DAVID ATKIN
Telephone 347-432-5068
lastadaearl@gmail.com
www.davidatkinstudio.com
Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, Halifax, NS
Undergraduate Exchange, Parson’s School of Design, New York, NY
Undergraduate Exchange, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 DUMBO Open Studios 2024, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Sharpe Walentas Open Studios 2023, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Gowanus Open Studios 2021, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2016, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Touch of Remembrance, ArtSpot.io, 103 Allen Street, New York, NY
2014 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2014, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2013, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2012, Brooklyn, NY
NYFA 2012 Bootstrap Arts Festival, CSV Abrazo Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Signs on the Road, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Black and White, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Adoration/Objectification, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long
Branch, NJ
Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2008 Treasure Chest, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
White Show, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Punch Bowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Radius, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2005 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2003 Appropriation c. 1976, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 GV/AS, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Signs of New Life, Studio 450, New York, NY
1999 Summer Show, Lake Galleries, Toronto, ONT
1996 Looking Good Feeling Good, 680 Broadway, New York, NY
1995 Survey of East Coast Painting, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1994 August Show, Green Lantern Building, Halifax, NS
Summer Sol, Lake Galleries, Toronto, ONT
1993 Subject Matter: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in Nova Scotia,
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1992 David Atkin, solo exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
1991 Gallery Artists Show, Other Art, Halifax, NS
1990 Picture Window, 00 Gallery, Halifax, NS
1988 A Long Sentence about Figures and Dwellings, Anna Leonowens Gallery,
Halifax, NS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Harvard University
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Canada Art Bank
Nova Scotia Art Bank
William and Sheila Leventhal Foundation
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2018 Gowanus Open Studios 2018, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Gowanus Open Studios 2017, Brooklyn, NY2016 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2016, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Touch of Remembrance, ArtSpot.io, 103 Allen Street, New York, NY
2014 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2014, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2013, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gowanus Open Studios 2012, Brooklyn, NY
NYFA 2012 Bootstrap Arts Festival, CSV Abrazo Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Signs on the Road, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Black and White, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Adoration/Objectification, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long
Branch, NJ
Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2008 Treasure Chest, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
White Show, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Punch Bowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Radius, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2005 Faculty Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2003 Appropriation c. 1976, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 GV/AS, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Signs of New Life, Studio 450, New York, NY
1999 Summer Show, Lake Galleries, Toronto, ONT
1996 Looking Good Feeling Good, 680 Broadway, New York, NY
1995 Survey of East Coast Painting, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1994 August Show, Green Lantern Building, Halifax, NS
Summer Sol, Lake Galleries, Toronto, ONT
1993 Subject Matter: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in Nova Scotia,
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1992 David Atkin, solo exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
1991 Gallery Artists Show, Other Art, Halifax, NS
1990 Picture Window, 00 Gallery, Halifax, NS
1988 A Long Sentence about Figures and Dwellings, Anna Leonowens Gallery,
Halifax, NS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Harvard University
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Canada Art Bank
Nova Scotia Art Bank
William and Sheila Leventhal Foundation
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Philip Pearlstein Painter Distinction, Sharpe Walentas Studio Program 2022-23
Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY 2022-2023
New York Foundation for the Arts Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp, 2011
Nova Scotia Talent Trust Award, 1992
Liquitex Award, Binney and Smith Corporation
Centennial Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
John D. Londerville Award in Fine Arts
Etobicoke Arts Award, Etobicoke School of the Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Metcalf, Robin, Subject Matter: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in Nova Scotia. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1992. Exhibition catalogue.
Murchie, John. “Subject/Matter: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in Nova Scotia.” Canadian Art 9, no. 3 (Fall 1992).
Liquitex Award, Binney and Smith Corporation
Centennial Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
John D. Londerville Award in Fine Arts
Etobicoke Arts Award, Etobicoke School of the Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Metcalf, Robin, Subject Matter: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in Nova Scotia. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1992. Exhibition catalogue.
Murchie, John. “Subject/Matter: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in Nova Scotia.” Canadian Art 9, no. 3 (Fall 1992).