Shoshana
Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sara Meltzer Gallery,
New York, NYDavid Schafer
Studio: 646-436-0620
E-mail: dragstr@earthlink.net
Born:
Kansas City, Missouri 1955
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
University of Texas, Austin, M.F.A., 1983
University of Missouri, Kansas City, B.A., 1979
The Art Institute of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO., 1973-75
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001Shoshana
Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sara Meltzer Gallery,
New York, NY
2000Works On
Paper, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
1999Chuck, Los
Angeles, CA
1998Dollhouse,
Los Angeles, CA
1996Special K
Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
1992Berland Hall
Gallery, New York, NY
1988White Columns,
New York, NY
1987P.S.1, Long
Island City, NY
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2006In
development: One Percent for the Arts project for the Huntington Memorial
Out Patient Pavilion, Pasadena, CA
2005D-Play:
IT House ,
TK Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2004The
Intruder ,The Middelburg Triennial, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Holland
General
Theory ,
The Sculpture Center, NY
2000Cluster
38 , KBond, Los Angeles, CA
1995Reading
Rooms, New York City, NY
Lauren Wittels
Gallery, Lombard-Freid Gallery, Nordanstad Gallery, Printed Matter Bookstore,
Barnes and Noble Bookstore,
Biblio's Cafe
and Bookstore, NYC Post Office, NYC Public Library, Cyber Café, Art NetWeb
1993New
Century Trellis, Public Art Fund, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY
Pastoral Mirage
, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
1991Liberty
Prop, Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, New York, NY
In collaboration
with architect Jeffrey Cole
1989Model
Q, City Front Plaza, Chicago, IL
1988Plaza
of the First Reader, Columbus Park, Brooklyn, NY
Outdoor
Sculpture, Public Art Fund, Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
Altered
Sites, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, PA
1987
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1986Invitational
Sculpture Exhibition, 2B, NY
Outdoor
Sculpture Installation, Long Island City University, CW Post Campus
Sculpture
In Place, Manhattan Community College, NY
Annual
Outdoor Sculpture, Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
1985Construction/Obstruction,
Port Authority Bus Terminal, NY
Annual
Outdoor Sculpture, Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005Mothership
Connection, Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX
D-Play
: IT House, TK Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Lounge,
curated by Regine Basha, ArtSpace, Austin, Texas
2004Futureways-The
Middelburg Triennial, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Holland
Re-modeling:
New Ideas on the Form and Function of Architectural Models, University
Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Treble,
The Sculpture Center, NY
The Inquisitive Musician,
Reading participant for the video “The Inquisitive Musician” by Cindy Bernard & David Hatcher
2003x10R.1,
used as soundtrack for a video, File, by Cheryl Donegan, Oliver Kamm, 5BE Gallery,
NY
2002GHZ,
Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA
2001Revolutions
Per Minute, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
BodySpace,
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2000Photasm,
Hunter College, NY
Post Millennial
Fizzy, Beaver College, Philadelphia, PA
1999Sonopticon
99, organized by FAR, Action Space, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond
Music, organized by Brandon LaBelle, Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles,
CA
Attention
Spam, curated by Paul Zelevansky, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
Post Millennial
Fizzy, curated by Julie Joyce and Adam Ross, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery,
California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1998Reverb,
The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Composed:
Rodney Graham, Christian Marclay and David Schafer
curated by Lynn
Sharpless, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997Installation,
Lemon Sky Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Yard Sale,
Special K Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
March
Six, Ikon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996Muse-X
