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David Huffman (American, 1963)

Timeline

1963: Born: Berkeley, CA
1984–1985: Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1981–1986: California College of Arts & Crafts, Oaklnad, CA
1997: Barclay Simpson Award, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1996–1998: MFA, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
2005: Palo Alto Public Arts Commission Award, Bishop Building Mural Project, Palo Alto, CA
2006: ARTADIA Foundation Award
2007: Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation

Exhibitions

2012: The Calender's Tales: Fantasy, Figuration & Representation, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, curated by Lynne Cooney
2012: VARIANT VISIONS: The Art of David Huffman and Irving Norman, Shasta College of Art Gallery, Redding, CA
2012: Floating World, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2011: Out of Bounds, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco
2011: Land of Magic: Artists Explore Make-Believe, Bedford Gallery | Lesher Center for the Arts Walnut Creek, CA
2010: Five Centimeters Short, Bruce Conner, Tracey Emin, David Huffman, Desiree Holman, Erick Bakke, Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010: A Sense of Place: Location/Inspiration, de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University
2009: I Do It For My People, Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2009: A Universe We Can Believe In, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts
2008: Dig it!, Patricia Sweetow, San Francisco, solo
2008: Looking Back, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2007: Passed as Present, Lodeveans Collection, York Gallery, York Castle Museum, York, UK
2007: The Fullness of Time, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco
2007: Artists of Invention: a Century of California College of the Arts, Oakland Museum of California
2006–2007: Alien Nation, Institute of International Visual Art, London, England; curated by Gilane Tawadros & John Gill with artists Ellen Gallagher, Laylah Ali, Hamad Butt, Harold Offeh, Keith Piper, Yinka Shonibare, & Hew Locke (museum exhibition traveling to Berlin, US)
2006: Pyramid Dreams, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2006: Regarding Truth: San Francisco/Bay Area 2005 Artadia Award Recipients, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005: Strange Tales, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco
2005: Drawing Exhibition, Liz Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004: Light Matter, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2004: Black Belt, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
2004: Light Paintings, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2004: Dark Matter: The Art of David Huffman, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2003–2004: Black Belt, The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York
2003–2004: Holiday Rapture, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2002: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose
2002: New Langton Arts, curated by Berin Golonu,San Francisco
2001: Freestyle, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
2001: Freestyle, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
2001: Trauma Travel, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2000: Renditions 2000, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2000: Hybrid, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
1999–2000: Second Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco
1999: Heritage Bank, San Jose, CA
1998: MFA Exhibition, Calfornia College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland
1997: Introducing..., Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
1997: Over & Under, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
1996: Southern Exposure 6th Annual Juried Works by Northern California Artists, Juror: Thelma Golden, Assoc Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
1996: Sixth Biennial National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
1995: Social Engagements: Observations and Personal
1995: Narratives, The Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1995: History Lesson #52, Watts Tower Art Center, Los Angeles
1995: David Huffman, Selected Paintings, The Renaissance, Santa Monica
1995: Broadsides, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles

Public Collections

: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
: Arkansas Art Center, AK
: Lodeveans Collection, London, UK
: Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
: Arizona State University Art Museum, AZ
: Wellington Management, Boston, MA
: JP Chase, New York, NY
: Eileen Norton Collection, Los Angeles
: Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA
: deSaisset Museum, Santa Clara University, CA