Biography
1939 Born in Great Yarmouth
1973-78   Studied at Leicester College of Art and Leicester University
1963   Worked in Ankara, Turkey
1973-79   Taught in several London Colleges
1974   Art in Post Offices
1977   Lecture tour of Europe
1974-78   Lived and worked in Peterborough
1974-79   Visiting lecturer
1987   Opened David Holmes Gallery, Thorpe Hall
1989   Opened David Holmes Art Gallery
1992   First of a series of visits to St Ives, Cornwall
1994   Opened new studio
1995   Opened David Holmes Contemporary Art
1998   Moved to St Ives
Exhibitions
2002, 1999, 1998
  Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
2002, 2001   Penhaven Gallery, St Ives
2002, 2001, 2000
    The New Millennium Gallery, St Ives
2002-1996   Penwith Society, St Ives, Cornwall
2001   Gildenburgh Gallery, Peterborough
2001   Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
1999   Art Fair, Battersea, London
1996   Salthouse Gallery, St Ives
1996   Greenwoods, Peterborough
1996, 1995   David Holmes Contemporary Art, Peterborough
1988, 1986, 1985
    Viersen, Germany
1984, 1982, 1980
    City Art Gallery, Peterborough
1982   Yarrow Gallery, Oundle
1981   Fermoy Gallery, Kings Lynn
1976   London Group
1974   F.B.A. Gallery, London
1971   Fulwell Cross Library, London
1971-1966   A.I.A. Gallery, London
1964   Ulster Museum, Belfast
1963   Leeds University
1962   Young Contemporaries, London
1961   Foyles Art Gallery, London
1960   Four Young Painters, City Gallery, Peterborough