David Kasman

David Kasman (born 1962, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

David Kasman is best known for his bronze sculptures as well as his direct observation oil paintings of beaches, Boston and Maine.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in Mechanical Engineering. While at Cornell, he studied sculpture with Jonathan Squire and Jim Cole. At that time, he created wood, abstract sculptures, and he was also reintroduced to representational modeling in clay, something he had enjoyed as a young boy.

From 1985-1999 he ran the family business, designing and manufacturing laboratory instruments. During those years, he invented and patented several additional instruments for use by scientists. At night and on weekends, he used the large, open space of the companies’ warehouse to create sculptures with live models. In 1994 he spent a month in the Loire Valley of France to study sculpture with Martine Vaugel. In 1995, he studied artistic anatomy and sculpture at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art with Dean Keller, Don Gale, Laci de Gerenday and Elizabeth Chandler.

In 1998 he won the 1st place award, the Roger T. Williams prize, at the National Sculpture Competition, sponsored by the National Sculpture Society. In that year, he married Katy Cough...