David (Venzil) Peterson was born in Santa Rosa, California and was transplanted to Brooklyn, New York at the tender age of eight. He received his BFA in sculpture from SUNY Purchase College of Art. He is a recipient of a McDowell Artist Traveling Grant and The Nessa Cohen Grant, and his work has been shown in a number of group exhibitions, including the G.V.A.C. gallery in Greenpoint, Abc No Rio in the Lower East Side, Local Project Gallery in Long Island City, and Phillips de Pury in Chelsea. David's work strives to explore conceptual and physical parallels in an effort to suggest meaning between seemingly unrelated subjects. Visit www.davidpetersonsculpture.com to see more of his work.

Exhibitions
2011    Phillips de Pury                                                            New York, NY

2006    ABC No Rio Gallery “Ides of March”                         New York, NY
2006    Local Project Gallery                                        Long Island City, NY
1999    Greenpoint Video Arts Source (G.V.A.S.)                   Brooklyn, NY
1995    The Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center                            New York, NY
1994    Gallerie Tilkin.                                                            Vihiers, France
1994    The Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center                            New York, NY
Awards and Grants
1994    The Edward G. McDowell Art Travel Grant               New York, NY
1994    National Arts Club Award of Distinction                    New York, NY
1993    Roger T. Williams Prize
            National Sculpture Society                                          New York, NY
1992 and 1993
            Nessa Cohen Sculpture Grant
            Art Students League                                                    New York, NY


Education
1991-96.          Sculpture                    
Art Students League.  New York, NY
1994                Sculpture                    
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.   Philadelphia, PA
1992            B.F.A. Sculpture.  
State University of New York at Purchase.  Purchase NY
1985-89           Visual Arts     
Laguardia High School of the Arts.  New York, NY