Blewitt's

In November of 2018, after nearly 10 years of living and working in Glasgow, Alex, Beth and I moved back to Stirling. We now have a little bungalow and a garden and can hang out with our parents without a massive hassle.

Instead of setting up a home studio like I had in Glasgow, I've taken the plunge on hiring a place in Stirling city centre. Fortuitously, our move lined up perfectly with the opening of Creative Stirling's new hub at 44 King St. and I've been working from my own little room upstairs for a few weeks now.

I'll talk more about 44 King St. some other time but, as the first resident artist, Creative Stirling asked me to put on a little show in the Made in Stirling gallery space on the ground floor.

I've called the show Blewitt's and it opens on Friday 25th January. There's an opening party on Thursday 24th 6pm-8pm. All welcome. There will be booze.

As Blewitt's has a very tight turnaround, it will feature mostly pre-existing work. That said, I have made some new stuff and I'm trying my best to make whatever else I gather together as interesting as possible. The idea is to present an overview of everything I do rather than chucking up the same 10 drawings everyone's seen before*. Illustration, sketches, prints, design stuff, animation stuff etc.

One thing that I'm excited about is that I'm including a Lost Map section. I've done a lot of really interesting stuff for the label over the last five years and I thought it'd be cool to put it all in one place. Team Lost Map have been great in helping me out with a bunch of records and merch to include / sell.

If you'd like to come along, the details are as follows:

Blewitt's by David Galletly Runs: 25th January through February

Made in Stirling
44 King Street
Stirling
FK8 1AY

Opening party: Thursday 24th Jan, 6-8pm

If you use Facebook, you can confirm your attendance on the event page. This helps give the Made in Stirling team an idea of numbers (don't worry if you don't, though, just rock up).

I'll try my best to put out as much behind-the-scenes stuff as I can on my Instagram and my Twitter. Important info For Beth-fans - she will attend the party, but only for a little while at the start.

* that doesn't mean those same 10 drawings won't be there

This Will Ruin Everything at The Lighthouse

In my previous post, I mentioned that, alongside their 10-year retrospective book (which was successfully Kickstarted - dancer!), Recoat are putting on a huge group show called This Will Ruin Everything at The Lighthouse in Glasgow. I said I'd write more about it nearer the time. Well, it's nearer the time, so here's me writing more about it.

This Will Ruin Everything opens on Friday (14th July). I dropped off my work at The Lighthouse this morning and got a wee glimpse. It looks amazing. TWRE features work by 40 amazing artists (39 + me) from all over the world who have worked with and/or influenced Recoat over the last 10 years. Every artist is tasked with submitting a piece of 'art' and a piece of 'design' and the exhibition deals with where the boundaries of both disciplines fall.

The space is FULL of great work - paintings, drawings, sculpture, records, clothing etc. and will expand further over the next few days with murals and installations. It's probably gonna be Recoat's best show to date and will be a contender for the best show in Glasgow this year.

The launch party is on Friday 6-9pm. It's free entry, open to all, and will have free beer provided by my pals, Innis & Gunn. Recoat openings are a great laugh whether you're an art show regular or a total newbie. There's no snobbishness at these things, just a bunch of good folk and a bunch of amazing work. It'll be really busy so you don't need to mingle or anything if that's not your bag (though say hello if it is). Make it part of your Friday night.

Beyond that, This Will Ruin Everything runs until the 30th of July so you can stop in when it's a bit quieter too. Amy and Ali are also hosting some events in the space (talks, film screenings etc.). More info about that stuff can be found over on the This Will Ruin Everything Facebook page.

