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David is an artist, curator, and community arts advocate, whose work seeks creative solutions to real and impossible situations. David received an MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006 and a BA from Colorado College in 2001. He lives and works in Los Angeles, where he is founder and director of Adjunct Positions, an artist run gallery and project space in the residential neighborhood of Highland Park.

   
 

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David Prince
(626) 616-3075
david(at)davidprince(dot)org

Education
2018
Arts Research Cooperative, Los Angeles CA
2006 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MFA Sculpture                 
2001 Colorado College, Colo. Springs, CO, BA Studio Art/ Philosophy, Cum Laude, Distinction in Studio Art

Solo Exhibitions
2014 The Tragedy of the Enclosure, MASS Gallery, Austin Texas, curator: Scott Proctor
2014 The Novelty of the Natural, Corner Gallery, North Idaho College, ID
2014 The Tragedy of the Enclosure, A Ship in the Woods, Del Mar, CA

Exhibitions/Screenings/Performances/Public Projects
2017
Somewhere or Nowhere at All, Red Barn Gallery, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, Group
2017 FAR Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA, Group
2016 Fluid Systems, Art-Sci Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Group
2015 summertimeshift, Summercamp's ProjectProject, Los Angeles, CA, Group
2015
Repetition, Rhythm, and Pattern, Space, Pittsburgh, PA, Group, curator, Lindsey Landfried
2015
Making Space, Winter Shack, Brooklyn, NY, Group, *as Adjunct Positions
2014 Westridge Centenial Exhibition, Westridge School for Girls, Pasadena, CA, Group
2012
Big, Big, Backyard, College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA, Group, curator: Betsy Kenyon
2012
Division of Labor, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Group, curators: Christian Donnelly, Skye Gilkerson, Jason Meyer
2011
Droppers, Drifters and (anti) Designers - A Contemporary Look at the History of Counter-Culture in Southern Colorado, Colorado State University Pueblo Fine Arts Gallery, Pueblo, CO, Group, curator: Caroline Peters
2011
Multi-media Screening as part of Judith Hoffman’s installation at Quark Gallery, Detroit, MI
2011
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Group
2011
Laid Bare, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA, group, curator- Lara Bullock
2011
135 Fraser - New Media Exhibition, State College, PA, video screening
2010
KtB Turns Ten - Tin Anniversary Spectacular, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY Dec. 2010, video screening
2010
Out Thinking in Circles, In Circles Thinking Out, Galerie Push, Montreal, Canada, Group, Curator: Kyle Beal
2010
MAKE:CRAFT, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, Group, Curator: Patricia Watts
2010 Sanity Disobedience for a New Frontier, Camel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, Group, Curator: Rod Malin
2010 balloon launch, Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, MO
2010 Storyline Transport: Shadow and Light Festival, Experimental Station, Chicago, IL With Jung A Woo and Ye Seung Lee                
2010 unearthed, Space Arts Center, South Pasadena, CA, Group              
2010 Slanted Cities and Slip Roads – Future Everything Festival, Video Screening, Manchester, England
2010 The Golden Casket of Earthly Marvels: Bulging the Question, The LOT @ Popps Packing, Detroit, MI, Group, Curator: Kathy Leisen
2010 balloon launch, Public Event, ISLAND, Bellaire, MI
2010 Stars and Straws, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT with Audrey Hynes
2009 attempt at perpetual motion, performance, Chicago, IL
2009 A Set of Directions for Making Something, Grotto Gallerie, Brooklyn, NY, Group
2009 kissing strangers, Public Intervention, Omaha, NE
2008 Everything Must Go, Public Intervention, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2008 Mars and Stripes, Commission, The Calhoun School, New York, NY Collaboration
2008 soup party, Public Event, Brooklyn NY
2008 PlayShroom, Commission, Private Residence, South Hampton, NY, Collaboration
2007 Every Last Day, Washington DC Arts Center, Washington DC, Group, Curators: Dos Pestaneos Artist Collective
2007 All that is solid melts into air, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY Group,
2007 Every Last Day, GoGo Gallery, Miami, FL, Group, Curators:  Dos Pestaneos Artist Collective
2007 Exhibition for Re-imagining a New Art School, Group, Point B Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Soup Party, Public Event, 240 Meeker, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Every Last Day, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY, Group, Curators: Dos Pestaneos Artist Collective
2006 promotion, Union Square, New York, NY, Public Intervention
2006 Overlook Park Shorts Film Festival, Overlook Park, Cleveland, OH, Screening, Curator: Jean Alexander-Frater
2006 All that is solid melts into air, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, Group, Curator: Emma Balazs
2006 sculpture show, Base Space, Chicago, IL, Group
2006 waiting, Grant Park, Chicago, IL, performance
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, Group
2006 Soup Party, Chicago, IL
2006 Building, Dwelling, Sinking, Northside College Prep., Chicago, IL
2006 Perpetual Motion, Chicago Subway, Chicago, IL, Public Intervention
2005 you are toast, SuperFriends, Chicago, IL, Group
2005 1000 Wilshire, 1000 Wilshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Group, Curator: Katrina McElroy
2005 nesting, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, Group
2005 Soup Party, Chicago, IL
2005 Duchamp's Leg, Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Group
2004 Complimentary, Metro Gallery, Pasadena, CA, Group
2004 Soup Party, Pasadena, CA, Public Event
2003 Infinite Regress, Ensemble Theater, CalArts, Valencia, CA, with Jesse Prince
2003 Pasadena City College Exhibition, Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena, CA, Group
2003 Landscape Architecture, Zuma Beach, Malibu, CA, Public Intervention
2003 Ferruginous, Student Gallery, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, Group