Editions, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Untitled,
Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Scratch,
curated by Mel Chin, Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY
1995Group
Show, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Grounded,
curated by Dan Cameron, Art/Omi, New York, NY
A,Working
Title, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
1994Animated,
Art in General, New York, NY
Multiple,
The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1993Living
Room, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
The Joke
Show, Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Preliminaries,
ACA Exhibition Space, New York, NY
1992The
Backroom, Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York, NY
The Neurotic
Show, Artists Space, New York, NY
1991Artifacts
of Thought-Sculptors Drawings, Marymount College, New York, NY
Western
Agenda, curated by Cornelia Butler, Artists Space, New York, NY
1990Corporealities,
Sue Spaid Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
David
Schafer, Polly Apfelbaum, Coup De Grace Gallery, New York, NY
1989Selections
from the File, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
David
Schafer, John Schlessinger, Van Rooy Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Sculpture
Chicago, The Equitable Building, Chicago, IL
Sculpture
Chicago, outdoor installation, Chicago, IL
Outdoor
Sculpture Installation, Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
1988Notations
on the Virtual, Loughelton Gallery, New York, NY
The Text
is Unexplained, curated by Bill Arning, Stux Gallery, Boston, MA
Hudson
River Invitational, The Hudson River Museum, New York, NY
Four By
Four, White Columns, New York, NY
Wilkov/Goldfeder
Gallery, three-person show, NY
1987Group
Show, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Benefit
Show, White Columns, New York, NY
The Gnarly
Mo Show, Limelight Disco, NY
Jumbo
Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
10th Anniversary
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY
1986Engaging
Objects, The Participatory Art of Mirror, Mechanism and Shelters,
curated by Tom
Finkelpearl, The Clocktower, New York, NY
Brooklyn
86, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1985Sculpture
Outdoors , Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
New Art
in New York, Parsons School of New York, NY
Masters
of War, Ammo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Horse
Show, Ammo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group
Show, Gallery Hirondelle, NY
Small
Pieces, Big Ideas , Pan Arts, NY
1984Group
Show, Berlin Club, NY
Watermelon
Show, Richmond VA
Group
Show, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
1983AMST2,
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX
Terminal
Show, Brooklyn, NY
Group
Show, Brazos Gallery, Austin, TX
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2006 Part Time Faculty, Professor of Fine Art
2000 to 2005 Full Time
Faculty, Professor of Fine Art
Director of the Sculpture and Installation Track
1997-2000 Adjunct Instructor
2001 Represented Art Center at the Taki-Fuji award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan
2000 Interim Chair for the Fine Art Department, two terms
1997-2005
Classes Taught:
Adventures
in Reduced Listening, with Jan Tumlir
Advanced Materials for
Art and Design, with Randall Wilson
Materials for Art and
Design, with Kristina Castella
Digital Practices in Sculpture,
with Jason Pilarski
3D Digital Space as a Fine Art Practice, with Everett Kane
Multi-Media Installation
Basics of Sculpture
Rethinking Art
One On One
Art: Theory and Practice
Mind Over Matter One
The Language Game
Mind Over Matter 2
Senior Projects
Independent Studies
Graduate Meetings
Review Committee
Scholarship Review
Built for Speed
Lift and Separate
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2000 Visiting Artist and Lecturer
Classes
Taught:
Tone and Sculpt
Graduate Meetings
Independent Studies
1996-1999 Adjunct Instructor
Classes
Taught:
Sculpture: Metal Casting
Art Theory as Practice: Junior Seminar
Art Theory as Practice: Senior Seminar
Digital Imaging One
Independent Studies
Sculpture: Methods and Materials
Review Committee Member
Form and Space One
Form and Space Two
1994-1996 Adjunct Instructor
Classes
Taught:
Digital Design One
Digital Design Two
Review Committee Member
3D Design One
3D Design Two
1985-1996 Adjunct Instructor
Classes
Taught :