The details at a glance:

This Will Ruin Everything
The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Mitchell Lane (just off Buchanan St.)
15th - 30th July
Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm / Sunday 12-5pm

Opening Party
14th July 2017
6-9pm
Free Entry

Featuring work by:
44 Flavours, Ade Adesina, Jennifer Argo, ASKEW, Will Barras, Erin Bradley Scott, Rebecca Davies, Elph, EMA, FiST, Emily Fong, David Galletly, Good Wives and Warriors, Fraser Gray, Lee Ivett, Jamie Johnson, Kid Acne, Chris Macfarlane, Mark Lyken, Lucy MacLeod, R.Liwen, Tommy Mason, Neil McGuire and Imogen Ayres, Lucy McLauchlan, Martina Merlini, Matt Mignanelli, Matt,W.Moore, Morag Myerscough, Nawer, Tommy Perman, Gabriella ‘Risotto’ Marcella, Roid MSK, Rue Five, Emer Tumilty, Al White, Kirsty Whiten, Maya Wild, Susie Wright, Denise Zygadlo

So there you go. There's a great interview with Recoat about This Will Ruin Everything in the Skinny which is definitely worth a read. If you want to share this post or anything else about the show, that would be massively appreciated. Official orders are to use the hashtag #thiswillruineverything. I'm really proud to be part of this project and I'm really proud of Amy and Ali. Well done guys. Here's to 10 more years x

Come along. Support the arts. Have fun.

Pissed Modernism

I'm very happy to say that I'm part of Pissed Modernism, a group show opening tonight (16th Oct) in Edinburgh.

Everyone involved is great: Want Some Studio, Ursula Cheng, Ben Rider, Jane Stockdale, Devin Wallace, George Douglas, Lucky Budgie, Emer Tumilty, Anneloes Brunt, Fraser Gray and Conzo Throb.

At the opening party there'll be beer from Edinbrew (it's also BYOB, so go nuts), a charity auction of beer bottles with custom labels and the chance to say hello to the artists (and maybe buy something?). Pissed Modernism'll run for a week at Gayfield Whitespace.

Full details:

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Pissed Modernism
A group show featuring 12 artists.

Gayfield Whitespace
11 Gayfield Square
Edinburgh, EH1 3NT

Runs: 16th - 21st October 2015
Opening party: 16th October, 6-9pm
Free entry!

Pissed Modernism on Facebook.

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Come along if you can. I've put together some new work, some old work and some bits and bobs on the merch table. Say hello. Righto, I gotta go catch a train to Edinburgh.

Big cheers to Marco for sorting everything out.

Remarket - Artist Talks

Tomorrow (Wednesday 17th December), a small group of artists, including myself, will be giving short talks about their work at the Remarket show on Gordon St. in Glasgow. Instead of PowerPoint, we'll be using the work on the walls to illustrate our (power) points.

I'm not great at these things but, with people like Kirsty Whiten, Jennifer Argo, Suzi Plunkett/ Little Dot Creations, Hannah Grace Ryan and Gabriella Marcella DiTano/ Risotto on board, it'll be worth coming along.

Best of all, Remarket have partnered with the Bier Halle across the street and there's gonna be a wee get-together afterwards for everyone in attendance. It's a chance to have a drink and to chat with the artists (or not, it's ok to chat to your pals instead). I've heard rumours of free pizza*.

The Facebook page, Remarket - Artist Talks, has some more info and lets you see who's coming along. Feel free to share, promote and pester.

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Details:

REMARKET Artist Talks A series of short talks by Remarket artists including Kirsty Whiten, Jennifer Argo, David Galletly, Suzi Plunkett/ Little Dot Creations, Hannah Grace Ryan and Gabriella Marcella DiTano/ Risotto.

Wednesday 17th Nov, 6 - 8pm

RBS, 10 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3PL

RSVP: All welcome. To attend, simply email rsvp@saltmarketdesign.com with 'Glasgow Event' as the title.

After Party outside in the Bier Halle's heated Christmas tents for everyone who attends. 7 Gordon St. from 8pm.

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* I don't wanna build up the free pizza thing too much in case there's no free pizza or not enough free pizza to go around. There is a chance of free pizza, though. Maybe even a good chance of free pizza. Come and get your free pizza.

Remarket Glasgow - Christmas Show

After a year off, Recoat's Christmas show is back and bigger than ever. Kicking off in Glasgow town centre this Friday (28th November) at the RBS on Gordon St., Remarket, a collaboration with Saltmarket, will feature a TON of work from a bunch of artists from all over the place, myself included.

