David Spence

David Spence Biography


David Spence was born in West Virginia but grew up in Virginia where as a child he played with clay and made figures and drawings of the human anatomy. After High school, he entered the U.S.C.G but could not step away from his true passion, Art. At the age of 19, Soon after leaving the military, David moved to New York City to finally pursue his artistic talents. The numerous hours spent in museums and galleries, were concentrated on the shapes, line and mass of sculptures and paintings of great masters. Aiming for the highest quality is certainly an important part of what David learned during these studies. David moved from NYC back to his hometown of Virginia, continuing his work of sculpture in wood and stone. It wasn't until David moved to Houston, Texas that he begin working with Bronze . At the age of 37, he moved to Italy and set up his studio in the mountains of Tuscany where he sculpted wood and the local clays. A year later, David moved to Mexico and opened his own art foundry in the northern city of Monterrey, realizing that carving in wood and stone was not enough the requirement for presentation of his work became paramount and all his ...

Wiener Gallery 975 Madison Ave. NY.C 1967-1968
Vestart Galleries 1061 Madison Ave. NY.C 1968-1970
Chelsea House 222 Main Street Abingdon, VA. 1973-1975
Puffy Gallery 2nd. Ave N.Y.C 1979-1980
Texas Commerce Bank, Spring Show 1983
Marney Gallery, Houston Texas. 1983-1984
Gallery San Miguel, San Miguel, Mexico. 1983-1984
Misraschi gallery, Mexico City, DF Mexico. 1983-1985
Gallery Inspirations Monterrey, Mexico. 1983-1984
(Commision bust of Zapata for president of Mexico)
Doma Gallery State Street, Bristol, Virginia 1993-2000
Blue Spiral gallery, Asheville, N.C. 1994-1995
Ralston Fine Arts Gallery, Johnson City, TN. 1993-2000
Tusculum Gallery of Art, Tusculum City, TN 1993
Gallery Two-0-Nine, Dallas.TX 1997-2001
Shidoni Galleries Santa Fe, N.M. 2000-2010
Bennet Gallery, Knoxville, TN. 2002-2011
R.E.N Galleries, Winston Salem, N.C. 2002-2004
Dallas Fine Arts Spring Shows 2001
Ann Thompson Gallery Clifton, TX. 2009-2011
Kornye G...