David Grainger 


Email: david(at)david-grainger.com 



Education

Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA in Sculpture and Extended Media, 2006 - 2008

Penn State University, BA in Integrated Arts, Minor in Classics and Mediterranean Studies,
Magna Cum Laude, 1999


Select Exhibitions

2011
Wassaic Project Summer Festival, Maxon Mill, Wassaic, NY
The Green Line, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, Cabinet, Brooklyn, NY

2010 
video_dumbo, 112 Water St, Brooklyn, NY
Heed the Machine, Illustrious, St. Cecilia Convent, Brooklyn, NY

2009
. . . For Lovers, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Our Gang, 50 Dobbin, Brooklyn, NY 

2008
InLight, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Funnel Vision, (VCU Thesis Exhibit), Temporary Space, Richmond, VA 
sediment, University of Maryland Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
Gray Area Stake Out, Crane Studios, Philadelphia, PA
VCU/Pratt, Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fourplay, ÁREA Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico

2007 
Microphone Check, Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY
Salon Selectives 2, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Scope Miami, ADA Gallery, Miami, FL
In Praise of Physical Labour, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Looking Forward to Seeing it: The Discipline of Anticipation, The LAB, San Francisco, CA, 
Company Picnic, Metro Gallery, Richmond, VA
Commonwealth Bricoleurs, University of Virginia Off Grounds Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Us and Them, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA

2006 
Hecatombe, ÁREA Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Debate Team, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Winter Carnival, Fargo Theater, Fargo, ND
It Was Now, Plains Art Musuem Annex, Fargo, ND

2005 
Now Playing, Parasite Gallery, Beacon, NY


Residencies

Philadelphia Art Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Wassaic Project Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY, 2011
Seven Below Arts Initiative A.I.R., 2010
ÁREA Projects, Caguas, PR, 2008


Visiting Artist Lectures

The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
Museo Arte Contemporaneo, San Juan, PR, 2008
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008
University of Virgina, Charlottesville, VA, 2007


Curatorial Projects

Acting Out: Videos by VCU Sculpture, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2006
Quintin Rivera Toro:  Atmospherics, 280 Cubic Feet Gallery, Minnesota State University, MI, 2005
Rimbaud and Flowers, The Space, NY, 2001
Performance at The Space: Linda Draper, Christopher Morgan, The Space, NY, 2001


Published Work

Daily Constitutional, Winter Issue 5, 2007
Curious, VCU press, 2007-08
500 Pitchers, Lark Press, 2005


Awards

Seven Below Artist Grant - 2010
VCU Travel Grants – Miami (2006), Venice (2007), Chicago (2007), Puerto Rico (2008)
VCU Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 2006-2008
Ava Faltz-Miller Grant for Media Studies, 1998
Shreyer’s Honors College, Half Tuition Scholarship,1994-1999



Teaching Experience

The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Visiting Artist for Oscar Santillan, Sculpture, 2011
Pratt Institute, Visiting Artist for Mickalene Thomas, Figure Painting, 2010 
Virginia Commonwealth University, Adjunct Faculty, Time Based Art Studio, 2008 
John Tyler Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Visual Art Foundation, 2008 
Virginia Commonwealth University, Teaching Assistant to Brian Tolle, Sculpture, 2007 
Virginia Commonwealth University, Teaching Assistant to Stephen Vitiello, Media Survey, 2006 
Virginia Commonwealth University, Teaching Assistant to Justin Lincoln, Sculpture for Non-Majors, VCU, 2006 
Penn State Summer Study Program, Penn State, Art Instructor, 1998 


Artist Assistant

Erwin Redl, 2002 - 2005
Jane Hammond, 2005
Melissa Chaney, 1998 - 2001