David Palmer

lives and works in Los Angeles

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

"Forever Almost Falling," William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2007

"David Palmer; The Flatlands Series," Gannon Gallery, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND, 2004

"Flatlands," William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2003

"American Dreams; Paintings by David Palmer," Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 2001

"American Dreams," Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 2001

"David Palmer; Paintings," Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, 2001

"David Palmer, Paintings and Drawings," Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA,1993

"Life on the Edge of the Continent," Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, 1990

"Between Fiction and Memory: Pictures of a Lost Summer," Student Union Gallery,

      University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1987

"Paintings by David Palmer," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1987

"My Summer Vacation," Wheeler Gallery, Amherst, MA, 1986

SELECTED TWO-PERSON and THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

"Pattern & Practice," William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, three-person, 2005

Lantana, Los Angeles, CA, two-person, 2004

Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, two-person, 2001

Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA, three-person, 2000

Schwartz Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, two-person, 1989

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

"Themes and Variations: New Abstraction in Los Angeles," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

      curator: Kristina Newhouse, 2007

Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA, 2006

"Line and Color," Mount Saint Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Irina Costache, 2005

"The Human Revealed," West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ, 2003

"People in Context," Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, 2002

Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, invitational, 2001

"Autobiography," Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI, 2000

"Moving Towards the Millenium," Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park,

      Los Angeles, CA, 1999

"Vessels for the Journey," Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, 1998

"Statements '96," Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1996

"New Directions '94," Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1994

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1992

"New Views," Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1992

"Wallworks," L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, 1991

"L.A.C.E. 5th Annuale," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA,

      curator: James Luna, 1990

"Realism; A Contemporary Dialogue," Soco Gallery, Napa, CA, 1990

"Macro/Micro," Helio Galleries, NYC, 1989

Schwartz Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 1989

"National Small Works Exhibition,"Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY, 1988

Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, MA, 1988

"Gala Gallery Exhibition," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1987

Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, 1987

"50th Annual Midyear Exhibition," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1986

CORPORATE and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT

Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX

The Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA

Gerrity Oil and Gas, Denver, CO

Horvitz and Levy, LLP, Encino, CA

Montana Artists Agency, Santa Monica, CA

EDUCATION

MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

BA, University of Florida, Gainesville

AWARDS and HONORS

Residency. 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA. 2004-2007

Residency. The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. March-April 1993

Finalist. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Portfolio Calendar Competition. 1991

Corporate Collectors Project. Western States Arts Federation. 1990

Honorarium. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. 1990

Artist's Grant. Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Brooklyn, NY. 1989-1990

Top Award Winner. National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council,

      Cobleskill, NY 1988

Teaching Assistantship. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1984-1987