + Dr Monica Germanà (University of Westminster)

University of Iceland, Reykjavík
May 2024

We Are Ten

David first exhibited with Tatha Gallery in 2015. This year, five of his new sea-surface abstracts were included in the gallery’s 10th anniversary exhibition.

Artmag Review

Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland
April – May 2024

Behold

Four larger-scale abstract seascapes included as part of a group show.

The Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy, Scotland
November 2023 – March 2024

The Miniaturist Gallery

The Miniaturist Gallery was a theatrical play on scale offering the experience of a gallery within a gallery. David was invited to create two artworks for the exhibition, which can be seen in this short studio film.

Exhibition webpage

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
November – December 2023

Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast:
An Olfactory Exhibition

An innovative sensory exhibition centred around Julius Porcellis’s c.1630 painting Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast. Two other Old Masters’ works were included in this exhibition, alongside a painting by Cass which acted as a form of counterpoint to Porcellis’s, visualising a future scenario in which global heating has heightened the severity of storm surges and dramatically altered sea-levels.

Christie’s, King Street, London, England
December 2023

Slow Praxis

Though focussed on the topic of climate change, Slow Praxis was not an exhibition of despair or sweeping gestures imploring desperately that we solve the climate conundrum, rather, it was an exhibition about slowing down, living sustainably and within our means, using and re-using what we already have, observing, listening deeply, and importantly, exercising restraint – perhaps the most powerful achievable strategy we as individuals have at our disposal. Aristotle wrote: ‘what it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.’ If we are to have a chance of moving away from a future characterised by runaway climate change, we must be mindful of the long-term impacts of our actions on the world around us. We must, like the artists in this exhibition, approach from alternative angles and question established processes. Co-curated by Cass.

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Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland
September – October 2023

Some Kind of Nature:
An EcoArtSpace Juried Exhibition

“Some Kind of Nature presents a special kind of artist, each called to speak for our planet. As varied as their voices are, these artists are unified in their dedication to home (oikos – home in Greek – is the root of ecological). In their own particular words, they are connector (Aline Mare & Claire McConaughy), collaborator (Moira Bateman & Rosalyn Driscoll), salvager (David Cass), steward (Lil Olive), re-imaginer (Bia Gayotto), cross disciplinarian (Anna Mein), scientist (Joan Baron & Kelly Eckel), mapper (Meredith Nemirov, Perry Lynch Howard & Stacy Levy), naturalist (Karen Hackenberg), apprentice (Erika Osborne), contemplator (Holly Fay), devotee (Beth Ames Swartz), and mystic (Catherine Ruane). To draw further from their language, I imagine these ‘Earth Poets’ would all agree they share the feeling of ‘communion with place,’ (Mary Meyer) … I would even espouse that their work reflects the words of Prof. Henryk Skolimowski, the father of eco-philosophy who made the case that no matter your race and religion, ecology binds all human and non-human living things together.”
— Exhibition Juror Dominque Mazeaud

360° tour

FOMA, Guadalupe Center, Santa Fe, USA
September 2023

Thirteen Days

Thirteen miniature seascapes from David’s Where Once the Waters project were exhibited during the group exhibition Folk at Heart.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
August – September 2023

Points of Return + Where Once the Waters

Alongside artist Gonzaga Gómez-Córtazar, David co-curated a physical version of Points of Return for the Umbrella Arts Center. David also exhibited an updated instalment of his Where Once the Waters “letter artworks” exactly one year after their first showing at Venice Biennale.

The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord (MA.) USA
May – June 2023

Fifty Days

Fifty miniature seascapes from David’s Where Once the Waters project were shown during Moncrieff–Bray Gallery’s Summer Exhibition. Thus, the two components of this ongoing project were exhibited simultaneously, on different continents.

Woodruffs Farm, Egdean, West Sussex, England
May – June 2023

One Hundred Days

During February 2023, David presented a group of 100 miniature seascapes from his Where Once the Waters project, alongside other larger works in oil and a set of lockdown gouache paintings, as part of the Scottish Gallery group exhibition Contemporary.