Originals, prints, jewellery, live painting and installations all under one roof throughout December - come along and find some Christmas presents. I've dropped off 17(!) framed drawings, some old, some new. The space is looking amazing.

The opening night is the best place to get first dibs on the work, say hello to the artists and have a wee drink. Remarket is open to all but a wee RSVP is required before you come along (email your name, number and ‘company’ to rsvp@saltmarketdesign.com - easy). Make a night of it. Everyone'll no doubt be heading to a nearby pub afterwards.

Here's the details:

Remarket
A group exhibition of art, design and jewellery by Recoat & Saltmarket

Opening Night: Friday 28th Nov 5.30 - 7.30pm (remember to RSVP)
RBS, 10 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3PL
Runs: Saturday 30th Nov till Saturday 20th Dec 2014

More information is available over on the Remarket Facebook page. A second exhibition will open in Edinburgh in December. Stay tuned.

Brothers of The Stripe: Lo-Fi Sci-Fi

Glasgow folks - the wonderful art collective Brothers of The Stripe are having a show in Glasgow and have asked me to be a part of it. Lo-Fi Sci-Fi opens tonight (Wednesday 21st May) at The Good Spirits Co. on Bath St. (just off Buchanan St, so dead easy from the town centre).

I have a few pieces in the show - 2 drawings from Wee, my faithful old Rockets screenprint (I found 2 copies that I thought I’d lost!) and a new drawing called Walker that I’ll share here soon.

All are welcome tonight for the opening party. If you’re old enough, Auchentoshan Mixologist Cocktails will be providing free cocktails from 7 - 9pm. The show runs until 19th June 2014. Details:

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The Brothers of the Stripe - Lo-Fi Sci-Fi

A show of Sci-fi based graphic art, featuring special guest brother : David Galletly! This show will consist of prints, drawings and paintings based on the theme of lo-fi sci-fi.

Opening: Wednesday 21st May 2014, 7pm - 9pm
Drinks: Auchentoshan Mixologist Cocktails
Exhibition Runs Until: 19th June 2014

The Good Spirits Co. 23 Bath Street : Glasgow G2 1HW

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Register your attendance on the Lo-Fi Sci-Fi Facebook page. Come along if you can, it’s a lovely night for a drink. Big thanks to Ben for all his help.

Recoating

A great wee video about the Recoat gallery, the work they do and their plans for the future. Amy and Ali are good people.

Remember that R.I.P. 323, the last ever show at Recoat's West End locoation, opens tomorrow evening (Sat 8th June). A bunch of us will be in and around the gallery today and tomorrow, finishing stuff off, sitting about in the sun and eating sandwiches. If you wanna stick your head in to see some work-in-progress, I'm sure nobody'll mind.

Failing that, come along in the evening or catch the show as it runs throughout June / July. More info over here.

R.I.P. 323 at Recoat

Here's a date for your diary.

In just over a week, Recoat will open the last show ever to be show'd at their West End gallery. R.I.P. 323, a collective and collaborative exhibition celebrates 6 years of events, projects and parties at 323 North Woodside Road. Featuring the work of Team Recoat in their entirety (I'm in that!) + friends of the gallery. We’re aiming to cover the space, floor-to-ceiling in artwork. It’ll be an absolute belter.

Recoat fans need not fear, though, they aren't packing it in. Far from it. Plans are already afoot for a whole heap of other stuff - murals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, pop-up shows, collaborative projects and (get this) a bigger and better gallery somewhere down the line.

Although I'll be sad to see the doors close at North Woodside Road, I'm super stoked for everything Amy and Ali are set to achieve in the future. I first worked with them back in 2007 as part of Recoat's first ever exhibition and they have been incredibly supportive, bloody lovely people and amazingly good friends ever since. Whatever they do, I back 100%.

If you can make it to Glasgow on the 8th of June 2013, you should come along to the opening (the opening of the closing, I guess) party. It'll be fun as hell. FUN AS HELL! Expect many faces from Recoat's past, present and future to be enjoying the work, having a drink and saying farewell to the space. Recoat parties are warm, welcoming and a good laugh. We'll all be heading to the pub afterwards too. Say hello! Say goodbye!

