About the Artist
Painter / Sculpture
Abstract
Artist Statement
My art strives to harness the visceral impact of the world around me which then best expresses my personal outlook on life. The body of my work is inspired by my varied visual experiences with nature and with the daily interactions among my personal relationships. My goal is to always ignore any divergent thoughts in my head and, instead, whenever in my studio, slip into my zone of creative flow which allows me to then explore each of my strokes on any canvas, any work in progress. I’m often tempted to combine the layers of my paints with whatever tools may be needed, most often colorful shapes or images created by using brush strokes from broad to thin. Over time, I have transitioned into my medium of choice: acrylics. I feel their vibrance adds an intense immediacy to all my work. No matter the medium in which I work, however, I remain fascinated by the contrast of colors with their innate ability to invoke reactions and incite emotions. By applying a vibrant color scheme to my paintings, my quixotic artwork is often somehow both kinetic and soothing at the same time. My vision, in sum, seeks to create a separate reality, a parallel universe to our own.
BIOGRAPHY
David Shipley’s presently a. Pittsburgh -based artist who has enjoyed exhibits all across the country. His primary focus is struggling to translate how the human experience affects the world around us.
Born and raised in Lubbock, Texas, Shipley always knew he wanted to become an artist and cannot recall a time when he wasn’t sketching, drawing, sculpting or painting and early on, he began his lifetime’s journey of producing art. After high school, Shipley traveled across the country and then spent several years on Caribbean isles where he sold watercolor tropical landscapes to tourists. He later attended Cornish School of the Arts, University of Texas, and Texas Tech University where he studied printmaking, drawing and painting. Having an intense desire to become a studio artist, he settled in West Hollywood, California, and studied Painting and Art in the graduate program at Cal State Long Beach. It was there that his artistic gifts were recognized and soon displayed in various showings throughout the state. In time, after years of prolific painting, he established a dedicated following.
Shipley next enjoyed a resounding success by experimenting with a unique combination of found objects, sculpted pieces and layers of paint which, once forged together and integrated, creates what he calls a form of three dimensional paintings, either as free standing installations or hanging wall pieces. These intriguing projects opened the door for several one-man shows, numerous group shows and also having his art exhibited in museums and art centers, as well as accepting commissions from a host of private collectors as well as for public installations.
Some years ago, Shipley moved his studio to Palm Springs, California, ChautauquaLake, NY and then to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ever evolving, David Shipley follows his passion and, driven to create, striving to break through, his art currently consists of color splashed abstract paintings.
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Website: Davidshipley.net Instagram: Davidshipley2
2023 - One Man Show, Plantarium, online
2023 - Group Show, Laguna Art Gallery Mission Viejo, Ca
2022 - Group Show, Woodman Shimako Gallery, Provincetown, Mass 2021- Group Show, Plantarium, online
2021 - Group Show, Laguna Art, Mission Viejo, Ca
2021 - Group Show, Woodman Shimako Gallery - Provincetown,
2020 - One Man Show, Woodman Shimako Gallery - Palm Springs, Ca
2014 —2018 - Arto Brick, residency, (designed and painted tiles and murals, commissions, exhibition, installations, studio)Los Angeles, Ca
2014 Group Show:Woody Shimako Gallery – Palm Springs, Ca
2013 – Group Show: Mark Hietrich Gallery – Pittsburgh, Ca
2012 – Group Show: Adiegio Gallery – Palm desert, Ca
2012 – Group Show: Pierce Modern Gallery – Paseo Rablos, Ca
2010 – One Man Show: LaFond Gallery – Pittsburgh, Pa
2009-2011 – Group Shows: Howard Schepp Fine Art – Palm Springs, Ca
2009 – Group Show: Exposure Gallery – Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Ca
2008 – One Man Show: James Callahan Design: Palm Springs, Ca
2003-2008 – Group Shows: Orlando Gallery – Los Angeles, Ca
2003 – One Man Show: Art Depot – Lubbock, Tx
2003 – Artist-In-Residence and Lecture, Art Depot Lubbock, Tx
2002 – One Man Show: Texas Woman University – Denton, Tx
1999-2006 – Group Shows: Orlando Gallery – Los Angeles, Ca
1997 – One Man Show: Merced, Ca
1996 - lectures and children's lecture, Fresno Metropolitan Museum -Fresno, Ca
1996 – One Man Show: Fresno Metropolitan Museum – Fresno, Ca
1996 – Texas Woman’s University: Two Permanent Sculptures – Denton, Tx
1996 – Graduate Workshops and lectures, Texas Woman’s University – Denton, Tx
1994 - One Man Show: Biota Gallery – West Hollywood, Ca
1994 – One Man Show: Fielding Institute – Santa Barbara, Ca
1993 – Group Show: De Vorzon Gallery – West Hollywood, Ca
1993 – Group Show: Art Options – Beverly Hills, C
1993 – Group Show: Biota Gallery – West Hollywood, Ca
1992 – Group Show: Art options – Beverly Hills, Ca
1992 – Group Show: Tesoro Gallery – Beverly Hills, Ca
1992 – Group Show: De Vorzon Gallery – West Hollywood, Ca
1991 – One Man Show: Biota Gallery – West Hollywood, Ca
1990 – Group Show: De Vorzon gallery – Beverly Hills, Ca
1990 – Award Commissioned by Athletes and entertainers for Kids: Presented in. honor of Ryan White to President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
1990 – One Man Show: Schwartz/Cierlac Gallery – Santa Monica,
1989 – Group Show: Schwartz/Cierlac Gallery – Santa Monica,
1988 - One Man Show: Schwartz/ Cierlac Gallery – Santa monica, Ca
1987 - Group Show: Schwartz/Cierlac – Santa Monica, Ca
1982-1987 – Group Shows: Chamberlin Gallery – Northridge, CCa
1985-1987 – Group Shows: St John Gallery – Sacramento, Ca
1979-1982 – Group Shows: Adelle M. Fine Arts – Dallas,
EDUCATION: C.S.L.B., Long Beach, Ca Graduate studies Painting Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tx BFA Drawing, printmaking and painting University of Texas, Austin, Tx painting and drawing Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, Ca, drawing and painting
RESIDENCY: 2014-2018 - Artist-In-Resident, Arto Brick, Los Angeles, Ca
2003 – 6 week Artist-In-Resident, exhibition and Lecture, Art Depot, Lubbock, Texas
1996 – 6 week artist-In-Residence: children’s art classes, exhibition and lecture, Fresno Metropolitan Museum – Fresno, Ca
DESIGNED AWARD: 1990 – Award Commissioned by Athletes and entertainers for Kids: Presented in honor of Ryan White to President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
PUBLICATIONS:
1992 – The Fine Art Index: Photograph
1991 – Springs.Visions: Editorial Profile& Photograph
1991 – Winter.Visions: Editorial Profile & Photograph
PERMAMENT DISPLAY:
Two Sculptures in Main Library, “Woman of the Night ” and “Lady of the Day” Texas Woman University, Denton, Tx
Texas Woman's University:
Campus Art | Texas Woman's University
Scroll down to “Lady of the Day” and “Woman of the night” for images of sculptures
Palm Springs Art Council 2009-2011