Visit the dedicated webpage
Illustrated blog post

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
February 2023

Online Viewing

Art Speaks Out | IkonoTV:
David Cass & Gonzaga Gómez Cortázar Romero

Artists David Cass & Gonzaga Gómez Cortázar Romero have been collaborating on climate oriented projects for the last eight years. While their principal shared pursuit has been the curatorial project A La Luz – which “sheds light” or provides a “spotlight” onto the work of environmental artists around the globe – their collaboration also sees the production of explorative fine-art films, including El Bosque Encarnado, featured during ArtCOP 21 in Paris. The success of their exchange comes from their complimentary yet contrasting approaches. In a new channel, created for streaming platform IkonoTV, we see a curated selection of the artists’ film projects. Gómez Cortázar’s lens looks inland, while Cass’ looks out to sea. Cass’ films usually document and record his studio practice; Gómez Cortázar’s slow down and observe typically overlooked details. From issues of rising sea levels, to the importance of safeguarding our Earth’s resources.

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Ongoing

The Sea from Here:
theseafromhere.com

An online exhibition, designed and curated by David Cass, bringing together the results of two recent undertakings: a collaboration with oceanographer John Englander, and a lockdown project in which Cass gathered seascape photographs from people around the world during 2020. The outcome is both a social and educational artwork, exploring the sea that connects us all, during an unprecedented and turbulent period. Last year was not only devastating for our planet’s human population, but also for our oceans, which reached their hottest level in recorded history.

Enter here
Ongoing

Journey of an Artwork:
davidcass.art/exhibition

A presentation on this website, created during 2020, focussing on Cass’ watercolour-on-wood artworks. Arranged as a model of an exhibition – a surrogate while we wait for full-scale encounters to return – photographs of the studio and artworks created over the last decade are accompanied by text from art historian Patricia Emison.

Enter here
Ongoing

Points of Return:
pointsofreturn.org

A virtual exhibition curated by David Cass & Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar, featuring twenty-five international artists whose work explores wide ranging aspects of the climate emergency; offering commentary and creative nature-based strategies. Watch this space for a 2023 physical showing of selected works from the project, including works from Cass’ Where Once the Waters series.

Enter here
Ongoing

2010—2022

COP 27:
Art Speaks Out | Videos for our Climate

David was selected by IkonoTV to present a two-part video artwork related to his Where Once the Waters series at COP27 in Egypt. The piece presented research for David’s “letter artworks” – a concept first introduced during COP26, and first exhibited during the 59th Venice Biennale – and included a digitised Letter to Mesi, explaining sea-level changes at Egypt’s northern coast.

Presented on the Green Zone stage at COP27 & online
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

In collaboration with IkonoTV and fellow artist Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar, David has contributed to a new channel, read more under Online Viewing

Six Days

For the fourth year running, David was invited to participate in the annual show of the iconic Fry Gallery in Saffron Walden, alongside works by Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Paula Rego, Anne Desmet, Simon Carter, Tessa Newcomb, Maggi Hambling and more. One in a series of post-Biennale venues lined up to present works from David’s Where Once the Waters series.

The Fry Art Gallery Society, Essex
November 2022

New York Billboard

David’s Letter to Rhea – a “letter artwork” from the series Where Once the Waters – was enlarged and presented in billboard format in Brooklyn, New York, thanks to the EcoArtSpace & Our Humanity Matters I AM WATER campaign.

Read more on David’s blog

Sunset Park, Brooklyn; 39th Street & 4th Avenue
Summer & Autumn 2022

Twelve Days

Continuing on from David’s Venice Biennale exhibition Where Once the Waters, a series of venues are set to host works from this ongoing project. During October, a dozen seascape paintings were shown virtually on the Tatha Gallery website. These remain available to view in person at the gallery.

Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, Fife
October 2022

Summer Exhibition 2022:
Royal Academy

Five of David’s “letter artworks” (from the series Where Once the Waters) were selected for this year’s renowned Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Presented in two frames, one piece tells of sea level rise caused by global heating, while the other addresses four Summer Exhibition jury members born in or near London, describing changes in the river Thames across their lifetimes.

Read more on David’s blog

Royal Academy of the Arts, London
June – August 2022

Studio Sale:
The Auction Collective

A timed silent auction of works of art direct from the studios of David Cass.

June –July 2022

Fundraising Auction:
Help Ukraine Without Reserve

Curated by RABOTA and The Auction Collective, aiming to raise as much money as possible for The Disasters Emergency Committee.

