Davies completed a master’s degree in music composition at the University of Manchester, before embarking on a career as a music producer, musical director and mixer in London, working on a variety of projects spanning pop, dance, electronic music and film/tv scores.
In 2017 he began lecturing in music composition and production. It sparked an interest in exploring visual content to better understand the processes involved in creating abstract musical composition. Inspired by Gerhard Richter’s Cage paintings, which interpolate the controlled use of chance procedures in musical composition, Davies began exploring abstract oil painting as a means of interrogating the relationship between music and process painting.
He has exhibited in group shows including at Drifter Galleries and The Hockney Gallery, and has completed several bespoke commissions, including a site specific triptych for Pure live music booking agency, as well as ten original paintings for the upcoming feature film Odyssey, directed by Gerald Johnson. His work was recently feature in Ark Magazine (online).
He is currently studying on the MA Painting programme at the RCA.
“My practice is ritualistic, physical and process-led with the work encompassing an array of sources, mediums and applications. Heavily influenced by jazz and improvised music, my approach is reactive and often involves ‘circling’ a painting, forging connections between chance accidents and intentions.
The initial stages of my process involves laying down colours and marks in a fashion which is designed to create a sense of dissonance, manufacturing critical incidents that forces within the painting subsequently seek to resolve.
At its core, my painting concerns itself with finding, creating and seeking harmony: exploring relationships and connections between isolated marks, shapes and motifs in order to create a balanced ecosystem in which dissonance and consonance can coexist. It’s about chasing a sense of resolution whilst simultaneously relinquishing the need to actually resolve. Painting is my way of exploring everything I know about the nature of music in a visual way that’s both simultaneously tangible and also inexplicable.”
Exhibitions
- Once I Dreamt I Was Something Else, Qloud Collective (Amadeus Festival, Vienna, 24th-28th June 2026)
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Soft Power, D Contemporary (11th-26 June 2026)
- MA Painting Degree Show, Royal College of Art (17th-21st June 2026)
- Under The Appeal, The Hangar Gallery (4th-6th March 2026)
- Unwired, Cut The Stem (24th-26th February 2026)
- The Last Salon, The Old Waiting Room, Peckham (5th-6th February 2026)
- Remind Me of My Senses, The Hockney Gallery (15th-19th December 2025)
- Summer Exhibition, Drifter Galleries (8th-9th July 2023)
- Summer Exhibition, Drifter Galleries (30th-31st July 2022)
- This Little Drifter Went to Market, Drifter Galleries (9th-10th April 2022)
Commissions
- Several works painted for feature film Odyssey, directed by Gerard Johnson (2024)
- Series of bespoke paintings for Pure Represents (live music agent) new offices (2023)
Publications & Awards
- Ark Magazine(online, 2026)
- Jackson’s Art Prize - 4x long listed works (2026)
- CREA Venice, shortlist and Special Mention for Artistic Quality (2026)
- RCA UK Cost Of Living Scholarship, Royal College of Art, (2025-2026)
Music
- Freelance musical director and bassist, various live pop and electronic artist projects (2012-current)
- Freelance composer, producer, arranger and mixer, numerous pop projects and tv shows (2012-current)
- Lecturer: Music Composition & Production, Point Blank Music School (2017-current) & Solent University (2019-2023)
Education
- MA Master’s Degree, Painting, Royal College of Art (2025-2026)
- MMus Master’s Degree, Music Composition, University of Manchester (2008-2009)