bioshot002Davyd Oram, Artist.

b. 1980

Art has been the only consistent thread in my life. This note taking and mark making has been the barometer and indicator by which everything else has either flown out or burnt up and exploded. I like seeing fresh paint drips and broken up brushes. Charcoal and Chalk outlines and little scribbles everywhere. For a long while I ended up thinking like a lot of others that art was more simple a consumable idea like a canvas with some brush strokes to mark style on it. An idol for the wall placement type thing. More something consumable and objectifiable than something intimate and personal. That concept seems so foreign to my experiences and where my current body of work lay..

“It is anything and everything we can want it to be. And anyone trying to control that freedom is mistaken. Art is life. It’s that simple. No cliche. This is a lifestyle, and a method of living whereby passion and expression makes purpose. Paint strokes and pursuit make promise. And hapiness means a lot more than alot of material things. This heartbeat is a thunderclap. Stoked on inspiration, believing in this art we live until the day I die. Its my life. Its all I know, and the only way I can see things.”

The last few years I have been touring western Canada extensively as a performance artist doing live mural performances and featured talks alongside various musicians / events. You can find a description of one of those perfomances here.

If your organization or group is interested in doing some featured talks/interactions or live mural events, please do not hesitate to contact me through the methods provided.

 

 

I am now in a sponsorship/partnering arrangement with the Sakura brand/company. They provide me with product for my personal art works as well as promotional materials / product giveaways for my live mural events and student talks / lessons / interactions. Its a wonderful arrangement to get art supplies into the hands of creative minds and the public to explore with.

 
Sakura of America

 

 

CV / Portfolio List: 

 
Past clients Include: Blackwave Creative, Mother Earth Productions, Naked Bicycles, Art Bureau, First Point Magazine (UK).

 

Past Shows / Performances / Live Murals

  • June. 2010 – Egmont Park, Egmont Heritage Society/Museum Benefit
  • August. 2009 – Sun peaks w/Shane Phillip
  • July. 2009 – Sun peaks resort w/symphony ensembles
  • June 2009 – Lasqueti Island.
  • April 2009 – Calgary, Ymir, Revelstoke, Enderby, Nanaimo, Whistler BC
  • Feb 2009 – Nanaimo, Mt. Washington, Kamloops, Quadra Island.
  • Jan 2009 – Cumberland, Cortes Island.
  • Dec 2008 – Campbell River, BC.
  • June 2009 – ‘Worlds Afloat’ (solo / live mural) – LeBoudoir Vintage, Roberts Creek, BC.
  • Dec 2008 – ‘Wet Coast World’ (solo) – LeBoudoir Vintage, Roberts Creek, BC.
  • Sept 2008 – ‘Campfire Chronicles’ (solo) – DRAW Gallery, Quadra Island, BC.
  • May 2008 – ‘3 pieces’ (installation) – Aroma Coffee shop, Quadra Island, BC
  • May 2008 – ‘Darling Buds of May’ (group) – DRAW gallery, Quadra Island, BC.
  • Sept 2007 – ‘Mass Distraction’ (solo) – A Small World Shop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • July 2007 – ‘The Last Wave’ (solo) – Campbell River Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
  • June 2007 – ‘Nomads’ (solo) – DRAW Gallery, Quadra, BC.
  • May 2006 – ‘This Great Unknown’ (solo) – Epiphany Gallery, Quadra Island, BC
  • April 2005 – ‘Sum of my Everythings’ (group ) – Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Press / Published Work

  • 2009 – ‘Live at Baker Studios’ / Shane Philip CD – Album Artwork/Layout/Design
  • ‘The Raw Bleeding Heart of..‘ -Earshot! magazine – ( Feb 2009 )
  • ‘The Last Wave…‘ -The Island Word newspaper- ( July 2007 )
  • Art Bureau – Issue #9 – cover, ten pages w/ interview
  • Art Bureau – Issue #6 – cover
  • First Point Magazine (UK) – Issue #3
  • UAILAB.COM (Brazil) – Spring 2006 Interview
  • Phase Collective, ‘Community’ themed online Issue (#2)
  • 1998 – ‘Waiting for Another Monkey..’ – Submission Hold (Ebullition) (artwork inside album booklet)

Self-Published Work

  • 2009 – ‘Greenwood’ – 48 pgs., b+w w/color cover.
  • 2008 – ‘Transmission Vol#.3′ – 36 pgs., b+w w/various color, hand-cut double layer cover.
  • 2007 – ‘Transmission Vol#.2′ – 92 pgs., b+w w/canary yellow cover.
  • 2007 – ‘Deep Water’ – 64 pgs., b+w w/color cover.
  • 2007 – ‘Last Wave’ – 16 pgs., b+w. ( Companion release to ‘Last Wave’ show. )
  • 2006 – ‘Lets Get Gone’ – 32 pgs., b+w.
  • 2006 – ‘Transmission – Vol#.1′ – 88 pages, b+w w/ glossy full color cover.

Permanent Collections

  • Campbell River Public Art Gallery.