March 2022

Presence

David exhibited a set of ten printed and framed seascape photographs from his ongoing series Panthalassa in Tatha Gallery’s end of year group show, Presence.

Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, Fife
November – December 2021

COP26:
Two presentations

Letter for Glasgow

The first of David’s Where Once the Waters “letter artworks” was presented in large scale poster format, in central Glasgow, during COP26, thanks to Climate Fringe’s Glasgow Poster Project (in collaboration with Climate Change Creative).

Forest Fire Aftermath (Athens 2021)

David also presented Forest Fire Aftermath (Athens 2021) photographs during COP26, as a projection reel inside the iconic Govanhill Baths, Glasgow.

October – November 2021

Andiamo!
Forty Years of the RSA John Kinross Scholarship

A trio of David’s 2010 RSA Collection paintings were presented during this significant exhibition of Florence scholars. David’s work also features in the exhibition’s publication, with text by curator Sandy Wood.

More about David’s scholarship experience can be read here
One collection work can be seen here

The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
September – October 2021

Three Scholars discuss the impact of the John Kinross Scholarship

The RSA John Kinross Scholarships are awarded to final year and postgraduate artists and architects to spend a period of 6 to 12 weeks in Florence to research and develop their practice. David received the scholarship in 2010. Chaired by Mary Bourne RSA this discussion heard from three diverse artists – including David – about the impact the scholarship has had on their work.

View a recording here | Password: rsa
September 2021

Virtual Open Studio

As a fundraiser for David’s Venice Biennale exhibition – Where Once the Waters – an eclectic mix of old and new artworks, studies, experiments and one-off pieces were presented in a Virtual Open Studio on this website.

September – December 2021

Summer Exhibition:
Moncrieff–Bray Gallery

This was David’s first exhibition with Moncrieff–Bray, having been taken on by the gallery in early 2021. Moncrieff–Bray is a spectacular 120 square metre converted barn with stunning views over the South Downs. Their summer show 2021 introduced several new artists, as well as welcoming back those who’d shown there since opening 16 years ago. More can be read online. David also did an Instagram takeover for the gallery in the run up to the opening: @moncrieffbray

Woodruffs Farm, Egdean, West Sussex
April – October 2021

Annual Exhibition:
RSA 2021

The Royal Scottish Academy presented the 195th Annual Exhibition for the second time entirely online, as a result of Covid-19.

April – May 2021

Tides Changing, Changing Tides:
An SSA Exhibition

Scotland has 10,250 miles of stunning coastline. We are never, at any one point, far from the sea, lochs, canals or rivers. Our coasts and waters have always inspired artists, often eliciting responses that question our environmental sustainability and the impact on our precious natural resources. Tides Changing | Changing Tides focusses on the effects we are having on our coasts and waters and the harsh truths that are unfolding before us.

The exhibition was initially planned and curated as two separate shows by the Society of Scottish Artists, which were due to be held at Old Gala House earlier this year. Unfortunately, neither show could go ahead because of Covid-19. The Society presented the work in a digital format instead.

December – January 2021

30 x 30:
An SSA Exhibition

This online exhibition showcased a variety of small artworks from across the breadth of the Society of Scottish Artists’ membership.

December – January 2021

Bring in the Light

As 2020 – a year which brought unprecedented challenges and changes – came to an end, Tatha Gallery aimed to offer a little light with their winter group exhibition. A series of David’s oil seascapes were included; some of which remain available through the gallery.

Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, Fife
November – December 2020

Holt Festival

David exhibited at the scaled-back 2020 Holt Festival, as part of the Sir John Hurt Art Prize, reaching the final shortlist. For a variety of reasons, the exhibition was closed early this year.

Hawthorn House, Holt
September 2020

Salvage Scotland:
A Maritime SOS

This project from Journeys in Design celebrated heritage & sustainable design initiatives alive in Scotland’s coastal communities. As a result of Covid-19, the exhibition took the form of a virtual (online) journey around Scotland’s coast. A conversation between John Ennis & David can be seen here.

July – August 2020

Surface

Curatorial Project

Featuring: Roger Ackling, David Cass, Roland Fraser, Derrick Guild, Kevin Harman, William Kentridge, Hayley Tompkins & Andrea V Wright.

A presentation of works selected by David Cass, organised in association with Art North Magazine and displayed on the platform Projectroom2020. Featuring works by eight artists working upon re-imagined grounds. The online presentation has been archived & can be used as a resource: here.

