DAVID A. FRENCH
EDUCATION
2010 M.F.A. Vermont College of Fine Art
1987 B.F.A. Carnegie-Mellon University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Living Inside Color, Trager Contemporary, Charleston, SC.
2018
Chromatic Payoff, The Noyes Museum, Claridge Gallery, Atlantic City, NJ. opening Oct. 2018.
The Artist's Dialogue With Paint, Beauregard Fine Art, Rumson, NJ.
2017
Was&Is, Jackson Newark Gallery, Hoboken, NJ.
2016
Primarily Speaking, Oyster Point Gallery, Red Bank, NJ.
Numerators, Bouras Gallery, Overlook Medical Center, Summit NJ.
2015
Albums, AJ Dillon Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2013
And Then Some, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA.
Three Moves, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2012
Painting, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2010
David French, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ.
David French, Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT.
2009
Open Space, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2008
Painting Sedition, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2007
Dialectical Matters, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2006
David French, Beauregard Fine Art, Rumson, NJ.
Prevailing Current Perspective, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2005
Reflective Release, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2003
Spirit of Matter, Matter of Spirit, Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Pitts. PA.
1990
Round Up, Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Premiere Exhibition, Dvora Gallery, Jersey City, NJ.
2019
Winter Showcase, Trager Contemporary, Charleston, SC.
Here We Landed, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ. (May 2019)
14C Art Fair, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ.
Saratoga Art Fair, Trager Contemporary, Charleston, SC.
2018
Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ.
This is Here This is Now, Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ.
2017
Debtfair (participating artist), a project of Occupy Museums, Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
Bold and Beautiful, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Anne Trauben.
A Dark Wood, The Noyes Museum of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ. Curated by Arthur Brusso and Raymond Mingst.
David French and Sue Sweeny, Beaureguard Fine Art,Rumson, NJ.
2016
A Dark Wood, Art House Production & Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Arthur Bruso and Raymond Mingst
Accumulating Experience, popup exhibition, curated by Betty Jarvis for Open Doors, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ.
2015
Revolution, AJ Dillon Fine Art, Atlantic Highlands NJ.
2014
Friends and Friends of Rawls, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA.
Through the Middle, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
Big Little Print Show, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2013
Paint Power, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
Contact Boundary, Umpqua Arts Center, Roseberg, OR.
Preemptive Strike, Arts Guild NJ. Rahway, NJ.
2012
Conditions of Possibility, Umpqua Art Center, Roseburg, OR.
Rawls Museum National, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA.
MudLusious, NJ Art Incubators, West Orange, NJ.
Color Power, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
2011
Compositions in Music & Art, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
Introducing, The Village Culture Gallery, Aspen. CO.
Spring Salon, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Pop, The Village Culture Gallery, Aspen, CO.
2009
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ.
Film One Fest, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
Real or Otherwise Around, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ.
MCAC 30th Annual, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ.
2008
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ.
The Wills Creek Survey, The Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD.
SOHO20's 14th. International, SOHO20 Gallery, Chelsea NY.
Fine Arts International, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg,VA.
Painting Process, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, NJ.
MCAC 29th. Annual, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ.
2007
Sculptoure, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ.
Heroes, Bryce's Barber Shop Gallery, Olympia, WA .
David French & Penelope Deyhle, Beaureguard Gallery, Rumson, NJ.
Two Men in Visual Dialogue, McKay Imaging, Red Bank, NJ.
2005
The S.I.C.A. 2nd International, Long Branch, NJ.
Frames of Mind, Brennan Gallery. Jersey City, NJ.
Summer Exposure, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Global Eclectics, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, NJ.
MCAC 25th.Annual, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ.
New Horizons, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2004
Appreciation Show, S.I.C.A., Long Branch, NJ.
Stretching Boundaries, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Mid-Winter Leap, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003
Six Men in Visual Dialogue, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, NJ
2002
Tidings of Joy, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, NJ
2001
Art Without Walls, Be Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
1989
The Premier Exhibition, Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Micro-Phobia, Macro-Loggia, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, IL.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2013
Purchase Award: Atlantic City Waterfront Sculpture Walk.
2008
The Frank Fotia & Patricia Hilton Award for excellence. From The Wills Creek Survey, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD. (Juror Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Arts, Corcoran Museum.)
Juror Choice Award from The Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA. (Juror George Billis from George Billis Gallerys, NYC, LA.
1985 Joseph B. Ellis award for achievement in painting, awarded by faculty, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
COLLECTIONS
Atlantic City Waterfront Sculpture Walk/ Noyes Museum of Stockton U.
Certusbank, Greenville SC.
