Danny Fox creates vibrant, expressive paintings that blend raw emotion with a deep connection to his coastal upbringing. Recurring motifs, such as majestic horses, symbolise humanity’s desire to conquer and control, while fragmented narratives explore themes of sexuality, violence and identity. Fox’s subjects – often imagined or inspired by daily encounters – occupy surreal yet relatable scenes that oscillate between humour and gravitas.

 

A self-taught artist, Fox’s paintings are characterised by their immediacy and lack of pretension. Whether evoking the mythologies of Cornwall or universal struggles, his works exhibit a bold mix of crudeness, poignancy and vitality.

 

Danny Fox (b. 1986, St. Ives, UK; lives and works in St. Ives, UK) recently returned to his hometown after living and working in Los Angeles alongside contemporary Henry Taylor. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Start Museum and Yuz Foundation, Shanghai, and the Denver Museum, Colorado. Fox will be featured in a forthcoming exhibition at the MORE Museum, Netherlands. Recent exhibitions include: ‘Next Door’, A Yuz Foundation Collection, Shanghai (2023); ‘Artact Parlour’, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai (2023); ‘Spring Without End: Stevie Dix, Danny Fox, Norman Hyams’, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2023); ‘The Sower & Other Recent Paintings’, Saatchi Yates, London (2022); ‘Macabre: Fantasized by Benjamin Spiers’, Christie's, London (2022); ‘Holy Island: Danny Fox & Kingsley Ifill’, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2022); ‘Brown Willy’, Saatchi Yates, London (2021); ‘The Sweet and Burning Hills’, Alexander Berggruen, New York (2021); and ‘Eye For A Sty, Tooth For The Roof’, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen (2021).