May – July 2020

Annual Exhibition:
RSA

The Royal Scottish Academy presented the 194th Annual Exhibition for the first time entirely online, as a result of Covid-19. Two of David’s conceptual works from the series As Coastline is to Ocean were selected for the exhibition.

April – May 2020

Horizon Rising
(Fàire a’ Dìreadh)

Solo Exhibition

As Scotland’s Year of Coasts & Waters began, Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre presented a second instalment of David’s sea-rise series.

Including: tutorials, talk & tour, Found workshop

North Uist, Outer Hebrides
January – February 2020

Annual Exhibition:
Fry Gallery

David was invited to participate in the annual show of this iconic gallery in historic Saffron Walden, presenting six 2019 artworks; alongside works by John Aldridge, Edward Bawden, John Bellany, Anne Desmet, Nigel Hall, Ken Howard, Eduardo Paolozzi, Michael Rothenstein & many more.

The Fry Art Gallery Society, Essex
November 2019

The Miniaturists

Each year The Scottish Gallery holds an exhibition of miniatures.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
October – December 2019

As Coastline is to Ocean

A collaborative exhibition between David Cass, Joseph Calleja, and the estate of Robert Callender. Read more here. The micro-exhibition Coast ran alongside As Coastline is to Ocean, co-curated by David.

An Talla Solais, Ullapool
July – September 2019

Summer Exhibition:
Royal Academy

David’s artwork Boundary featured in the 2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Royal Academy of the Arts, London
June – August 2019

Edinburgh School & Wider Circle

The Scottish Gallery presented The Edinburgh School & Wider Circle at Border’s Art Fair 2019. This included a selection of Scottish artists who are associated with Edinburgh College of Art. David was brought up in the Scottish Borders and graduated from Edinburgh College of Art, and so it is apt that a set of his recent works were on show.

Borders Art Fair, Scottish Borders
March 2019

Rising Horizon

Solo Exhibition

David's 5th solo exhibition with The Scottish Gallery opened in early 2019. Selected works from the show can be seen here. This series saw David take to new working materials – chiefly recycled plastic waste and metals – to discuss the topic of sea rise. The exhibition was The Herald’s critics choice upon opening.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
January – February 2019

Sea Fever

Curated by The Auction Collective, Sea Fever was an exhibition & auction inspired by John Masefield's 1902 poem of the same name. The Auction Collective scoured the UK to create a group of sea-themed art pieces from a wide variety of artists. A set of David's works – old & new – were included.

Hoxton Arches, London
September 2018

Annual Exhibition:
RSA

As in previous years, David featured in the RSA Summer Show. His piece received the RSA Benno Schotz Prize as 'the most promising work by a Scottish artist under 35'.

RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh
June – July 2018

Henley Festival

A set of David's watercolour seascapes were on show during the festival.

July 2018

Courting the Muse

A set of five artists offered insight into the relationship they have with their muse(s). David presented a series of seascapes in a variety of media.

Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, Fife
March – May 2018

Italian Cultural Institute:
Royal Scottish Academy Scholars

Work by John Kinross alumni David Cass, James Dixon, Giovanni Giacoia, Jessica Harrison, Jonny Lyons, Geoff Uglow, Michael Visocchi and more. Special guests included Carlo Francini (UNESCO), Tomasso Sacchi (Florence Commissioner of Culture), the Italian Consul General & Director of Edinburgh World Heritage. David's book 'Perimetri Perduti' was presented alongside a selection of Florence inspired works.

Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh
March – April 2018

Airs, Reels & Ballads

Curated by St Jude's and The Scottish Gallery, this show featured the work of 19 painters, printmakers and makers. One of Cass's works from the show are still available for purchase: contact The Scottish Gallery directly.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

November 2017

Foreign Familiar

Curatorial Project

An exhibition curated by David Cass, in The Balmoral's exhibition space in central Edinburgh. David's Venice oils and Lucca drawings were on show alongside Italian works from fellow Scottish artists who (have) made Italy their subject-matter, including works by Elizabeth Blackadder, Victoria Crowe, David McClure & Joan Eardley. Visit the dedicated webpage here. In collaboration with The Scottish Gallery and McClure Estate.