Fellowships, Awards, Grants
2012
International Artist in Residence, Digital Arts Studios, Belfast, N. Ireland
2011
Terra Foundation Fellowship, Giverny, France
2011 Wongema, Hornhuizen, Netherlands, Visiting Artist Project
2010 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, Artist in Residence
2010 Black Rock Arts Foundation Grant
2010 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
2010 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2009 Oxbow, Saugatuck, MI, Full Fellowship
2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship for Oxbow Residency
2009 Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL
2007 Catwalk Residency, Catskill, NY
2001 Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society
2001 Best Senior Thesis Exhibition, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Visiting Artist Invitations (Lectures/Workshops/Critiques)
2017
Cerritos College, FAR Bazarr, Art Collectives in Los Angeles: Then & Now – Panelist
2017 UCLA Nanosystems Institute, Art-Sci Summer Institue – Bio-plastics workshop
2016 Pepperdine University – Visiting Artist Lecture
2016 UCLA Nanosystems Institute, Art-Sci Summer Institue – Artist Lecture and Bio-plastics Workshop
2015 UCLA DMA Program – Visiting Artist Critique
2013 CalState Los Angeles – Artist Workshop
2012 Digital Arts Studios, Belfast, N. Ireland – Artist in Residence Lecture
2011 Westridge School for Girls, Pasadena, CA – Visiting Artist Lecture
2011 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO – Visiting Artist Lecture
2010 Penn State University, State College, PA – Anderson Lecture Series Visiting Artist
2010
Otis College of Art and Design, Workshop
2010
Penn State University, State College, PA, Anderson Lecture Series Visiting Artist
2010 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO,Lecture, Workshop, Hand-made Balloon Launch
2010 Institute for Sustainable Living, Art and Natural Design (ISLAND) Bellaire, MI, Visiting Artist Workshop
2010 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist - Mold Making and Casting
2009 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, Visiting Artist Workshop (Winter)
2009 Renegade Craft Fair - Movable Feast Project (created by Jung A Woo), Chicago, IL – Public Worksho
2009 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Lecture
2009 Los Angeles School of Music and Art, Los Angeles, CA, Visiting Artist Workshop
2009 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO - Workshop (Spring)
2009 California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA - Visiting Artist Lecture
2008 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO - Visiting Artist Lecture/Workshop/Critique
2008 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO - Visiting Artist Workshop (Spring)
2007 Point B Studios, Brooklyn, NY - Weekly Workshop Series, Re-Imagining a New Art School, with Emma Balazs
2006 Northside College Preparatory High School, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist Lecture and Collaborative Project
2006 School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Graduate Artist Lecture

Professional
2013-current Art Faculty and STEAM Design Studio Coordinator, Westridge School, Pasadena, CA
2013 Part-time, Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, CalState Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Course: Intro to 3D Arts
2013
Instructor, Westridge School for Girls, Pasadena, CA, (Advanced Placement Art, painting/drawing, sculpture, 2D, 3D)
2011
Visiting Lecturer, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, Course: Intro to 3D Arts
2003-10
Ceramics Instructor, Westridge School Summer Program, Pasadena, CA
2007-8  Co-Founder, Reichert and Ross Design, Brooklyn, NY
2005   Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Advanced Foundry, First Year Woodshop

Publications/Interviews/Reviews
2017
Home Is Where the Art Is, Los Angeles Magazine, On Adjunct Positions - written by Marissa Gluck
2016 Interview, The Conversation Podcast
2015
Interview, GYST Radio
2014 Review, Glasstire, David Prince: The Tragedy of the Enclosure - written by Dorota Biczel
2012 Exhibition Catalog, Division of Labor
2012
itinerary, artist book, curator/artist: Dane Patterson
2011
Exhibition Catalog, Laid Bare, curating/writing: Lara Bullock
2010
Interview for Outside In, Traverse City, MI
2009 Mammut Magazine, Issue #3, Twilight of the Megafauna