Full details:

R.I.P. 323
The final show at Recoat (for now).

Opening party: Saturday, 8th June 2013. 7-10pm (free entry, all welcome).
Show runs: 9th June - mid July, (Tues to Sun 12-6pm).

Featuring Team Recoat: Susie Wright, Kirsty Whiten, Elph, FiST, Mark Lyken, Al White, David Galletly, Syrkus, Death Rattles and Rue Five.

Plus special guests: Fraser Gray, Throne, Chris MacFarlane, Jamie Johnson and more.

Recoat
323 North Woodside Road,
Glasgow, G20 6ND
(near Kelvinbridge subway station)

Email: info@recoatdesign.com
Tel: 0141 341 0069
Web: recoatdesign.com

For more info, visit the R.I.P. 323 Facebook page.

Wee "Wrestlers" Wallpapers

With exactly 1 week to go until my show, 'Wee', opens at Recoat in Glasgow's West End, I've coloured* one of the featured drawings, 'Wrestlers', and made it into a wallpaper for your computer or portable device. It's a blatant marketing move.

For best results, pick the size that matches your resolution:

iPhone / iPhone 5 / iPad / 1280x800 / 1440x900 / 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1440

As I've said before, all are welcome to the opening party for Wee (on Friday the 1st of February at 7pm). It should be a good laugh. There'll be free drink and a wander over to The Roxy 171 afterwards for a chat. Tell your friends! Share the info! Say hello! Make a night of it! There's also a Facebook group where you can publicly declare your attendance (should you wish) and have a look at all the beautiful people who have said they're coming along. More information about the show is available here.

Righto, better get back to work.

* The original drawing that'll be in the gallery is in black & white.

"Wee" by David Galletly at Recoat

I have an exhibition at Recoat in Glasgow this February. Titled Wee, the show will feature new artwork by myself and will run until the 3rd of March. I'm really happy / scared / excited / proud about this.

Wee will open on Friday the 1st of February at 7pm with a little launch party in the gallery. The event is open to all, provides free booze and should be good fun. If you can make it along, it'd totally make my day - say hello! Recoat openings are really friendly and a good chance to have a drink, a chat and a look at some work. Everyone usually heads to a pub afterwards too.

There's a Facebook Event for the show where you can find all the info, tell the world that you're coming along and share the details with your friends. If you're a real spread-the-word kinda person, feel free to use the above flyer anywhere you like (or don't, if you'd rather do something else) - cheers.

Over the coming weeks, I'll be providing updates and work-in-progress-y stuff here, on Twitter and on Instagram. Send me a tweet or get in touch if you have any questions or would like more info. Amy and Ali at Recoat are also more than happy to help, give them a shout at: info@recoatdesign.com

At-a-glance details:

Wee

by David Galletly

Opening party: Friday 1st February, 7-10pm

Runs: 2nd February - 3rd March 2013

Recoat Gallery

323 North Woodside Road,

Glasgow, G20 6ND

More info:

Wee on Facebook

@recoatgallery / @davidgalletly

recoatdesign.com / davidgalletly.com

info@recoatdesign.com

Recoat: Art for Advent

Recoat's annual affordable art sale is set to open tomorrow at their gallery in Glasgow's West End (right near Kelvinbridge subway). As always, they assign each wall in the space a different price value (£25, £50, £75, £100) and everything on said walls goes for said price. It's a great way to snag some cut-price art from some big names (and myself) in time for Christmas.

The show opens at 7pm on Friday the 14th December with a wee shindig (free drink - all welcome) and runs until the 23rd. More info / a wee nosey at who's going can be found on the Art for Advent Facebook page. Details:

Art for Advent
Cut-price Christmas exhibition

Runs: 15th - 23rd December 2012
Opening party: Friday 14th December 7-10pm

Recoat Gallery
323 North Woodside Road
Glasgow G20 6ND

Stop by if you can. Everyone's really nice and friendly and you might just find yourself a unique gift or two. The opening in particular is worth a look if you want a bargain (stuff sells fast). Say hello.

