DAVID ATKIN
Telephone 347-432-5068
lastadaearl@gmail.com
www.davidatkinstudio.com

 
EDUCATION
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    

2018    Gowanus Open Studios 2018, Brooklyn, NY

2017    Gowanus Open Studios 2017, 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

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).