David Orban

David Z Orban is a New Jersey-based figurative painter and teacher. For more than 40 years, he has exhibited widely throughout the Northeast U.S. For the last several years, his focus has been on still life, working primarily in oils. His work has been published, has won several awards, and is included in public and private collections across the United States. 

BA, MFA: Brooklyn College, CUNY
A.A. Mercer County College

Studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lois Dodd, Al Terris, Sam Gelber, Milet Andrejevic, Hiroshi Murata, Mel Leipzig, and Frank Rivera

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Orban has participated in more than 200 group exhibitions over the last 40 years.

June 2022 - NEW JERSEY ARTS ANNUAL: RE:EMERGENCE
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

April 2022 - FRAGILE
Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ

February 2022 - INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ

December 2021 - 10x10 EXHIBITION
Artworks, Trenton, NJ

September 2021 - 92nd ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA

June 2021 - ART ALL NIGHT
Artworks, Trenton, NJ

April 2021 - MERCER ARTISTS 2021 *Best in Show
West Windsor, NJ

August 2020 - ART ALL NIGHT, Trenton, NJ

July 2020 - SUMMER JURIED EXHIBITION
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1991    
David Z Orban: Evolution of a Painter, Rider College Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
1988    
New Paintings, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
1987    
New Paintings, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
1986    TAWA at Ellarslie Series, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
1985    
Recent Paintings, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
1983    
TAWA at Ellarslie Series, the Trenton City Museum
1982    
On Canvas/On Paper, The Lobby Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
1978    
Paintings, Drawings and Pr...