Sculpture One
Sculpture Two
Sculpture:
Wood Fabrication
Sculpture: Metal Fabrication
Graduate Meetings
Senior Advisor
Review Committee Member
Sculpture Shop Coordinator
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2004Great Teacher
Award, Art Center College of Design, CA
2003Great Teacher
Award, Art Center College of Design, CA
2001Faculty
Enrichment Grant, Art Center College of Design, CA
2000Great
Teacher Award, Art Center College of Design, CA
1989National
Endowment for the Arts, New York, NY
Artist
in Residence, Sculpture Chicago, Chicago, IL
1987Individual
Project Grant, Artists Space, NY
Group
Exhibitions Grant, Artists Space, NY
Artist
in Residence, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY
1986Individual
Project Grant, Artists Space, NY
1985New
Art in New York, Parsons, NY
1983Ford
Foundation Scholarship, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1982Ford
Foundation Scholarship, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1981Ford
Foundation Scholarship, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2004Futureways:
The Middelburg Biennial 2304, DeVleeshal, Middelburg, Holland
ReModeling,
The University Art Museum of Long Beach, CA
Treble,
The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
2001Bodyspace
, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2000David
Schafer , Works On Paper, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
The
World, artist project, Poetry Journal, New York, NY
Photasm,
Hunter College, New York, NY
1999 Ribot,
artist project, edited by Brandon LaBelle, Los Angeles, CA
1996Grounded,
Art Omi, New York, NY
1995Manual,
Art in General, New York, NY
1993Pastoral
Mirage, Prospect Park Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
1991Artifacts
of Thought, Marymount College, New York, NY
Western
Agenda, Artist's Space, New York, NY
1989Public
Art Fund 1988-1989, New York, NY
David
Schafer, John Schlessinger, Van Rooy Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Sculpture
Chicago 1989, Chicago, IL
Altered
Sites, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, PA
Public
Art Program 1985-1988, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island City University,
NY
1987Engaging
Objects, The Participatory Art of Mirror, Mechanism and Shelters, The Clocktower,
New York, NY
EDITIONS
2002x10R.1,
double audio CD, edition of 1000, Transparency, Los Angeles, CA
2001I
Got Lost Because of the Detour, lithograph and silkscreen, edition of 30,
Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD
1994Big
Block, letterset press, edition of 30, published by The Sculpture Center,
NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004Noriyuki,
Duane. Perception, deception: beyond model homes. Los Angeles Times,
March 18
Rozendaal,
Ernst Jan. Future Sheds Light on the Present. Provenciale Zeeuwse
Courant, January 30
2003Cotner,
David. David Schafer x10R.1-x10R.2. Transparency Records website
Goldsmith,
Kenny. x10R.1-x10R.2. Music Reviews/ Chartsweep
Hemptinne,
Pierre. x10R.1-x10R.2. Listening Note, The Anti-Fun Magazine,
media library of the french community in Belgium
2002Min,
Susette. Soothe Operator. Cabinet Magazine, Spring
2001Tanguy,
Sara, BodySpace, Sculpture Magazine, December, vol. 20
Stein,
Lisa. Revolutions Per Minute. Chicago Tribune, November 23
Johnson,
Ken. David Schafer. The New York Times, September 21
Gopnik,
Blake. Pure and Simple: Art That Causes a Sensation. The Washington
Post, February 25
O'Sullivan,
Michael. Alluring BodySpace Pulls You In. The Washington Post, March
2
McNatt,
Glenn. BMA's 'BodySpace' installations challenge how we see objects, ideas
and each other. Baltimore Sun, February 18
Giuliano,
Mike. Body And Soul. City Paper, February 28
Saffer,
Caroline. BodySpace Breaks art world boundaries. The Johns Hopkins
Newsletter, March 1
2000Johnson,
Ken. Photasm. The New York Times, November 3
Dunlop,
Jennifer. David Schafer. Art Issues, Summer
1999Rice,
Robin. Futurama . Philadelphia City Paper, November 26
Campbell,
Clayton. Attention Spam . Flash Art , Summer
Frank,
Peter. Beyond Music Sound Festival . LA Weekly , May 7
Harvey,
Doug. Futurama: post-millennial deja vu at Luckman Fine Arts . LA
Weekly, April 9
Sozanski,
Edward J. Trolling For Clarity On The Future . The Philadelphia
Enquirer, November 21
1998Lombino,
Mary-Kay. Dollhouse , Artweek , July/August
Frank,
Peter. Art Pick of the Week: Reverb . LA Weekly , February 20-26,
Cooper,
