DAVID PALMER

born in Syracuse, New York
lives and works in Los Angeles

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

"True Pop Nature," Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA, November 2021
"RetroPop," Laemmle Royal, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
      Art in the Arthouse series, curator: Tish Laemmle
"You Are Here," Laemmle Playhouse 7, Pasadena, CA, 2015
      Art in the Arthouse series, curator: Joshua Elias
"walkabout (talkabout), William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2011
"forever almost falling," William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2007
"David Palmer; The Flatlands Series," Gannon Gallery, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND, 2004
"Flatlands," William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2003
"American Dreams; Paintings by David Palmer," Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 2001
"American Dreams," Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 2001
"David Palmer; Paintings," Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, 2001
"David Palmer, Paintings and Drawings," Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA,1993
"Life on the Edge of the Continent," Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, 1990
"Between Fiction and Memory: Pictures of a Lost Summer," Student Union Gallery,
      University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1987
"Paintings by David Palmer," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1987
"My Summer Vacation," Wheeler Gallery, Amherst, MA, 1986

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

"The Coaster Show," Gallery 30 South, Pasadena, CA, 2021
"Burning Art Exhibition,"Crypto Art Japan, Mount Iwafuneyama, Japan, 2021
"What's Up, Buttercup?,"Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, 2019
"Sweet Art Invitational," Studios on the Park, Paso Robles, CA, 2017
"Sweet 16," Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
      juried by Andi Campognone
"Interior Design Show," (with ROLLOUT) Toronto, ON, Canada, 2016
"Taste," Montserrat, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
      curated by Antoinette Adams and Sionnan Hillier
"Ode to The Bridge," Art Share LA / Dale Youngman Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
"West of Lincoln Summer Pop-Up." Hamilton Galleries, Santa Monica, CA, 2015
"18is25," 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA, 2014
"Themes and Variations: New Abstraction in Los Angeles," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
      curator: Kristina Newhouse, 2007
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA, 2006
"Pattern & Practice," William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (three-person show) 2005
"Line and Color," Mount Saint Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
      curator: Irina Costache, 2005
Lantana, Los Angeles, CA (two-person show) 2004
"The Human Revealed," West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ, 2003
"People in Context," Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, 2002
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR (two-person show) 2001
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, invitational, 2001
Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA (three-person show) 2000
"Autobiography," Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI, 2000
"Moving Towards the Millenium," Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
"Vessels for the Journey," Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, 1998
"Statements '96," Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1996
"New Directions '94," Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1994
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
"New Views," Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1992
"Wallworks," L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
"L.A.C.E. 5th Annuale," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
      curator: James Luna, 1990
"Realism; A Contemporary Dialogue," Soco Gallery, Napa, CA, 1990
"Macro/Micro," Helio Galleries, NYC, 1989
Schwartz Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (two-person show) 1989
"National Small Works Exhibition,"Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY, 1988
Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, MA, 1988
"Gala Gallery Exhibition," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1987
Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, 1987
"50th Annual Midyear Exhibition," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1986

CORPORATE and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, CA
Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA
The Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
PNC Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Gerrity Oil and Gas, Denver, CO
Horvitz and Levy, LLP, Encino, CA
Montana Artists Agency, Santa Monica, CA
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA), Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
BA, University of Florida, Gainesville

AWARDS and HONORS

Residency. 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Residency. The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Finalist. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Portfolio Calendar Competition
Corporate Collectors Project. Western States Arts Federation
Honorarium. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Artist's Grant. Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Brooklyn, NY