David Hicks
b. 1975
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David Hicks’ works, drawing inspiration from nature and agricultural products, examines the formal qualities of plans and organic forms common to the American landscape.
David Hicks is an artist currently living and working in North Carolina. Hicks’works, drawing inspiration from nature and agricultural products, examines the formal qualities of plans and organic forms common to the American landscape. Hicks holds a BFA from the California State University in Long Beach, and in 2006 he completed his MFA at Alfred University in New York. Hicks exhibits his work throughout the United States and abroad, and is included in many permanent collections including the Permanent Collection of the World Ceramic Exhibition in South Korea, the United States Embassy Art Collection and the American Museum of Ceramic Art.
David Hicks is just beginning to understand the attraction he has to the agricultural. The shapes and themes he references can be found in the fields surrounding his home. Forms that could be hanging from trees, buried in the dirt or rusting in the shed, find their way into his work. He has a fundamental understanding of these organic and sometimes mechanical forms. They seem to be autobiographical and they explain the natural processes of agricultural cycles. In the agricultural world, there are cycles that feel like allegorical references to a human struggle, a struggle that starts with fertilization, moves through growth and finally ends in decay. This process is raw and connected to my understanding of self.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Clippings and Hard Fruit, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami FL
2014
Nucleus, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
2013
Clay Mix Gallery, Fresno CA
2012
Specimens & Artifacts, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island NY
2011
Farewell, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
2009
Post Harvest, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia CA
Field Studies, Clay Mix Gallery, Fresno CA
2008
Suspended Still Life, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
New Works, Ventura College Art Gallery, Ventura CA
2007
First Arts Gallery, Visalia CA
2006
Insinuations, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Schien-Joseph Int. Museum of Ceramics Art, Alfred NY
2005
Arts Visalia Gallery, Visalia CA
2003
Chris Winfield Gallery, Carmel CA
2002
J. Moore Gallery, Seal Beach CA
Transitions, Werby Gallery, Long Beach CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Method Accumulation, NCECA, Portlans OR
Art Miami, Miami FL, Mindy Solomon Gallery
2016
Pale Harvest, Scape, Corona Del Mar CA
Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua NY
Transformed By Fire, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA
FOG Design and Art, Represented by Edward Cella, San Fransico CA
David Hicks & Chris Truman, New Works , Edward Cella Art Gallery, Culer City CA
2015
Constructions, Edward Cella Gallery, Culver City CA
Calibrating Color: The Visible Spectrum and the Ceramic Surface, Cohen Gallery, School of art and design at Alfred University, Alfred NY
Hamptons Art Market, Market Art & Design, NY, Mindy Solomon Gallery
2014
Art Miami, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery
SOFA Chicago, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery
Material Collaborations, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami FL
Goodwin Fine Art, Denver Colorado
MUCK, Arizona State University Art Museum, Curated by Peter Held
2013
SOFA Chicago, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery
Santa Fe Clay, Artist Workshop and exhibition, Santa Fe NM
Art Market Hampton’s, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery
Art A Continuum, Traveling Exhibition, ASU Art Gallery (5 City/5 year tour NEA Sponsored)
2012
Art Miami, Represent by Mindy Solomon Gallery
Art Platform Los Angeles, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg Florida
Organic Inhabitants, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg Florida
Art Mrkt Hamptons, Bridgehampton NY, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery
10 for 10 x2: 10th Anniversary New Acquisitions, Arizona State University Art Museum
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach FL, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery
Art Wynnwood, Miami FL, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery
Clay Mentors, Clay Mix Gallery, Fresno CA
2011
Sofa Chicago, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Mrkt Hamptons, Bridgehampton NY, Represents by Mindy Solomon Gallery,
Florida Souvenirs, group exhibit at Mindy Solomon gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
US Embassy, Tbilisi Georgia
2010
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, UNC Pembroke Art Gallery
SOFA New York, Represented by Cross Mackenzie Gallery
NCECA 2010, Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Earth Origins, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe NM
White, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
Art Spaces, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg FL.
