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The Power of Acknowledgment | Colin Davidson | TEDxStormont

From Brad Pitt and Ed Sheeran to HM Queen Elizabeth and Bill Clinton, Colin Davidson has travelled the world making portrait paintings of distinguished individuals. But his personally most significant body of work to date has been ’Silent Testimony’ - eighteen paintings of people who suffered loss through the Troubles. Colin Davidson will discuss and share how this life-changing project left him with the conviction that a simple act of acknowledgment can be the key which turns in the lock of the past. Colin Davidson is a contemporary artist. Since 2010 his focus has been on painting grand scale portraits, which have won widespread recognition and many international awards. His portrait sitters have included President Bill Clinton, HM The Queen, Brad Pitt, Ed Sheeran and Liam Neeson. In December 2015 he was commissioned by TIME Magazine to paint the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, for the cover for its ‘Person of the Year’ issue. His critically acclaimed exhibition ‘Silent Testimony’, which reveals the stories of eighteen people who are connected by their individual experiences of loss through the Troubles, was first shown at the Ulster Museum Belfast during 2015, before embarking on a tour which included the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, Dublin Castle and the United Nations NYC. @colin_davidson This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx