David A. Huang
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Born 10-5-71 in Grand Rapids, MI
Currently lives in Sand Lake, MI
Education
     1991-2001 BFA degree, magna cum laude, metalsmithing emphasis, 
		  from Grand Valley State University 
     1998 summer program at Ox-Bow sponsored by The School of the Art Institute
	  of Chicago
     1989-1991 began BFA program at The Savannah College of Art and Design    

  Gallery Representation
     
	  Barclay Gallery - Sisters, OR
     Creative Metalsmiths - Chapel Hill, NC
	  Crowe Jeweller - New Preston, CT
     del Mano Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
	  HYART Gallery - Madison, WI
     LaFontsee Galleries/Underground Studio - Grand Rapids, MI
	  Museum of Craft and Folk Art - San Francisco, CA
     Synchronicity Gallery - Glen Arbor, MI
     Vale Craft Gallery - Chicago, IL
     YAW Gallery - Birmingham, MI
Commissions, collections, and Projects
     2001 work in the collection of Grand Valley State University  - Allendale, MI
     2000 planters for a new facility - Herman Miller - Holland, MI
     2000 sculpture replica - Advance Packaging Corporation - Grand Rapids, MI
     1999 restoration of work by Joseph Kinnabrew for Grand Valley State University 
 		Allendale, MI
     1995 fountain ornamentation (done in collaboration with Elona VanGent) for 
		Grand Valley State University - Allendale, MI
     1994 restoration of "Six Lines" by George Rickey in the collection of Grand Valley
		State University - Allendale, MI
     1989-present numerous private commissions, and collections     

Exhibitions
2006	GRCC Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Grand Rapids Community College Art Gallery
			Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Vessels of Imagination, solo show, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Shaped in Metal, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2006 solo show in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmiths annual conference, Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 78th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2006 Festival 2006 Regional Arts Competition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI - Luminous Tea #397 received the Salhaney Award for Inovative Use of Old Technology.
2006 Hot Tea! 2006, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Celebration of the Arts 2006, First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids, MI
2005 "2" four-person exhibition, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI
2005 "Adornments", Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
2005 GRCC Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Grand Rapids Community College Art Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
2005 SOFA Chicago 2005, represented by delMano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Festival 2005 Regional Arts Competition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI - Whorled Flow #394 granted Salhaney Award for inovative use of old media 2005 77th Annual Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI - Luminous relic #413 awarded an honorable mention 2005 "Married Metals" group show, Creative Metalsmiths, Chapel Hill, NC
 2005 "Masterful Metalsmiths" curated exhibition, Decorative Arts Center of Ohio,
		      Lancaster, OH
    2005  "Let's Celebrate Drawing", Franciscan Life Process Center, Lowell, MI 
	 2004 Solo exhibition, Universtiy of Michigan Hospital Main Lobby 3D Gallery,
	           Ann Arbor, MI
2004 "Vessels", Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
2004 "GRCC Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition", Grand Rapids Community College Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 "The Teapot Redefined IV", SOFA Chicago 2004, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2004 Pill Box show, SOFA Chicago 2004, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2004 "Tactile Surfaces" four-person exhibition, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 2004 "Metal Baskets" SOFA New York 2004, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2004 Festival 2004 Regional Arts Competition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI 2004 "Hot Tea! 2004", del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 "Stop It!" sculptured wine bottle stoppers, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI 2004 The Arsenal Metals and Enamels Exhibition 2004, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH 2004 "Polished" three person show, LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI 2003 Group Exhibition, "Holiday Muse", LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI 2003 Current Metalsmithing of David Huang, Creative Metalsmiths, Chapel Hill, NC 2003 "Figures and Trees" solo exhibition of drawings, Franciscan Life Process Center, Lowell, MI 2003 "Midwestern Craft", Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 "Stop It! Bottle stoppers as origional, usable art." SOFA Chicago 2003, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2003 "Teapot Redefined" SOFA Chicago 2003, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2003 SOFA New York 2003, represented by the Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2003 75th Muskegon Museum of Art Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2003 Festival 2003 Regional Arts Competition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI 2003 Jewelry and Objects 2003, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI 2003 Refined III, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 2002 Three- Person Exhibition, "Personal Possessions," LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 2002 Group Exhibition, "Anniversary Celebration," LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids, MI 2002 Metalsmiths in America No. 2 SOFA Chicago, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2002 Amalgamate, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 2002 Let There Be Light, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL 2002 Metalsmiths in America No. 1 SOFA New York, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2002 74th Muskegon Museum of Art Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2002 Festival 2002 Regional Arts Competition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, PhilodendronVessel granted the Vinecroft Studios Award 2002 Beautiful II, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE 2001 Gone Bowling, Worchester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA, "Simplicity in Form #13" awarded 2nd place 2001 Fine Craft 2001, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts at The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO, image of "Luminosity #42" awarded honorable mention and used for postcard promoting the show 2001 2001 Collegiate Exhibition: Students + Mentors, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 2001 73rd Muskegon Museum of Art Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2001 BFA Exhibition, Art Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 2001 SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Juried National Student Slide Show, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2000 La Petite VIII, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR 2000 Festival 2000, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI 2000 Student Metal Exhibition, Performing Arts Center, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 1997 2nd Annual All Michigan Student Artist Competition, Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI 1996 individual exhibition, Calder Art Center, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 1995 Juried Student Art Show, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 1990 Clothesline Art Show, Madison Square, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, awarded 2nd place
    Associations

     1996-present Grand Valley Artists Association
     2000-present Society of North American Goldsmiths
     2001-present American Craft Council
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