David Tobey

David Tobey was born in Larchmont NY in the United States in 1952. As a young man he studied art with his father, the late American illustrator Alton S. Tobey (1914-2005). He also studied music and is currently a concert violinistwith the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra and other groups. He also teaches art and string instruments privately and at schools in his community, and has appeared on radio and television speaking about art and music.

In the visual arts, he works as a painter mosty in the acrylic medium; and as a sculptor he uses welded steel as his medium of choice.

Many of his most recent paintings and a number of his sculptures relate to music, which has been a consistent theme in his work over the past five years.

He lives with his family in New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York; and in addition to one man shows in galleries in Westchester and New York City, he has completed commissions for a number of books, CD albums and commercial print publishers.

"One aspect of my work explores the aesthetic between visual abstraction and music. There is a clear connection between my paintings and the concepts of harmony, line, rhythm, shape, color, balance, and dynamics. Yet, I fee...

MFA The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, USA;

The Juilliard School, New York City

The Music Conservatory of Westchester, Westchester, NY

Exhibitions:
Gallery 49, New York City
Marx Gallery, The Music Conservatory of Westchester
The Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle
Mooney Center Gallery, The College of New Rochelle
The Steve Bush Gallery, New York
Salon West II, New York
The Outer Space Gallery, New York
The Larchmont Public Library, Larchmont, NY
The Art Barn, Greenwich, CT
ISOA Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Neustadter Galleries, DelRay Beach, FL
The New Artists Show, Madison Square Garden, NY
The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, New York
Broome Street Gallery, New York
Pleiades Gallery, New York
Cunningham Gallery, Hawthorne, NY


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1957 - through 1980 - Studied under his father, the late artist Alton S. Tobey
1963 - through 1969 - Study at the Music Conservatory of Westchester
1967 - through 1970 - Study at the Art Students League, New York City
1975 - The Juilliard School, New York City - Bachelor of Music degree
1984 - Steve Bush Gallery, New York, solo show
1985 - Salon West II, New York, group show
1985 - Madison Square Garden, NYC - New Artists Show - group show
1985 - Paintings published as prints by Ray Greenberg Art Publishing
1985 - Paintings published as prints by SCAFA Modern Art
1985 - Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, New York - group show
1986 - Outer Space Gallery, New York - group show
1987 - Larchmont Public Library, Larchmont, NY - group show
1988 - Neustadter Galleries, DelRay Beach, FL - group show
1989 - ISOA Gallery, Greenwich, CT - group show
1989 - Art Barn, Greenwich, CT - group show
1998 - through present - music & art teacher - New Rochelle, NY
1998 - through present - orchestra director - New Rochelle, NY
2002 - Mooney Center Gallery, College of New Rochelle - group show
2002 - New York State Teaching Certification - Music & Art
2003 - Feature article - Gallery & Studio magazine, Summer issue
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