David Humphrey (American, born )

David Humphrey (American, b.1955) is a Contemporary painter, known for working in a variety of styles and for his use of collaged, diverse imagery. He was born in Germany, and today lives and works in New York. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1977, and his MA from New York University in 1980. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Rome Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, among others. Humphrey has been exhibiting regularly since the 1990s, and his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Fredericks & Freiser gallery, Postmasters, McKee Gallery, and the American University Museum, among many others. His work is collected by numerous institutions, including the Denver Art Museum, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, among.

Timeline

1955
American, born in Augsburg, Germany
Public Collection Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts
Curator: "Stained Sheets: Holy Shroud" Krygier/landau Contemporary Art., Santa Monica, CA
Writing: "Richard Pettibone" Art Issues
New York State CAPS Grant
New York State Council for the Arts Grant
Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Education New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture
Education: Master of Arts New York University, NYC
Lives and works in New York

Exhibitions

2006
New Paintings, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2006
Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2005
Jeff Gauntt & David Humphrey, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2005
Life and Limb, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
2004
The Dreamland Artist Club, presented by Creative Time, Coney Island New York, NY
2004
When I think about You, I touch Myself, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2004
Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
2003
New Prints, McKee Gallery, New York, NY
2003
4 x 4, Artist’s Union, St. Petersburg, Russia
2003
Pop thru Out, Araio Gallery, Choongchungnma, Korea (catalogue)
2003
The Burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
2002
177th Annual, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY
2002
Lace, Bubbles, Milk, Digital Works Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
2002
Pasted On, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
Super Natural Payground, Gallerie Marella, Milan Italy (catalogue)
2001
University of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
1999
Drawing in the Present Tense, Parsons School of Design, NY
1997
SHaG team paintings by A. Sillman, D. Humphrey and E. Greene Postmasters, New York, NY
1996
True Bliss, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Nancy Solomon Gallery Atlanta, GA
1995
"Internal/External", Foster Goldstrom Galler NYC
1995
"More Than Real", Gallery 400 University of Illinois at Chicago
1995
"On Target", Horodner Romley Gallery NYC
1995
"Arresting Images", Gallery 400 University of Illinois at Chicago
1995
"Crystal Blue Persuasion", Feature NYC
1995
"Art on Paper", Weatherspoon Art Gallery University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1995
"David Humphrey: Paintings and Drawings 1987-1994", Contemporary Arts Center; Woodstreet Galleries Cincinnati, OH; Pittsburgh, PA
1995
Rena Bransten Gallery San Francisco, CA
1994
"Digressions", Caren Golden Fine Art NYC
1994
"Flooding camera", The Work Space NYC
1994
"Family Values", Russet Lederman Productions
1993
"Art in the Age of Information", Wood Street Galleries & 808 Penn Modern Pittsburgh, PA
1993
McKee Gallery NYC
1993
Pittsburgh Collects, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
1993
43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1992
(Drawing) Pictures, Four Walls at P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
1992
Patricia Shea Gallery Santa Monica, CA
1991
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum Neenah, WI
1991
Rena Bransten Gallery San Francisco, CA
1991
McKee Gallery NYC
1990
Krygier\Landau Contemporary Art Santa Monica, CA
1990
David McKee Gallery NYC
1990
The Unique Print: 70's into the 90's, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
1986
Inner Images, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
1985
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1984
Intermedia: Between Painting and Sculpture, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1983
Selections 21, The Drawing Center, New York, NY