Jacqueline. The Dollhouse Gallery . New Art Examiner , October
1997Morgan,
Margaret. Art and Text , No. 57, May
1996Frank,
Peter. Art Pick of the Week . LA Weekly , December 6-12
Kandell,
Susan. Mall Scenes . Los Angeles Times, November 21
Can
Art in Cyberspace Live Without a Body? The New York Times , January
21
1995headline.net/art/
World Art , #4
1994Raven,
Arlene. Common Ground . The Village Voice , January 25
Kahn,
Eve M. The Power of the Word . Landscape Architecture , January
1993Gartner,
Jon . Future Prospects for the Park . Metropolis Magazine ,
December
Pastoral
Mirage . The New Yorker , August 23
Olmsted
Fails as Sound Bite . The New York Times , September 12
New
York Sculpture Awards , Flash Art , June
Zdanovics,
Olga. Living Room . The New Art Examiner , Summer
Artists
Seek Physical Relationship/Living Room . The Reader , Chicago,
IL, April
Living
Room . F Magazine , Chicago, IL
1991Faust,
Gretchen. New York in Review-Liberty Prop . Arts , November
Myers,
Terry. New York in Review-Western Agenda . Arts , September
Concerned
Citizen . The New Yorker , September 16
1990David
Schafer, John Schlessinger . De Volleskrant , January
Art
Pick of the Week: Corporealities . LA Weekly , August 23
1989Sculptor
Watching . New City Magazine . September 14
Art
for the Public . Metropolis Magazine . January-February
Sculpture
Chicago . Sculpture Magazine , September
Chicago's
Top 40 . The Chicago Tribune , August 18
Sculpture
Chicago . Chicago Sun Times , September
Art
for the Public . Metropolis Magazine , January-February
1988Sculptors
Artfully Alter Fairmont Park . Philadelphia Inquirer , Philadelphia,
PA, August 7
Art
With a Capital B . The Phoenix , Vol 17, No. 4, Brooklyn, NY
1987City
as Sculpture Garden: Seeing the New and Daring . The New York Times
1986Brenson,
Michael. Engaging Objects . The New York Times , May 30
Taking
Part in Downtown Art . New York Newsday , May 9
Soho
To Dumbo . On The Avenue , Vol. 2, No. 5, New York, NY, February
1985The
Art of Doing Business . Alcalde , The University of Texas at Austin
Alumni Magazine, Austin, TX
Construction/Obstruction
. Bus Stop: The Magazine for Commuters , Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey, October
Waterfront
Art on Display . The Phoenix , Vol. 13, No. 41, Brooklyn, NY, April
1983David
Schafer (Data Gallery) . Third Coast , Austin, TX
1982Here
and Now at the Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX . Artspace Southwestern
Contemporary Arts Quarterly , Summer
CURATED EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS
2005Max
Neuhaus
lecture, discussion, and dinner at
Art Center College of Design
2000They
Came From Within , group exhibition, The Bradbury Building, Los Angeles,
CA
1998Jean
Jacques Perry, concert and lectures series at UCLA, Cal Arts, Art
Center, and Otis College
1995
Pixel Putty , Video Screenings at the School of Visual Arts, New York,
NY
Video
Salon , Art in General, New York, NY
RADIO
1998From
Muzak to Moog , Interview with Phyllis Green for Look/Hear,
KXLU 88.9 FM, Los Angeles, CA
Sitar
Pop and Moog set , Guest DJ for KBLT 104.7 FM, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLISHED WRITING
2006Forthcoming
in September, Up
is High, How? contributing essay for
Failure!
Experiments in Aesthetic and Social Practices, The Journal of Aesthetic
and Protest Press, CA
2003The Instructor
. Futureways exhibition catalog, published by the Whitney
Museum (written in collaboration with Rita McBride)
2000Bill
Leavitt, Margo Leavin Gallery . Art Papers , January/February (review)
Toward
a Non-Definition . Inland Specific exhibition catalog
(essay)
1999Martin
Kersels, Dan Bernier Gallery . Art Papers , February (review)
Are
We Touched? Identities From Outer Space . Art Papers,
July (review)
The
Garden of Descent . X-Tra (commentary)
Exploring
the World of Sitar Pop . Cool and Strange Music Magazine , November (feature)
1998The Moog
As Prosthetic God . Documents Journal
Chazam
Eklektrythms . Cool and Strange Music Magazine , August (review)
Electronic
Toys, A Retrospective of '70's Synthesizer Music . Cool and Strange Music
Magazine, August (review)
1997The
Moog As Prosthetic God . Exotica Ectetera (feature)
101
Moogs! Cool and Strange Music Magazine , February (feature)
Where
to Search for Records in the City of Glamour and Paranoia . Cool and Strange
Music Magazine , November (feature)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Board
Member, The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound
(SASSAS).