The Scottish Gallery at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh

April – Sept 2017

Water Paper Paint

A selection of David's watercolours, including selected Florence in flood works were included. David gave a live painting demonstration for the show's sponsors — Winsor and Newton — during the exhibition.

The Royal Watercolour Society, London

April 2017

Pelàda

Solo Exhibition

To open The Scottish Gallery's anniversary celebrations, David was selected to exhibit as an ambassador of the gallery's contemporary tier. This was David's fourth solo exhibition with this gallery. His subject-matter for this project was Venice, and the issues presented to the city today in the face of rising sea-levels and mass tourism.

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

January 2017

Perimetri Perduti:
Part II

Solo Event

The Fruitmarket Gallery hosted this project presentation in Edinburgh. David Cass spoke at the event, as well as Edinburgh's Lord Provost, and George Donald RSA - highlighting the bond between Edinburgh & Florence - official twinned cities. The event presented David's book Perimetri Perduti, alongside a series of paintings, archival material, and a film by the artist each exploring the history of Florence's 1966 flood.

The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

January 2017

Perimetri Perduti:
Part I

Solo Exhibition

An exhibition of paintings & a book launch in Florence. Early November 2016 marked the 50th year since Florence's 1966 flood. David Cass assembled & designed a book which illustrates and describes the events surrounding the catastrophic inundation, drawing parallels with contemporary environmental extremes. The launch event featured eye witness accounts from those that lived through the flood, and was followed by the Italian premiere of Roger Graef's controversial film 'Why Save Florence'. Read more on the dedicated page.

The British Institute of Florence, Palazzo Lanfredini, Florence

November 2016

Edinburgh Art Fair

Tatha Gallery exhibited a small selection of David's paintings to this year's Edinburgh Art Fair.

Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

November 2016

London: a Sense of Place

London has been the home of the Royal Watercolour Society since its foundation in 1804. Originally exhibiting in Pall Mall, then moving to Conduit Street in Mayfair (1938) before finally relocating to Bankside (1980), the Society has engaged with London for over 200 years. RWS member artists have been inspired by its people, history, architecture, diversity and the many opportunities for artistic exploration and expression. London: A Sense Of Place was a chance for the RWS to exhibit the works they have made in response to this extraordinary city. Read about David Cass's inclusions here.

Bankside Gallery, The Royal Watercolour Society, London

Oct – Nov 2016

Till it's Gone

Istanbul Modern welcomed 2016 with an exhibition praising nature and focusing on environmental awareness. The exhibition reflected artists’ relationships with nature and presented interpretations of the concept of sustainability. Featuring artists from various periods and geographies, Till it's Gone explored artistic positions and approaches to ecological issues and to the world we live in. The exhibition opened on January 13th 2016. A special preliminary program started on December 23rd, featuring Yoko Ono’s large-scale installation 'Ex It', described as “life as a continuation” by the artist. Also on view was an art program on environmental themes conceived by IkonoTV through a worldwide open call on the occasion of the Paris Climate Conference (COP21). Cass presented a filmed work – El Bosque Encarnado – created in an arid-zone in southern Spain, with artist Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar. The film - set in the aftermath of a forest fire - has been part of several key exhibitions around the world concerned with environmental change. The film may be viewed by contacting the artist, though is not available for public showing at this time.

Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey

December 2015 – June 2016

Surface:
Part I

Solo Exhibition

A comprehensive look at David's found-object based water paintings created between 2010 & 2016.

Gayfield Creative, Edinburgh

April – May 2016

Rome Media Art Festival

Multimedia arts festival spread across Rome, in partnership with Google.

Festival base: MAXXI Museum, Rome

April 2016

Made in Colour

David's first exhibition with the prestigious Royal Watercolour Society since being elected an associate member to this historic society in March 2016.

Bankside Gallery, London

March – April 2016

RWS Contemporary Competition

Annual Royal Watercolour Society Competition, where David was awarded Winsor & Newton's top award.

Bankside Gallery, London

March 2016

Drawing on Drawing

A major exhibition of drawings which took place at ECA. The exhibition brought together works by current students in all years from across the School of Art, alongside drawings from staff and invited ex-students for whom drawing is a central part of their practice. It encompassed drawing as both the point of departure and drawing as destination – from the initial manifestation of an idea through to the finalised realisation of a response.

Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

February – March 2016

Art Speaks Out:
ArtCop21 Paris

IkonoTV (Berlin) in collaboration with ArtCop21 (Paris) aired El Bosque Encarnado. The film tackles issues directly related to the talks in the city, adding to a bank of climate concerned artworks.

December 2015

Tonight Rain, Tomorrow Mud

Solo Exhibition

Third solo exhibition in The Scottish Gallery. Artworks (on paper) describing recent travels, as well as scenes of historic Great Floods – chiefly, inundation in Florence and Paris.

July 2015

Quest'Arno! Quest'Arno!

Two Person Show

Collaborative exhibition on the subject of the Florence 1966 flood, with artist Stephen Kavanagh.

SACI Gallery, Palazzo dei Cartelloni, Florence

March – April 2015

Small Paintings, Ceramics & Sculpture

A group exhibition from Bohun Gallery.

Henley-On-Thames

November – January 2015

Affordable Art Fair

Bo Lee Gallery took a selection of David’s artworks to the London AAF.

October 2014

Can Serrat:
Residency & Exhibition

David took part in a residency in El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain.

September 2014

Joya: arte + ecología:
Artist in Residence

Residency part one of two, creating artworks in an arid-zone.

Sierra María-Los Vélez Natural Park, Andalucía, Spain

August 2014

Summer Exhibition:
Royal Academy

David was selected to take part in the Royal Academy annual Summer Exhibition.

June – August 2014

Scottish Art Today

This major show brought together some of the best known and most influential Scottish artists working today and those who shaped the direction of Scottish art during the second half of the 20th Century. The roll call included, among others: Elizabeth Blackadder, David Cass, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Donald MacIntyre, Barbara Rae, Jennifer McRae and Donald Hamilton Fraser.

Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

June – September 2014

Obsession

Curated group show curated by Charlotte Meddings, featured on BBC Radio 4.

Embassy Tea Gallery, Union Street, London

June 2014

Hidden Door:
Edinburgh Arts Festival

The festival took place in Edinburgh's Market Street Vaults.

March – April 2014

RWS Contemporary Competition

David received first place at this Royal Watercolour Society exhibition, before becoming an associate of the society.

Bankside Gallery, London

March 2014

National Open Art Competition:
Chichester & London

The Minerva Theatre & The Royal College of Art, London

November 2013

Scottish Art

Mixed show of established and emerging Scottish artists curated by McClure Art.

Melrose, Scottish Borders

November 2013

Paper Planes

Including artists: Callum Innes, Andrew Mackenzie, David Cass, Bronwen Sleigh, Graeme Todd, Pat Law and Mary Morrison.

The Cloudhouse, Stow, Scottish Borders

Aug – Sept 2013

Years of Dust & Dry

Solo Exhibition

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

June 2013

Travelling Light

An Talla Solais, Ullapool

April – May 2013

The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Exhibitions

The Lightbox, Surrey & Mall Galleries, London

July – Nov 2012

Drawing from the Landscape

The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

June 2012

The Listener

Collective exhibition of RSA John Kinross scholars.

The Telfer Gallery, Glasgow

May 2012

Contemporary Perspectives

Inaugural exhibition in the Threadneedle Space.

The Mall Galleries, London

April 2012

Annual Exhibition:
Visual Arts Scotland

The Mound, Edinburgh

Feb 2012

Right Place, Time Left

Two Person Show

Collaborative exhibition with Charlotte Nieuwenhuys.

VDK, Brussels

November 2011

Toronto Art Fair

A series of works taken by The Scottish Gallery to Toronto Art Fair.

November 2011

Royal Society of Marine Artists Competition & Exhibition

Mall Galleries, London

October 2011

Unearthed

Solo Exhibition

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

September 2011

Solar Pavilion:
Edinburgh Arts Festival

Collaboration with Joseph Calleja & Karen Forbes.

St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh

September 2011

When the Moon Hits your Eye

Group show funded by the RSA & Arts Trust Scotland.

Shoreditch Town Hall, London

April 2011

Salon

Curated by Line Magazine.

Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh

March 2011

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The Demarco Archive at Craigcrook Castle, Edinburgh

January 2011

Past, Present, Future

The Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh

December 2010

Paesaggi

Galleria d'Arte Civico 69, Florence

December 2010

Degree Show

David graduated with First Class Honours in Drawing & Painting from Edinburgh College of Art.

Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

June 2010