DAVID FRENCH "Encounters" November 2020

DAV ID F R ENC H ENCOUNTERS

DAV ID F R ENC H ENCOUNTERS

M i xed Media on P anel N OVEMBER 2020

My most recent body of work began in the beginning of the pandemic.

I suddenly found myself with a new kind of solitude and a much slower pace of life. I immersed myself in the work and used this time to create paintings that I felt would convey a sense of hope, wonder, and beauty.

It was these things that I was seeking and wanted to express. I spent a great deal of time painting and challenging myself to chart new territories. The work surprised me. I found myself discovering and rediscovering shapes, elements, and colors which resonate for me in ways that addressed what lay before me. These paintings assert their own logic and document the times in which they’re made.

David French 2020

1111 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 www.rovzargallery .com 2 06- 223- 0273 ma il @rov z a rga l l e ry . com

Across Land Mixed media on panel 36 x 26 x in. $4,000.00

After the Rain Mixed media on shaped panel 28 x 23 x 2 in $2,500.00

Belief Mixed media on shaped panel 20 x 17 x 1.75 in. $2,200.00

Everything Within Mixed media on shaped panel 14 x 26 x 1.75 in. $2,500.00

Elevation Mixed media on shaped panel 60 x 44 x 3 in. $6,500.00

Shapeshifter Mixed media on shaped panel 10 x 16 x 2.25 in $1,800.00

Voyager Mixed media on shaped panel 29 x 14.5 x .75 in. $2,000.00

Daydream Mixed media on panel 19 x 21.5 x 4.5 in. $2,500.00

When the Light Appears Mixed media on shaped panel 47 x 58 x 3 in. $5,000.00

Watching (Prologue) Mixed media on shaped panel 57 x 5 x 1 in. $2,000.00

Interior Landscape Mixed media on panel 18 x 20 x 3 in. $2,200.00

Passageway Mixed media on shaped panel 35 x 48 x 2.25 in. $4,500.00

Reverie Mixed media on shaped panel 21 x 31 x 4 in. $3,000.00

Siren Mixed media on shaped panel 21 x 16 x 3 in. $2,200.00

EDUCATION 1983

BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Encounters, Seattle, WA

2019

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Arena, Seattle, WA

2017

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Untold Stories, Seattle, WA

2014

Linda Hodges Gallery, Tone, Seattle, WA

2012

Linda Hodges Gallery, Out of the Blue, Seattle, WA

2011

Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

2010

Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, WA

2009

Linda Hodges Gallery, Witness, Seattle, WA Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

2008

Linda Hodges Gallery, Body, Seattle, WA

2007

Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Rendering, Portland, OR

2006

Cumberland Gallery, New Visions, Nashville, TN Linda Hodges Gallery, Encounters, Seattle, WA

2005

Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, WA

2004

Linda Hodges Gallery, Evocation, Seattle, WA

2003

Linda Hodges Gallery, Embodiment, Seattle, WA

2001

Linda Hodges Gallery, Seeds, Seattle, WA

2000

Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, This Time, Portland, OR

1999

Susan Cummins Gallery, Looking Outward, Mill Valley, CA

1998

Greg Kucera Gallery, 4 Gathering: Recent Wood Sculpture, Seattle, WA

1997

Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Earthly Pleasures, Portland, OR Susan Cummins Gallery, Telling Stories, Mill Valley, CA

1996

Lisa Kurts Gallery, Different Solitudes, Memphis, TN

1995

Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1994

Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

1993

Kurts Bingham Gallery, Introduction IV, Memphis, TN Pulliam Deffenbaugh Nugent Gallery, New Works by David French, Portland, OR

1992

MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA

AWARDS/HONORS 1998

Studio Residency at Vermont Studio Center, Juried by David Humphreys

1997

Studio Residency at Vermont Studio Center, Juried by Wolf Kahn and William Willis

1996

Studio Residency at Vermont Studio Center, WESTAF

1995

WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Sculpture

BIBLIOGRAPHY Adelman, Carol. “Review - Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery”, Sculpture, January/February 1999 Freewater, Milton, Art Access, "Sampler" October 2008, Vol. 17, Number 8, pp. 8 - 9 Hackett, Regina, Seattle P.I., "Dealer's Choice, Shift the Rules," Life and Arts, Tuesday, September 23, 2008, pp 2 - 3.

Meilach, Dona A. Wood Art Today, Schiffer, A Schiffer Design, 2004 Portfolio, American Craft Magazine Decemeber 2003/January 2004, pg. 51, Row, D.K. “Small Treasures”, Willamette Week, February 1997 Smith, Tracy A. “Review - Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery”, Art in America, February, 1996 Sophia Kidd, "David French," Artillery, September/October 2008, pg. 57 Wagonfield, Judy, Seattle P. I., “French and Moser Deftly Weave together the Real and Unreal,” What’s On Display, August 18, 2004 Worrsam, Nancy, Queen Anne News, “Speaking with Wood,” August 4, 2004, pg. 17 LECTURES 2001

Artist Lecture Series, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

1996

Memphis State University, Memphis TN

SELECTED COLLECTIONS Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID Christensen, O’Connor, Johnson, Kindness, Seattle, WA Entergy, New Orleans, LA Fenwick and West, Seattle, WA Galatin Cascade, Portland, OR Google Corporate Collection, Kirkland, WA Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder, Bellevue, WA Landerholm, Memovich, Lansverk & Whitesides, Vancouver, WA Packard Foundation, San Francisco, CA Philip Morris Corporation, New York, NY Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA Morris Museum of Art, August, GA SAFECO, Seattle, WA Schering Plough Health Care Products, Memphis, TN Skagit Valley College, Skagit Valley, WA Walker, Richer, Quinn, Seattle, WA Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle, WA Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA