David Andree is an artist whose work explores landscape as a subject of flux through painting, drawing, sculpture, and sound. Attracted to moments of tension between what was, what is, and what will be, David’s work strives to create meaningful abstractions through perpetually chasing the qualities of the fleeting present.
A Minnesota native, David maintains tribal affiliation with the Red Lake Nation of Ojibwe. David holds a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York (SUNY), received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), and currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at the School of Art in Fayetteville, AR where he resides in the Ozarks.
He has had work exhibited at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Gallery MC and BWAC Gallery in New York City, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Hallwalls, the Big Orbit Gallery, Exhibit-A and the Burchfield Nature and Art Center in upstate New York, The Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, LA), Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), Museum of Art (Fort Collins, CO), Manifest Creative Research Gallery (Cincinnati, OH) in addition to numerous venues around Minneapolis, Minnesota including the Anderson Center, SooVac, Rochester Art Center, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, and the Weisman Art Museum.
His work has been included in publications from Friend of the Artist, Manifest Creative Research Gallery (USA), with published works from Sunshine LTD (USA), Dauw (Belgium), Eilean Rec. (France), Herhalen (Scotland) and Touched Music (UK).
David has been invited as Artist in Residence at MacDowell (Peterborough, NH), The Studios at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), UCross Foundation (Ucross, WY), Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (Joshua Tree, CA), Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY), Works on Water / Underwater New York (New York, NY), I-Park (East Haddam, CT), Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap, GA), Grand Marais Art Colony (Grand Marais, MN), Anderson Center (Red Wing, MN), amongst others.
He is the recipient of an Artist 360 Project Grant from the Mid-America Arts Alliance, an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, a Creative Climate Award from the Human Impacts Institute, a Juror Award from Ylinka Barotto, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum, and his work is collected by Target Corporation, including private collections throughout Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and the United Kingdom.
e d u c a t i o n
MFA: Visual Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
BFA: Painting, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN
Studies in painting, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
s o l o e x h i b i t i o n s
2022 Notes on Site, Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
2020 Along Shifting Surfaces (Snow Drifts and Shoreline Spaces), Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2018 Speculations in Time, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2016 Current Casting, CANO Gallery, Oneonta, NY
2014 Land Harps, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2009 Drift (recent works by david andree), Exhibit A Gallery, Corning, NY
Move Through Weather (new works by david andree), Burchfield Nature and Art Center, West Seneca, NY
No Longer Just Swept Along (recent works by david andree), Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
s e l e c t e d e x h i b i t i o n s
2024 The Other Four, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN (Curated by John Schuerman)
2023 Serious Play, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
Faculty and Alumni exhibition, MA Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2022 FA International 2022, MoA (Museum of Art Fort Collins), Fort Collins, CO
FA International 2022, Brewhouse, Pittsburgh, PA (Juried by Jessica Hemmings, Professor, HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Nnenna Okore, Professor, North Park University, Chicago, Chiachio & Giannone, Artists, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2021 Water: A Minnesota Biennial, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN (Juried by Laura Wertheim Joseph)
Painting Biennial, MANIFEST Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Untitled 2.0, Athens Art Gallery, Crawfordsville, IN
Wilson Arts Juried Exhibition, Wilson Arts Center, Wilson, NC
The Language of Fiber Art, FASA 46th Annual Juried Fiber Art Exhibition, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
Emptiness, Biafarin, Canada
FATE:Infrastructure, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (Juror: Dr. Jennifer Sudul Edwards, Chief Curator & Curator, Contemporary Art for the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC)
2020 Now More Than Ever., Wassaic Summer Exhibition, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY (Juried by Will Hutnick)
Exchange Project, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY (Curated by Lisa Panzera)
Course of Nature, Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN (Curated by Stephanie Rogers)
Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, Waterloo Arts Gallery, Cleveland, OH (Juror: Arnold Tunstall, Director, Myers School of Art, at the University of Akron)
6x6x2020, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2019 The Other Four, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND (Curated by John Schuerman)
Wide Open, BWAC Gallery, New York, NY (Juror Ylinka Barotto, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum)
Creative Climate Awards, TECO, New York, NY (Juried by the Human Impacts Institute)
A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA (Juror Anne Marchand)
The Nature of Disappearance, Silverwood Gallery, St. Anthony, MN (Juror Mara Duvra)
In Your Element, AZ Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Jurored by Jessica Turtle)
AMoA Biennial, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX (Curator Alex Gregory)
6x6x2019, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2018 Plein Air, Art Made Outdoors, MANIFEST Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Water Art is the New Land Art, Nolan Park House 5B, Governor’s Island, New York, NY
Environmental, Gallery MC, New York, NY (Curated by Natalie Burlutskaya)
Color, BWAC Gallery, New York, NY (Curated by Katrina Jeffries)
55th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (Juror Joel Parsons, Director of Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College)
Musicality, The Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL (Curated by Caren Helene Rudman)
Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler TX
Faculty Exhibition, Walker Stone House, Fayetteville, AR
6x6x2018, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
10x10, View, Old Forge, NY
2017 6x6x2017, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Postcards from the Edge, 524 Gallery, New York, NY
Recent work: Artist in Residence, Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2016 Recent work: Artist in Residence, New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN
Love, SooVAC: A Celebration of 15 Years of Visual Art, SooVAC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
6x6x2016, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2015 Welcoming the New: A Showcase of New Fine Arts Faculty Work, Sugar Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
An Overture in Seven Parts, Northern Spark Festival, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN
Personal Best, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
6x6x2015, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2014 The Wondrous, the Monstrous, and the Human, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Fragility, Prove Gallery, Duluth, MN
6x6x2013, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2012 On Location, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
6x6x2012, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2011 Present Tense, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
6x6x2010, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2009 Western New York Impressions, NCCC Gallery, Sanborn, NY
6x6x2009, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Postcards from the Edge, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
Next to Nothing, 171 Cedar Arts Center Houghton Gallery, Corning, NY
Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Undecided, UB Visual Arts Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Karma Cab Boa, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
6x6x2008, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
17th Members Exhibition, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2007 Postcards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Tangential Reform, UB Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Home for the Holidays, SooVac Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Recent works, TG Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Recent works, TG Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Group Show, Cozi’s, Minneapolis, MN
Seven Transitions (Commencement Exhibition), Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Gallery Artists Exhibition, TAM Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Unearthed, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughn, Ireland
MCAD at the Fallout, Fallout Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Merit Competition Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN
Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery
Merit Competition Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
MCAD at the Fallout, Fallout Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Art Sale, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Recent Works, Grounds, Prior Lake, MN
p e r f o r m a n c e s + s c r e e n i n g s
2021 Land Harps, Mass MoCA artist in residence, North Adams, MA
2019 New Sight, screening tour with live sound score performed by Tatsuya Nakatani:
Indianhead Factory, Tallahassee, FL
ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
Gold Lion Arts, Sacramento CA
Land Harp, A Duet, live sound performance, Adohi Hall, Fayetteville, AR
2018 For Live Sound Recording and Tape Machines, live visuals and sound performance, in collaboration with Nick Finzer, Chris Teal, Jake Hertzog and Drew Packard, Stage Eighteen, Fayetteville, AR
2017 New Sight, screening and sound performance, in collaboration with Tatsuya Nakatani and Jake Hertzog, Fayetteville, AR
2015 In Seven Parts, 24-hour Tape Loop, sound performance as part of the Northern Spark Arts Festival, lineup includes myself (David Andree), Josh Mason, Jonathan Kaiser, Nathan McLaughlin, John Marks, Casey Deming, and Ryan Potts (Aquarelle), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Experimental Music and Video Night, screening and sound performance, Seward Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
2013 For Acoustic Guitar and Tape Machines, sound performance, Madame of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Estlerot, sound performance, Madame of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2012 For Acoustic Instruments and Reel-to-Reel Tape Machines, sound performance, Crow with No Mouth Performance Series, Studio Z, St. Paul, MN
a w a r d s
2020 Juror Award, Outstanding work in photography, Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, Waterloo Arts Gallery, Cleveland, OH (Juror: Arnold Tunstall, Director, Myers School of Art, at the University of Akron)
2019 Creative Climate Award, Human Impacts Institute, New York, NY
Juror Award, Juror Ylinka Barotto, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum, Wide Open, BWAC Gallery, New York, NY
Juror Award, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA (Juror Anne Marchand)
2014 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, MN
r e s i d e n c i e s
2024 Artist in Residence, Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (JTHAR), Joshua Tree, CA
Artist in Residence, Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
Artist in Residence, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2023 Artist in Residence, Macdowell, Peterborough, NH
Artist in Residence, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2022 Artist in Residence, I-Park, East Haddam, CT
Artist in Residence, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2021 Artist in Residence, Studios at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
Artist in Residence, UCross Foundation, Ucross, WY
Artist in Residence, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
2020 Artist in Residence, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2019 Artist in Residence, Works on Water / Underwater New York, Governors Island, New York, NY
Artist in Residence, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2018 Artist in Residence, Works on Water / Underwater New York, Governors Island, New York, NY
Artist in Residence, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2017 Artist in Residence, Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2016 Artist in Residence, New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN
2015 Emerging Artist Program, Tofte Lake Center, Ely, MN
p u b l i c a t i o n
2021 Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 15, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Ephemeral (Short documentary film on Freeze Casting Project), Blue Forest Films, Duluth, MN
Now More Than Ever (Interview, statement and exhibition catalog), Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2019 Friend of the Artist (FOA), Volume 10
2018 On Hearing Water, by Fritz Ho, The Art Section, An Online Journal of Art and Cultural Commentary
2014 Land Harps Exhibition Catalog Essay, Kris Douglas, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2012 Blue Rock Review, Volume 8, Blue Rock Foundation, Wimberley, TX
2009 Impressive Impressions, Artvoice magazine, Buffalo, NY
2007 Touey Collection Catalog, 2007 Catalog, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Touey Collection Catalog, 2006 Catalog, Minneapolis, MN
Working in the Burren, Fall 2006, MCAD Magazine, Minneapolis, MN
p u b l i s h e d w o r k s
2018 Estlerot, Ciseaux (sound work), Herhalen, Scotland (UK) (In collaboration with Mark Fisher)
2016 Uneven Pooling (sound work), Touched Music, United Kingdom (UK) (In collaboration with Aaron Martin)
Meander (sound work), Dauw, Ghent, Belgium (In collaboration with Richard Ginns)
2015 Dialog Tapes (sound work), Eilean Rec., France
Dialog Tapes (sound work), Dauw, Ghent, Belgium
2014 Call, Response (sound work), Own Records, Luxembourg
2012 On Gathering (sound work), aanjise, Minneapolis, MN
2011 In Streams (sound work), Sunshine Ltd., Jacksonville, FL
l e c t u r e s + p r e s e n t a t i o n s
2022 Artist Lecture, Notes on Site, Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
2021 Panelist Presenter, Image Making: a proposition for synchronizing the fostering of creative individuals, integration of design principles and technical skill acquisition in Foundations, Integrating Digital Instruction into the Foundation Curriculum: approaches that have worked, almost worked and those we will never do again, FATE (Foundations Art, Theory and Education) conference, The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
2020 Artist Lecture, Along Shifting Surfaces (Snow Drifts and Shoreline Spaces), Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
Artist Lecture, On The Significance of Drawing, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
Visiting Artist workshop and lecture, Experimental methods for Responsive Drawing, Cook County Highschool, Grand Marais, MN
Panelist Presenter, Navigating Online Arts Instruction Part 1: Educating Through Visual Arts, Engaging Through Distance, Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities, Ann Arbor, MI
2019 Artist Lecture and live sound performance, Intersections of Art and Music, Adohi Hall University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2018 Artist Lecture, Speculations in Time, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2017 Visiting Artist workshop leader, Experimental Methods for Responsive Drawing, ArtReach, Red Wing, MN
Artist Lecture, Speculations in time: Contemporary Approaches to Working From the Landscape, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2016 Gallery Talk, Current Casting, CANO Gallery, Oneonta, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture, Current Casting, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
2015 Artist Lecture and Workshop, Drawing as a Record of Thinking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Responsive Portraits, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Artist Lecture and Workshop, Drawing Possibilities: Exploring the Intersection of Drawing and the Creative Process, HGA Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Botanical Exploration: Traditional Drawing and Watercolor Techniques, Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Experimental Techniques in Watercolor, Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Experimental Portraits: Expanding on the Importance of Process, Artist Workshop, Art Educators of Minnesota Conference, Rochester, MN
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Drawing Possibilities: Exploring the Intersection of Drawing and the Creative Process, Artist Workshop, Musicant Group, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Artist Lecture, Land Harps, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2013 Artist Lecture and Workshop, Drawing as a Record of Thinking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Experimental Portraits: Expanding on the Importance of Process
Artist Workshop, Wisconsin Art Educator Conference, Eau Claire, WI
2012 Artist Lecture and Workshop, Experimental Portraits: Expanding on the Importance of Process, Art Educators of Minnesota Conference, Plymouth, MN
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Experimental Portraits: Expanding on the Importance of Process, Perpich Center for the Arts, Golden Valley, MN
2009 Gallery Talk, Drift (recent works by david andree), Exhibit A Gallery, Corning, NY
Move Through Weather (new works by david andree), Burchfield Nature and Art Center, West Seneca, NY
Gallery Talk, No Longer Just Swept Along (recent works by david andree), Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY