David Paul Kay
New York City, NY, United States
About David Paul Kay
David Paul Kay is a New York City based self-taught contemporary artist & muralist.
Born and raised in former Republic of Georgia David witnessed the collapse of Soviet Union and years of civil war. In 1998-99 he lived in the United States and completed his high school education. Experiencing the West for the first time made a huge impact on his personality, his life and work. After returning to Georgia he obtained degrees in Computer Science and Law, hosted a TV show on a national cable network, but he continued to experiment in various mediums of visual art trying to find his true calling.
In 2008 David had to flee Georgia to the US and soon after moved to New York City where he found his true home and comfort zone as an artist. Being exposed to works of Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat made a huge impact on David, the city inspired him as he developed his now black and white signature style.
David sees exteriors transformed, using vibrant lines, he converts walls, paper, fabric, objects, even human beings into kinetic surfaces. It all started with small pocketbook drawing, which he made and still makes while commuting throughout the subways of New York. David’s work started to get noticed through social media, and in 2012 he participated in his first group exhibition followed by several group and solo shows in New York, Paris and Dubai.
David has always been passionate about large-scale art he painted his first mural on a rooftop of a pre-war building in Midtown Manhattan. The piece called “HK52” instantly went viral. David was contacted soon after, and commissioned to paint a 5000 sq ft indoor mural at a well-known bar in the heart of Chelsea, G Lounge. The project was followed by others including TWO12, rooftop mural of a fifty unit luxury residential complex in Willamsburg, Brooklyn, 100 gates project mural on Lower East Side, “Stage158” rooftop mural in Harlem, and “East Side Orgy” mural at Ideal Glass Gallery in East Village.
In December 2015 David was commissioned by Cadillac to travel to Miami for the Art Basel and to paint a brand new Cadillac ATS-V, live, during Pulse Miami Beach art fair.
David Paul Kay is represented by Galerie-Kontakthof in Paris and Visual Artists Group in Los Angeles, his limited edition prints are available exclusively on TWYLA.
Education:
BA, Tbilisi State University, Liberal Arts.
BA, Georgian Technical University, Computer Systems and Networking.
Events:
2016 - Ideal Glass mural"East Side Orgy" - Eeast Village, NYC
2016 - BBL "Art In Transit"mural on wheels, Philadelphia, PA
2015 - Art Basel / Pulse Miami Beach live art event for Cadillac. Miami Beach.
2015 - Stage 158 rooftop mural, short dance film collaboration. Harlem, NYC
2015 - 100 Gates Project, Lower East Side mural, NYC
2015 - UP&OUT dance film collaboration, NYC
2014 - Block6Films"Poets in last" short film, NYC
2013 - G Lounge & Gallery 5000+ sq. ft. original art installation, Chelsea, NYC
2013 - Live art at GLAAD annual art auction, Chelsea, NYC
Exhibitions:
2017 - Where is the Afterparty, Group Exhibition, Chelsea, NY
2017 - SEVENxSEVEN, Artist Residency, Solo Exhibition, VAG, Los Angeles, CA
2016 - Perry Street Salon Show, West Village, NYC
2016 - Animamus Art Salon group show, West Village, NYC
2016 - Rooftop Pop-Up group show, Tribeca, NYC
2016 - kontakthof gallery goes bouquiniste, group exhibition, Paris, France
2016 - Public Factory / Soho Grand, Solo Exhibition, Soho, NYC
2016 - Ideal Glass Gallery - Exhibition / mural presentation, East Village, NYC
2015 - Emerging Artists AwardsGroup Show / Sofitel Dubai
2015 - Conception Art, group exhibition, Varick Room, Tribeca, NYC
2015 - Dacia Gallery, group exhibition, Lower East Side, NYC
2014 - Madison Fire Island, solo exhibition, Fire Island Pines, NY
2013 - GLAAD Annual Art Auction, group exhibition, Chelsea, NYC
2013 - West End Gallery, group exhibition, West Village, NYC
2013 - Greenspoint Gallery, Spring group show, Brooklyn, NYC
2012 - 286 Spring Gallery, first inaugural group show, Soho, NYC
2010 - Leslie Lohman museum, group exhibition, Soho, NYC
