Dave West was born and raised in South Wales. He studied at the Carmarthenshire College of Art & Design and is now settled in Balbriggan, North County Dublin.

Dave has held several successful solo exhibitions. His work has been selected for the Royal Ulster Academy, Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Society of Marine Artists annual exhibitions.
His work is also in many private and corporate collections including the OPW, Texaco Corp., BP and Fingal County Council

Solo Exhibitions 2007 – 2010

2012 – Village Gallery, Skerries
2011 – Art Upstairs, Wexford – Opera Festival Exhibition
2010 - Village Gallery, Skerries
2010 – Killarney Art Gallery, Kerry
2009 - Blue Leaf Gallery, Fairview, Dublin
2008 - Art Upstairs, Wexford
2007 - Daffodil Gallery, Skerries
2007 - Blue Leaf Gallery, Fairview, Dublin

Group Exhibitions 2008 – 2010

2010 - Toronto Art Fair, Blue Leaf Gallery Artist
2010 - ‘Wildly Different Things’, Blue Leaf Unlimited, Dublin
2010 - Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise – Exhibition Selected by Geraldine O’Neill
2009 - Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London
2009 - Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2009 - Eigse Arts Festival
2009 - Mullingar Arts Centre
2009 - Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise – Exhibition Selected by Martin Gale RHA
2008 - Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition