CV
Born Minot, North Dakota, 1966
Lives/works in Seattle Washington
EDUCATION
2007 MFA, MA - Painting, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2004 BFA - Painting, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1997 BA - Studio Art (Major), Biology (Minor), summa cum laude, Northeastern Illinois University
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
Walking in still waters in a pool painted Black, exclusive online exhibition https://www.artsy.net/show/m-david-and-co-walking-through-clear-water-in-a-pool-painted-black?sort=partner_show_position
2019
Object Traces: Getty/Greenberg, Rare Nest Gallery, Chicago, IL
The bluejay and the spine, we had a teapot on the side, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
2018
here (in collaboration with Jeremy Wineberg), Method Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
Reminders of memories that I don't have, Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
Seattle in Review, Two Birds Tattoo, Seattle WA
Findings: Imagined and Real, Gallery 4500, Seattle, WA
2016
Abstract : Teresa Getty and Helen Callici, Apex Aerial Arts, Seattle WA
2014
Pink Flight Suit, Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
Stolen Lines, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
2013
Nostalgic Pavements, Unity Gallery, Maharishi University of Management Fairfield, Iowa
Lascaux Dreams, Porter Butts Gallery, UW-Madison, WI
Songs, Sonnets, and Stolen Lines, River Edge Gallery, Thiensville, WI
2012
I marveled at the distance my brushes have traveled, Gallery at Sundance Cinemas, Madison WI
2011
Secret Garden Paradise...RSVP, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2007
Little Job’s Vanity or I yelled Fire when I fell into the Chocolate - MFA Exhibition, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2006
Evolution Trinity, Mosse Humanities Building Gallery, Madison, Wi
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Between States: Benefit group exhibition to support abortion rights via Planned Parenthood, Brigid Alliance, and Keep Our Clinics. M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
2019
Rythms and Sequences, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
The Abstraction Haiku, Co-curated with Audrey Tulimiero Welch, Tacoma Art Museum Local Community Exhibits, Tacoma, WA
2017
PaperWorks, Dab Art and HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
2016
Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
To Sum Degree, Dab Art and HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
2015
Mixing Your Media, CORE Gallery, Denver, CO
Small Works 4, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2014
Twenty-Three Sisters, Gallery 1308, Madison, WI
WisconsinCity, Artstart, Rhinelander, WI
2013
Wisconsin Triennial Exhibition, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,Madison, WI
Stacked, Q and A, Madison Central Public Library, Madison, WI
The joy of the task was its own reward, LoveyTown (on line)
Acts of Gravitas, Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago, IL
Affordable Art, Spacewomb Contemporary Art Gallery, Long Island City, NY
New Frontiers, Pinebox Art Center, Baltimore, MD
2012
It’s Time to Look Forward, Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago, IL
6th Annual Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
NEIU Arts Alumni 2012, NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
72nd Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, I
2011
Eat Dessert First, Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, WI
Intimate: Small Works, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
Big Women, Small Work, Portage ARTspace, Chicago, IL
The Paul Show, The Charnel House, Chicago, IL
SPECIAL PROJECTS/ COLLABORATIONS etc.
2016
Juggling the World Forward – painting exhibition/ collaboration with Choreographer Bryon Carr. Boost Dance Festival, Seattle, WA
2015
Pink Flight Suit – Outdoor Kite installation, Gigantic Bicycle Festival, Issaquah, WA
2013
Most Theorems begin on Napkins – Installation, Little Monroe Gallery, Madison, WA
Parallax Art Fair Participant, New York City, NY
2012
In these tales, animals talk and carry picnic baskets, BOOKLESS, site specific mural, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
Mixology – 21st Summer Chamber Music Festival, stage design collaboration with Michael Villaquette and Caroline Kallenborne, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison WI
2011
Image and Music Collaboration, Julia McChonahay, Madison, WI
Fabric Design Collaboration with Mark Bazant/Silky Jumbo, Night of 1000 Eyes, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2019
Artist Grant, Arts Visalia Visual Art Center, Visalia, CA
2013
Two Resident Teaching Artist Grants, Lincoln Center for the Arts with the Overture Center for Arts, Madison, WI
2012
Artist Residency: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2nd Place Juror’sPrize, Masur Museum 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Monroe, LA
2007
Artist Residency: Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CA Overture Center for the Arts Exhibition Grant, Madison, WI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021
Toward the Intentional Use of Color; color theory and history, zoom led course-Yellow Chair Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2008 -2012
Adjunct Lecturer, University Wisconsin-Madison: Intro to Art for non- art majors, Intermediate and Advanced painting, Art Colloquium, Color Theory, Drawing I
2007
Guest instructor, University Wisconsin-Madison: Concepts and Methodologies of Figuration, Intermediate Painting
2007
Guest Critic, University Wisconsin-Madison: Advance Painting Workshop
2007
Guest instructor, University Wisconsin-Madison: Intermediate Painting
Guest instructor, University Wisconsin-Madison: Color Theory
2001-2002
Art Instructor, Simpson Alternative High School, Chicago, IL
2000
Art Instructor, Nathan Davis Elementary School, Chicago, IL
2000
Summer Workshop Art Instructor, Collegio Vitoria, Rio Branco, Brazil
1999-2000
Children’s Art Workshop Instructor, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
1999
Class Room Instructor, Joseph Gary Elementary School Chicago, IL
1996-1999
Art Instructor, Brighton Fine Art Center, Chicago, IL
1990-2001
Freelance Artist, San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL
1987-1991
Resident Artist, Club DV8, San Francisco, CA
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
2015 – 2019
Visiting Project Artist, Green Lake Elementary School Medically Fragile Classroom, Seattle, WA
2010 – 2014
Docent, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Visiting Art Instructor, Art Event Series, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2014
2013
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 24. The Open Studio Press, pgs. 64-65.
2013
2012
2011
2007