Art Awards, Grants, Short Term Residencies, Major Publications and Film Media
2011 Mystic Journeys: Paintings by David Giles Published by Sonja Vujic
2010 1st Prize Works on Canvas Morawa Art Awards
2010 High Commendation Cockburn Art Awards
2010 High Commendation Melville Art Awards
2010 My Life, My Art, My Philosophy, Documentary Film by Kero TV
2010 The Ocean Within: Paintings 1994-2010 Published by Sonja Vujic,
2010 Mystic Waters: Paintings and Poems by David Giles Published by Sonja Vujic,
2010 The Sonja Vujic Collection Published by Sonja Vujic
2010 The Artist’s Collection Published by Sonja Vujic
2010 Artist in Residence Atwell Gallery, Alfred Cove
2010 Artist in Residence Moores Building, Fremantle
2009 1st Prize Acrylic Painting City of Cockburn Art Awards
2009 ArtsWA Arts Development Grant $27,000 Three Daves Project
(with Dave Guhl and David Mitchell)
2008 Country Arts WA Grant, Cannery Residency, $2,000
2008 Artist in Residence Cannery Art Centre, Esperance
2006 Artist in Residence Freight Gallery, Fremantle
2005 1st Prize Acrylic Painting, Melville Art Awards
2005 High Commendation Cossack Art Awards
2004 ArtsWA ArtFlight Grant Vast Exhibition Span Gallery Melbourne
2004 John Collis Prize for Abstract Painting, Cossack Art Awards
2004 Artist in Residence Packenham St Studios, Fremantle
2003 Artist in Residence Naragebup Environment Centre, Rockingham
2003 ArtsWA Residency Grant, Naragebup Residency, $2,500
2003 West Australian Local Government Association Innovation Award,
2003 High Commendation Cossack Art Awards
2001 John Collis Prize for Abstract Painting, Cossack Art Awards
2001 High Commendation Award, Leonora Art Awards
2000 Regional Award, WA Fringe Festival
2000 1st Prize 2D Award, Leonora Art Awards
2000 1st Prize Mixed Media, Gascoyne Art Awards
2000 Overall Runner Up, Gascoyne Art Awards
2000 High Commendation, Gascoyne Art Awards
2000 2nd Prize Oils/ Acrylic, Newdegate,
2000 High Commendation, City of Gosnells
1998 High Commendation, Cossack Art Awards
1998 1st Prize, Pilbara Photographic Awards

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Cloudscapes Atwell Gallery, Alfred Cove
2010 Homage Heathcote Art Studios, Applecross
2010 Blue Waters Heathcote Art Studios, Applecross
2009 Windows Heathcote Art Studios, Applecross
2009 Harbour Heathcote Art Studios, Applecross
2009 Mystic Waters Heathcote Art Studios, Applecross
2009 Tranquil Waters Mia Cafe, Perth
2009 Perspectives Exomod, Barrack St, Perth
2008 Hestia Heathcote Art Studios, Applecross
2008 The Angel Paintings Heathcote Art Studios, Applecross
2008 Drinking the Sweetness Elements Gallery, Subiaco
2007 Deep Waters Freight Gallery, East Fremantle
2006 Moments The WA Club, Perth
2006 Self Revelation Sheraton Hotel, Perth
2006 Primordial Gallery 307, Mosman, Sydney
2006 Beneath the Surface Gallery 101, The WA Club, Perth
2006 Self Expression Royal George Gallery, East Fremantle
2006 Colour Meditations Monart Gallery, Dalkeith
2005 Spiritual Reflections Monet Gallery, South Guildford
2005 Suspend Old Bakery on 8th, Maylands
2004 Histories and Mysteries Code Red, Claremont
2003 The Fifth Dimension Kings Art Café, Perth
2003 Art and Community Art Dorothy Liley Gallery, Rockingham
2002 Journeys Hawthorn Gallery, Mt Hawthorn
2002 Full Circle Moores Building, Fremantle
2001 Cosmos Ecologie Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith
2001 Middleton Beach The Esplanade Hotel, Albany
2000 Albany Sea Changes Albany Town Hall, Albany
2000 The Artist;s Dreaming Chameleon Gallery, Albany
1999 Shades of Green Albany Town Hall, Albany
1994 Shamanic Journeys HEartspace, Fremantle

Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Artists from the Freedom School Moores Building, Fremantle
2010 Artists from the Freedom School Moores Building, Fremantle
2009 The Three Daves Perth Town Hall
2009 Destinazione Oz Land Momentous Arts, Singapore
2009 Catching the Sun Intercontinetal Hotel, Burswood
2008 Colours of Life Moores Buiilding, Fremantle
2007 David Giles and Jim Duddles Elements Gallery, Subiaco
2006 McKay Milunovic and Giles Elements Gallery, Subiaco
2006 Ebb and Flow Gallery 360, Applecross
2006 Navigating Wellbeing Perth Convention Centre
2005 New Offerings Hues Gallery, Sydney
2005 Art Sydney05 Royal Hall of Industries,Sydney
2005 Melbourne Art Show Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2004 Elemental Abstraction Agora Gallery, New York
2004 Vast Span Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Artsay Artspeak Gallery 274, Perth
2002 Recycled Sculpture Exhibition Dorothy Liley Gallery, Rockingham
2001 Self Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany
2001 Windows on Albany Albany CBD
2000 The Feast Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany
2000 Albany Art Works Albany Town Hall, Albany
1999 To be an Artist Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany
1996 Beyond the Edge Albany Town Hall, Albany
1995 The Edge Albany Town Hall, Albany

Art Education
Associate Degree in Visual Arts Edith Cowan University 1994-1996
MA Creative Arts Edith Cowan University 2001-2001