2009
Gallery Artists, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
Multiformity (NCECA 2009), Mesa College, Mesa AZ
Wide Angle 3, The Smog Shop LA, Sponsored by the University Art Museum, Long Beach CA
Fig Tree Invitational Exhibition, Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno CA
5th World Ceramic Biennial, International Competition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, ROK
2008
Faculty Exhibition, Phebe Conley Gallery, California State University Fresno, Fresno CA
Splash, Corridor Gallery, Fresno CA
2007
Alumni Group, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery. Visalia CA
Art Auction 12, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA
4th World Ceramic Biennial, International Competition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, ROK
2006
Matter of Fact, Arts Manhattan Gallery, Manhattan Beach CA
Alfred on 25th Street, A Collective Show of Alfred University MFA’s, Lohin Geduld Gallery, J. Cacciola Gallery and Florence Lynch Gallery, New York NY
2005
61st Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont CA
2004
The Show, Loop Gallery, New York
2001
Insight, California State University Museum of Art, California State University, Long Beach CA
EDUCATION
2006
M.F.A. New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred New York
2003
B.F.A. California State University, Long Beach California
COLLECTIONS
Collection of Francois Odermott
Collection of Fancie Bishop Good
Collection of Marlene Picard
Collection of Beth Dewoody
Boise Museum of Art, Boise ID
St. Petersburg Museum of Art
Permanent Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum
Collection of Jack Welch
Collection of Michael Mukasey
Collection of Anne Lurie, IL
US Embassy Art Collection, Washington DC
AMOCA Collection, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona CA
Permanent Collection, WOCEF, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Icheon, South Korea
Glory Hole Collection, Schien-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, New York
Silber Collection, Private Collection of Dianne and Igal Silber, CA
Collection of Richard Oelschlaeger, CA
AWARDS
Critics Picks, Art Ltd Magazine, David Hicks & Chris Trueman Exhibition, Edward Cella Gallery, 2016
Architectural Digest, January 15, 2016 FOG Design + Art
Critics Picks, Art Platform, Los Angeles California, 2012
Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly, 2012
Honorable Mention, 4th World Ceramic Biennial, World Ceramic Center, Icheon South Korea
PUBLICATIONS
FOG Design + Art 2016 Catalog, Represented by Edward Cella Gallery
Glaze: The Ulitimate Ceramics Artist’s Guide to Glaze and Color, Brian Taylor and Kate Doody, 2014
Ceramics Monthly, Front Cover and Article, January 2014
Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, Pg. 8 & 21, ASU Crafting A Continuem Traveling Exhibition, December 2013
Crafting a Continuum, Rethinking Contemporary Craft, Peter Held& Heather Sealy Lineberry,
Ceramics Monthly, Exhibition Announcement, Cross MAckenzie Gallery, October 2013
Ceramic Art And Perception, Issue 93, Back Cover, Mindy Solomon Gallery
The New Ceramics, Sculpting and Hand Building, Bloomsbury Publishing, Claire Loder, 2013
Ceramic Art And Perception, Exhibition Review, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, March 2013, Janet Koplos
Ceramic Art And Perception, Back Cover, December 2012
Art Platform, Exhibition Catalog, 2012
Ceramics Monthly, Upfront, Organic Inhabitants, September 2012
2012 Calendar, Art in The Embassies Annual Calendar, Cover Photo
2012 Calendar, Art in The Embassies Annual Calendar, Cover Photo
Art In America, May 2012, Mindy Solomon Gallery
SOFA 2011 Chicago Exhibition Catalogue, The Art Fair Company, Chicago Illinois.
Ceramics Monthly, November 2010, Exhibition Review
American Craft, Aug./Sept. 2010 Mindy Solomon Gallery
Art in Embassies, Suva Embassy Collection Catalog, US Department of State
Ceramics Monthly, May 2010, Featured Emerging Artist
SOFA 2010 New York Exhibition Catalogue, The Art Fair Company, Chicago Illinois.
Ceramics Monthly, October 2009
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation Press, International Competition Catalog 2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, 2009
Ceramic Monthly, December 2008, Upfront Exhibitions
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation Press, International Competition Catalog, 2007
Ceramophile, The Schien-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Volume XVII Number 2 Fall 2006
Ceramophile, The Schien-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Volume XVII Number 1 Spr. 2006
Ceramic Review UK, “ Six American Sculptors Are Put into Perspective”, Sept./Oct. 2005
Andy Brumner, “Where Clay Gets a Chance To Make A Big Impression”, Los Angeles Times (Jan. 27th, 2005) E21
Christopher Miles, “ Getting Out of Hand”, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Press, Scripps College 2005
Tony Marsh, “Acts of Faith and Adventure”, Scripps College Press, Scripps College, 2005
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