Double Dip Christmas Show at Recoat

I’m happy to announce that for maybe the 5th year running I will be participating in the Recoat Christmas show Double Dip in the West End of Glasgow. Super chuffed to be asked.

As always, Amy and Ali invite a wide range of friends to exhibit work at a low, low price. Each wall of the gallery is assigned a price (£25, £50, £75, £100) and is crammed with amazing prints, originals and other goodness. It’s perfect for seeking out a Christmas gift, snapping up a bargain or taking a first tentative step into the world of buying art.

Double Dip will feature an amazing selection of artists from Glasgow + beyond (including me) and is well worth checking out. The opening party on Friday 25th November is especially worth getting to if you can as stuff sells fast. All are welcome and a good number of those exhibiting will be in attendance if you’d like to say hello. Here’s a breakdown of the details:

Double Dip
Cut-price Christmas exhibition

Runs: 25th November - 23rd December 2011
Opening party: Friday 25th November 7-10pm

Recoat Gallery
323 North Woodside Road
Glasgow G20 6ND

Featuring the work of: Matt Mignanelli, Elph, David Galletly, Syrkus, Death Rattles, Eleanor Meredith, Inkie, Odra, Mark Lyken, Russell Dempster, Matt Naylor, Mike Inglis, Pure, FiST, Kath Leone and Will Barras, Tristram Aver, Susie Wright, Andrew Ingram, Al White, Chris MacFarlane

And that’s that. There’s an event page if you’d like to RSVP your attendance and, should you like to ‘like’ the gallery, you can do so on Recoat’s Facebook page. If you’ve never visited before, it’s a really nice wee space really near to the Kelvinbridge underground station. See you there hopefully.

Hair of The Dog at Mono, Glasgow

In just under 2 weeks time I will be participating in a weekend of showing off at the wonderful cafe/bar/record shop that is Mono here in Glasgow. Jonnie Common is set to release Hair of The Dog, a full-length remix album that sees his fantastic debut Master of None set upon by a bunch of talented friends. To celebrate the launch there will be a number of certain things:

Thing number 1: The remix album will be released as a download code exclusively available on a limited-edition Gocco screenprint by myself. It features my Headless Dog drawing and will be available at the event and via the Red Deer Club webshop (p.s. you can head there now to pre-order the album should you wish to guarantee yourself a copy). It costs £5 and will be shipped from Monday 28th November. I will do a follow-up post with images of the Album soon. A print and an album for a fiver! Wait, what?

Thing number 2: Jonnie will also be unveiling a new interactive sound-installation that he’s made in collaboration with Zero Waste Design. Over the whole weekend (25th, 26th & 27th November), all visitors to Mono will be able to ‘mix’ Master of None in a wonderfully inventive way (trust me, it’s awesome). Nip in for lunch and a wee bit of lo-fi surround sound. I’ve had a wee sneak peak at what these guys are up to and I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Thing number 3: If that’s not all, I will be putting together a small exhibition of bits & bobs (drawings mainly, hairy ones) closely related to my work on Master of None. There will, hopefully, be some new work, large & small, as well as a few older pieces and, if I can figure out the logistics, a wall drawing or two. Remember, this will be a 3-day only show so if you fancy a look you won’t have long to stop in before it comes down.

Thing number 4: Finally, there will be a closing party on Sunday the 27th at 7:30pm featuring live music from Ben Butler & Mousepad, Dems and GRNR as well as a couple of DJ sets in between by Found and The Japanese War Effort. All these acts have contributed to Hair of The Dog by remixing a track of Jonnie’s music. Entry is £4. This’ll be the time to visit if you wanna catch everything at once. Not bad eh? Here are the summarised details:

Hair of The Dog
by Jonnie Common ft. David Galletly
Runs: Fri 25th - Sun 27th Nov
Mono, Glasgow
Free entry

Closing Party
ft: live music & DJs
Sunday 27th Nov
Mono, Glasgow
£4

Please, please, please stop by if you can. It’ll be a weekend of food, drink, art and music. I’ve put some web-flyers and a blurb up on my site should you like to post them on your blog or your social network of choice. Any help in this way would be greatly appreciated as we’re getting to the full-on headless chicken stage and it’s becoming hard to stay on top of the internet stuff. If you’ve never been to Mono, it’s a really great little place and well worth a visit in its own right - good food, nice atmosphere, one of the best record shops in Glasgow.