Cincinnati Bell Information Systems
Pittsburgh Consolidated Natural Gas Company
The University of Pittsburgh
EDUCATION
2010 M.F.A. Vermont College of Fine Art
1987 B.F.A. Carnegie-Mellon University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Living Inside Color, Trager Contemporary, Charleston, SC.
2018
Chromatic Payoff, The Noyes Museum, Claridge Gallery, Atlantic City, NJ. opening Oct. 2018.
The Artist's Dialogue With Paint, Beauregard Fine Art, Rumson, NJ.
2017
Was&Is, Jackson Newark Gallery, Hoboken, NJ.
2016
Primarily Speaking, Oyster Point Gallery, Red Bank, NJ.
Numerators, Bouras Gallery, Overlook Medical Center, Summit NJ.
2015
Albums, AJ Dillon Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2013
And Then Some, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA.
Three Moves, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2012
Painting, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2010
David French, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ.
David French, Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT.
2009
Open Space, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2008
Painting Sedition, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2007
Dialectical Matters, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2006
David French, Beauregard Fine Art, Rumson, NJ.
Prevailing Current Perspective, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2005
Reflective Release, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2003
Spirit of Matter, Matter of Spirit, Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Pitts. PA.
1990
Round Up, Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Premiere Exhibition, Dvora Gallery, Jersey City, NJ.
2019
Winter Showcase, Trager Contemporary, Charleston, SC.
Here We Landed, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ. (May 2019)
14C Art Fair, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ.
Saratoga Art Fair, Trager Contemporary, Charleston, SC.
2018
Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ.
This is Here This is Now, Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ.
2017
Debtfair (participating artist), a project of Occupy Museums, Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
Bold and Beautiful, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Anne Trauben.
A Dark Wood, The Noyes Museum of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ. Curated by Arthur Brusso and Raymond Mingst.
David French and Sue Sweeny, Beaureguard Fine Art,Rumson, NJ.
2016
A Dark Wood, Art House Production & Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Arthur Bruso and Raymond Mingst
Accumulating Experience, popup exhibition, curated by Betty Jarvis for Open Doors, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ.
2015
Revolution, AJ Dillon Fine Art, Atlantic Highlands NJ.
2014
Friends and Friends of Rawls, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA.
Through the Middle, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
Big Little Print Show, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
2013
Paint Power, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
Contact Boundary, Umpqua Arts Center, Roseberg, OR.
Preemptive Strike, Arts Guild NJ. Rahway, NJ.
2012
Conditions of Possibility, Umpqua Art Center, Roseburg, OR.
Rawls Museum National, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA.
MudLusious, NJ Art Incubators, West Orange, NJ.
Color Power, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
2011
Compositions in Music & Art, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
Introducing, The Village Culture Gallery, Aspen. CO.
Spring Salon, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Pop, The Village Culture Gallery, Aspen, CO.
2009
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ.
Film One Fest, Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
Real or Otherwise Around, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ.
MCAC 30th Annual, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ.
2008
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ.
The Wills Creek Survey, The Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD.
SOHO20's 14th. International, SOHO20 Gallery, Chelsea NY.
Fine Arts International, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg,VA.
Painting Process, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, NJ.
MCAC 29th. Annual, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ.
2007
Sculptoure, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ.
Heroes, Bryce's Barber Shop Gallery, Olympia, WA .
David French & Penelope Deyhle, Beaureguard Gallery, Rumson, NJ.
Two Men in Visual Dialogue, McKay Imaging, Red Bank, NJ.
2005
The S.I.C.A. 2nd International, Long Branch, NJ.
Frames of Mind, Brennan Gallery. Jersey City, NJ.
Summer Exposure, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Global Eclectics, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, NJ.
MCAC 25th.Annual, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ.
New Horizons, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2004
Appreciation Show, S.I.C.A., Long Branch, NJ.
Stretching Boundaries, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Mid-Winter Leap, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003
Six Men in Visual Dialogue, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, NJ
2002
Tidings of Joy, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, NJ
2001
Art Without Walls, Be Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
1989
The Premier Exhibition, Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Micro-Phobia, Macro-Loggia, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, IL.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2013
Purchase Award: Atlantic City Waterfront Sculpture Walk.
2008
The Frank Fotia & Patricia Hilton Award for excellence. From The Wills Creek Survey, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD. (Juror Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Arts, Corcoran Museum.)
Juror Choice Award from The Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA. (Juror George Billis from George Billis Gallerys, NYC, LA.
1985 Joseph B. Ellis award for achievement in painting, awarded by faculty, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
COLLECTIONS
Atlantic City Waterfront Sculpture Walk/ Noyes Museum of Stockton U.
Certusbank, Greenville SC.
Cincinnati Bell Information Systems
Pittsburgh Consolidated Natural Gas Company
The University of Pittsburgh
