In 2020, the artist was selected to exhibit in 'Towner International' at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, and awarded in 2018 First Prize for the Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition and holds his MA, Honours, Fine Art, Painting, Royal College of Art and his BA Honours, Fine Art, Painting, Norwich School of Art.
Packer has exhibited widely including:
Paradoxes, The West Gallery, Newport, Isle of Wight, 2022
Still Life with Flowers, Rye Art Gallery, Rye 2022
On Paper, The Paper Gallery, Manchester. 2022
A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings. 2021-22
Matthew Burrows Selects, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London. 2021
We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On, The Cello Factory, London. 2021
Tree of Life, Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards on Sea. 2021
SuperNature, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks. 2021
Your Foot in my Face, Kingsgate Project Space, London. 2021
Flirting with the Border Guards, Terrace Gallery,London. 2021
Human:Nature, Linden Hall Gallery, Deal. 2021
Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, 2019
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Yorkshire
Kingsgate Project Space, London, 2017
Rye Creative Centre, Rye, East Sussex, 2015
Pluspace Gallery, Coventry, 2013
Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, 2013
Next Door Projects, Liverpool, 2013
Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, 2013
Electric Studios Project Space, St Leonards on Sea East Sussex, 2013
Charlie Smith London, 2013
Spacex, Exeter, 2012
Wimbledon College of Art, London, 2012
Celeste Art Prize, London, 2007
Contemporary Art Projects, London, 2006
The John Moore's Painting Prize, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2004
Galleria Del Tasso Arte Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
Studio D’ Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy, 2002
Centro Culturale Paggeria, Sassuolo, Italy, 2001