Keep up to date via Twitter: @jonniecommon / @davidgalletly. As is the way nowadays, you can also visit the Hair of The Dog Facebook page for more info + some chatter. We’ll both be around Mono throughout the weekend too, so say hello.

Team Recoat

I am very happy to announce my participation in a new project here in Glasgow. Recoat, the fantastic gallery in the West End have assembled a 10-strong team of artists and they only bloomin' went and asked me to join. Pretty swish, eh? I'm completely delighted and honoured to be involved because, honestly, the other 9 dudes and dudettes are way good. Waaaay good.

Team Recoat, as we are known, consists of: Al White, David Galletly, Death Rattles, Elph, Fist, Kirsty Whiten, Mark Lyken, RueFive, Susie Wright & Syrkus. I will try to get a post about everyone up here over the next few weeks. We will be working together on a variety of projects throughout the world over the next year.

To simultaneously launch the project and to celebrate their 4th birthday, Recoat have put on an exhibition of limited screenprints designed by each of the team members. Four Four Two opened on Friday the 12th of August and will run until the 4th of September. There are 10 prints going for £80 a pop including this effort, 'Submerge', by myself: 

The opening party was brilliant as always - the buffet at the Lansdowne afterwards was a particular highlight. Damn those onion rings were good. Damn, damn, damn. Big thanks to Amy and Ali for all their hard work in putting on the show, thinking up the project and for running one of the countries finest galleries. Love those guys.

Stop by the space to have a look or, if you can't visit in person, all of the gear is available in their online shop. The show also features an extra wee section full of other prints, drawings, paintings and things by the team - good if you're hyped on Scottish street art and want to pick up an original piece.

If that wasn't all, the Team Recoat prints will also be making their way down to Nottingham as part of the Nottingham Festival on Friday the 19nd August at the Lace Market Gallery. There will be live painting and talks and things too (I think). My details are a bit sketchy but go have a look if you can, especially when people are around. Seeing Elph paint live is something special. Me? I can't make it. Ach.

The details once more:

• FOUR FOUR TWO
• Recoat Gallery
• 323 North Woodside Road
• Glasgow, G20 6ND
• Runs: 12/08/11 - 04/09/11

• TEAM RECOAT
• Lace Market Gallery
• 25 Stoney Street
• The Lace Market
• Nottingham, NG1 1LP
• Runs: 19/08/11 - 03/09/11

As this is a new blog, my readership is pretty low so any tweets, mentions, shout-outs, links, likes and reblogs will be very much appreciated as they will go a long way in promoting the work. Thank you and have a nice day x

July News

RECOAT GALLERY OPENING SHOW

I have two or three pieces (depending on space) in the opening show of the Recoat Gallery in Glasgow. I've just got back from handing them over today and things there are looking good.

It's got work from a big mix of folks I know and folks I don't - high fives to real-life buddies Elph, Carrie and Gregor. The gallery is about a minute away from the Kelvinbridge underground station, right beside the Woodside Social Club.

The show will be featured in the Arts section of the Herald on Thursday, get your grubby mits on that. There is also some sort of podcast coming out that I'll link to when it's sorted out.

The opening shindig is on Friday 13th July from 7-10pm, sponsored by Sailor Jerry. You better be there if I know you. No boring excuses, get off your bum and find a way.

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WHAT I'M UP TO THIS MONTH:

I've been playing about with some animation, will hopefully get that posted soon. Still working on my Running Amok for Analogue (it's 100% original content, give me a break). Maybe I could time it to come out at the same time as my solo show at Analogue, which I've not even mentioned yet. Also odds & ends & other junk.

I'll try to get back into the habit of updating here again. Got a little slow over the last couple months. Check out Rue Five's show in the Changing Room gallery window in Stirling.