David Rockwell

Originally from California, David was raised by New Yorkers in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and studied fine art, graphic design and computer science at at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. There, he began studying landscape and figure painting, working regularly in both watercolor and oil pastel. Since moving to New York in 1999, David has painted in oil and acrylic, incorporating 3d printing, mathematics and scientific principles into his work. He has exhibited around the country and his work is in private and corporate collections. He works professionally as a 3d and environmental designer.

My current work is an ongoing exploration of the borders between traditional art practices and elements of design, technology, science and mathematics.

I enjoy the visual languages inherent in each of these interests; art history as an aggregate of thousands of years of representation, letterforms as brushstrokes of language, layering as a palimpsest of life lived, simple algorithms that give rise to complex forms in nature.

I find that the convergence of these influences yields novel hybrids; combining abstraction and figuration, 2d and 3d space, chaos and repose, signal and noise.

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, US, Art & Design

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
"Color"
Juried Art Exhibition
(2023)

Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
"Art from the Boros X"
Juried art exhibition
(2023)

Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
"2023 Annual Juried Show"
Juried art exhibition
(2023)

Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
"Connections VII"
Invitational group show
(2023)

Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
“Paroxysm”
Group show curated by Alison Pirie
(2023)

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
"Wide Open 12" Juried Art Exhibition
Best of Show - Gold for "Three Body Problem"
(2022)

d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA
“Surface” Juried Art Exhibition
(2020)

“Art & Technology 4.0”
K12 Gallery & TEJAS
Juried Art Exhibition
Dayton, OH
(March, 2020)

"Abstracts Matter"
311 Gallery
Juried Art Exhibition
Raleigh, NC
(March, 2020)

"In Gold We Trust"
Ashton Gallery
Juried Art Exhibition
San Diego, CA
(November, 2019)

"Unconventional"
d'Art Center
Juried Art Exhibition
Norfolk, VA
(November, 2019)

"Small and Smaller"
Site:Brooklyn Gallery
Juried Art Exhibition
Brooklyn, NY
(October, 2019)

"New Directions 2019"
Juried Art Exhibition
Poughkeepsie, NY
(October, 2019)

Lake Oswego Arts Festival,
Lake Oswego, OR
"Layers: The Evolving Art of 3D Printing"
Group...