Leah Davis is a Belfast-born artist who graduated in 2021 from the Belfast School of Art with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. Since graduating, she has exhibited both nationally and internationally, presenting dynamic figurative works.
As a contemporary figurative painter, Leah’s practice explores the human condition through body language, gesture, and the figure’s relationship with space. Blending painting and drawing, her work investigates the dialogue between form and negative space, revealing moments of intimacy, vulnerability, and shared human experience.
Leah draws inspiration from the people she encounters and from the current social and environmental climate. Through ongoing research and experimentation, her work engages with themes of storytelling and the human condition, addressing relevant and real subjects.
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Exhibitions
2026, solo show ‘Reveal And Conceal’ Rattlebag Remixer, Belfast
2025, solo show ‘Human Condition’, Ards Arts Centre
2025, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, drawing exhibition ‘Revealing the Human’, Hull, England
2025, Art Riddler Exhibition, Dublin
2025, Solo show ‘Human Chain’, Artisann Gallery Belfast
2024, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2024, Female Irish Artists exhibition, Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith London
2024, Boyle Arts Festival, County Roscommon
2022, ‘Inception’ Arts For All, Belfast
2022, Feile An Phobail exhibition, St Marys university Belfast
2022, End of year degree show, Belfast
2021, ‘Emerging Artists’ Artisann Gallery, Belfast
2019, Group exhibition at Pollen studios, Belfast
Awards
De Laslo drawing award, Royal Society of portrait painters, 2025
ACNI, SIAP Award, 2024
Young Artist award, Artisann Gallery, 2021
Collections
Belfast Lord Mayor
Arts Council of Northern Ireland