Recent Press:
Todd Camplin's review of David Collins' 2023 exhibition at Valley House Gallery appeared in moderndallas magazine on pages 17-27.
Watch an interview with David Collins in his New York studio on Art This Week
Watch a gallery talk by David Collins about his 2011 exhibition Clearstory on the Valley House Gallery YouTube channel
Dirty Laundry Magazine
Education:
1988 B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
2018 David Collins ‘84, Jesuit Dallas Museum, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
2018 David Collins: Day Shift, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 David Collins: Back Home, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2014 David Collins: Unbound, Valley House Gallery, & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas
2012 Architectural Musings: Recent Paintings by David Collins & James Isherwood, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, New York
2011 David Collins: Clearstory, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 In Bound, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2007 Beacons, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2007 The Way Home, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2005 Manifold, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2004 Collections, Vernacular Press, New York, New York
2003 Slip Stream, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2002 Pilot Down, Works on Paper, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, New York
2001 Navigator, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2001 David Collins, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 Stations, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2000 David Collins, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, New York
1999 Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York
Group Exhibitions:
2018 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014 Northern Exposure: Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Visit Addison, Addison Visitor Information and Artisan Center, Addison, Texas.
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Abstract Thinking, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2013 The New Fauves, Tria Gallery, New York, New York
2012 Geometric Showcase: Contemporary Galleries at the MADI, The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas, Texas
2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Houston Fine Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Elemental = color / line / texture, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Fresh & Salty (a Valley House Gallery group exhibition), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2010 Shorelines, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2008 The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2008 183 Annual: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy, New York, New York
2007 Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition, Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, China
2007 Aqua Art Miami, Heidi Cho Gallery, Miami, Florida
2007 Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York
2006 25th National Print Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, Connecticut
2006 Flow Art Fair, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Miami, Florida
2005 Small Works Show, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, New York
2005 Introduction 02: Painting and Sculpture, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 Brave New Worlds, Dorsky Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, New York
2004 Beautiful Male Objects, Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York
2004 Circular Convergence, NIX Gallery, New York, New York
2002 Prints From Within. Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, Connecticut
2002 2002, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2002 Introductions, Elins and Eagles-Smith, San Francisco, California
2002 Works on Paper, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Abstraction/ Gestural to Geometric, Anita Friedman Fine Art, New York, New York
2001 Neobotanica, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
2001 Metro North, Abstract Painting from New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York
2001 Works on Paper, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, New York
2001 Aqua Marine, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2000 David Collins, Perry Burns, Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York
1999 Brushes With Spirituality, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey
1999 Summer Invitational, The Painting Center, New York, New York
1999 Invitational Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, New York
1992 Introductions ’92, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1992 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
Honors and Awards:
2008 Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Project fellowship, New York, New York
2005 Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, New York
2003 Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, New York
Literature:
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014; Unbound reproduced.
Sarah Vukalovic, “Noted: Galleries,” Patron Magazine, April - May 2014, page 43.
“David Collins: Unbound,” Arts and Culture, April 2014, page 15.
David Collins, “The Music Room,” Dirty Laundry Magazine, Issue no 5, March 2014, Dream House, Night Shift, Notch Draw Loose, Orion, Outcrop, Untitled, and Vantage Point reproduced. Available from http://dirtylaundrymag.com/article/david-collins/
Michael Granberry, “Art Notes: Artists' Stories Inform Viewers' Appreciation," Dallas Morning News, Guide section, March 2, 2014, page 4E, Unbound reproduced. Available from http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/columnists/michael-granberry/20140301-art-notes-where-creative-people-come-from-makes-a-difference-in-art.ece?ssimg=1484519#ssStory1484521
Lauren Smart, “Noted: Galleries,” Patron Magazine, February – March 2014, pages 39 – 40, Three Sisters reproduced on page 40.
“Episode 159,” Art This Week, January 4, 2013. Available from http://youtu.be/cHFXYAsAoqY
Patricia Mora, “Recent + Current Works of Note – ‘David Collins: Clearstory’,” Arts + Culture Magazine, pages 5 and 36, October 2011, Under Eaves reproduced.
Kent L. Boyer, "David Collins: Clearstory at Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden", Dallas Art News, Dallas, Texas, posted Wednesday, September 7, 2011.
Quinn Mathews, Art Matters, WRR Classical 101.1 FM, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, September 4 & 8, 2011. Available from http://www.wrr101.com/default/Art%20Matters%20September%204%20&%208%20ALL.mp3
Jesse Sidlauakas, “Clearly For Art Lovers,” Dallas Observer, pages 33 and 35, Volume 31, Number 35, September 1-7, 2011.
Todd Camplin, “David Collins – ‘Clearstory,’” Moderndallas, September 2, 2001, Vantage Point, Traveling Light 2, Untitled Tondo, and On Approach reproduced.
Michael Granberry, “David Collins: Clearstory,” Dallas Morning News, Arts Section, page 34, August 27, 2011, Pilot Jack 1 reproduced.
Michael Granberry, “Still Plenty of Air,” Dallas Morning News, Arts Section, page 4E, August 21, 2011, Rhumb Line Dancer reproduced.
Rebecca Sherman, “Design Dallas News: August,” House Garden People, July 28, 2011, Under Eaves, Clearstory Blue, and Attic reproduced.
“Guide Picks,” The Dallas Morning News, page 35, January 14, 2011, Dream Home reproduced.
“Weekend,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 4, 2005.
Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, “Landscapes From Far Near and Now”, ArtBlog, February 3, 2005.
Dominik Lombardi, “Contemporary Views, From Doctors and Others”, The New York Times, January 27, 2002.
Dominik Lombardi, “Show of Paintings Reflects Abstract Mixed With Pop Art”, The New York Times, March 26, 2000.
“New American Painting,” Northeast, Open Studio Press, Vol. 26, March 2000.
Pat Rogers, “Two Artists Work Reflect Shared Inspiration,” South Hampton Press, October 26, 2000.
Ken Johnson, “Invitational Exhibition,” The New York Times, July 2, 1999.
“SOUTH AFRICA: A Risk Special Report”, Risk Publication, London UK, Cover Image, June 1999.
Public Collections:
China Sanbao Ceramic Art Museum, Sanbao, China
United States Department of State
Library of Congress, Washington D.C
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Private Collections:
Alston and Bird LLP Atlanta, Georgia
General Electric
Hyatt Corporation
InSight Capital Ventures, New York, New York
Jesuit Dallas Museum, Dallas, Texas
Lexolution, New York, New York
LookSmart.com, San Francisco, California
Meridian Teterboro, Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, New Jersey
Pfizer Corporation, New York, New York