David Seth Brass

Education: B.A. Degree cum laude, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado

SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

Dreams, a Revealing Exhibition, Center for the Arts Evergreen, Colorado, January 2008
Windows to the Divine Invitational Exhibition, Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, Colorado, November 4, 2007
Sculpture in the South, Summerville, South Carolina, May 19-20, 2007
Evergreen Arts Council Invitational, Colorado, March 1 through April 13, 2007
73rd Annual National Sculpture Society Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, 2007
Self Portrait 2007 Exhibition, January 2007, Center for the Arts Evergreen, Colorado
United Nations Peace Park, 2006-2007, Peace Sculpture, Bangkok, Thailand
50 Artists Seek Consciousness, November 2006, BMH-BJ Congregation, Denver, Colorado
Paint, Sculpt, Shoot, October 2006, Evergreen Center for the Arts, Evergreen, Colorado
73rd Annual National Sculpture Society Awards Exhibition, Fairfield University, Connecticut, Fall 2006
15th Annual Loveland Sculpture Invitational, Loveland, Colorado, 2006
International Stone Sculpture Group Exhibition "Small Monuments Invitational," April 30 through June 11, 2006, Gallery Peter Schuijren, St. Geertruid, The Netherlands
International Stone Sculpture Group Exhibition "Small Monuments Invitational," February 26 through March 31, 2006, Galerie MK21, Hamburg, Germany
Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Invitational, Florence, Italy, December 3 through 11, 2005
International Stone Sculpture Group Exhibition "Small Monuments Invitational," October 29 through December 18, 2005, Gallery Exelmans, Neeroeteren, Belgium
International Stone Sculpture Group Exhibition "Small Monuments Invitational," September 4 through October 23, 2005, Gallery Donkersvoort, Beek & Donk, the Netherlands
Canaan Gallery Juried Group Exhibition, "The Concept of Light," May 3 through 22, Littleton, Colorado, 2005
21st Annual Sculpture in the Park Juried Exhibition, Benson Sculpture Garden, Loveland, Colorado, 2004
Las Vegas Arts Council 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Ellen Landis, Curator of Art & Head of the Art Division, Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, 2004
Marble and Merlot, Solo Exhibition, December 6 through January 11, Timberline Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado, 2003/2004
Stone Sculpture Showcase, Juried Group Exhibition, 20 sculptors from the Western United States and Canada, Colorado History Museum, Denver, Colorado, 2003
Colorado Art Open, Foothills Art Center, (Juror: Ann Daley, Curator Denver Museum of Art, and Jan Mayer, ranked in the top 200 art collectors in the world – Mayer Collection, Denver Museum of Art) Golden, Colorado, 2003
Sculpture Celebration 2002, Five sculptor group exhibition, Timberline Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado, 2002
21st Biennial, North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, (Juror: internationally renowned sculptor Donald Lipski) Golden, Colorado, 2002
13th Annual Roots of Diversity Multicultural Juried Exhibition, Midwestern states, Seagate Center, Toledo, Ohio, 2000
Spectrum 1999 Award Winners Exhibition, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Gardens, Ohio
Fall Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1999
Impressions of Nature Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1999
Figure and Portrait Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1999
12th Annual Roots of Diversity Multicultural Juried Exhibition, Midwestern states, Seagate Center, Toledo, Ohio, 1999
Winter Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1999
Two-Man Exhibition, Seagate Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 1998
Winter Gallery II Juried Show, Toledo, Ohio, 1998
Spectrum 1998 Award Winners Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio
Impressions of Nature Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1998
Spring Juried Show, Toledo, Ohio, 1997
Figure and Portrait Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1997
Spectrum 1997 Award Winners Exhibition, Franciscan Center, Sylvania, Ohio
Arcade Gallery Invitational Exhibition, Sylvania, Ohio, 1997
Impressions of Nature Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1996
Galleria Lozano y Lozado Invitational Exhibition, Valencia, Venezuela, 1996
Spring Juried Show, Toledo, Ohio, 1996
Figure and Portrait Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Botanical Gardens, Ohio, 1996
Art in Bloom Juried Exhibition, Sylvania, Ohio, 1996
Erotikos III Juried Invitational Exhibition, Ventura, California, 1996
Holland Springfield Community Arts Festival, Holland, Ohio, 1996
Seagate Gallery, Two-man exhibition, Toledo, Ohio, 1996
Medical College of Ohio Invitational Exhibit, Offices of the V.P., Toledo, Ohio, 1996

AWARDS and HONORS:

Center for the Arts Evergreen, Commissioned 6-1/2 foot Contributors' Sculpture in memory of the life of sculptor Maureen K. Scott, Permanent Collection, 2007

Invited Member of the Project Evaluation Panel (PEP)for the Babi Yar Park on behalf of the Mizel Museum and Babi Yar Park Foundation, Denver, Colorado, 2006-2008

1st Place Sculpture:Paint, Sculpt, Shoot, Evergreen, Colorado, 2006

Commendation of Excellence, International Artists Jury (IAJ), Florence, Italy, 2006

Invited Juror, The Denver Sculpture Society, 7th Annual Joy of Sculpture Exhibition, Colorado History Museum, November 2005

Jeff Bradley Memorial Award ($3,000.00) 21st Biennial North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado, 2002

Honorable Mention, 1999 Award Winners Exhibition, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

1st Place, Impressions of Nature Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 1999

3rd Place, Figure and Portrait Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 1999

2nd Place, Roots of Diversity (Midwestern Regional) Juried Exhibition, Ohio, 1999

Honorable Mention, 1998 Award Winners Exhibition, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

Best of Show, Impressions of Nature Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 1998

2nd Place, 1997 Award Winners Exhibition, Franciscan Center, Sylvania, Ohio

Honorable Mention, Figure and Portrait Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Ohio, 1996

Award of Distinction, Spring Juried Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 1996

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Artists for Conservation (AFC), Signature Member

National Sculpture Society Associate

Arts Council Lake Erie West, Instructor: Stone Sculpture Courses, Ohio

Vice-president, Toledo Area Sculptors Guild, 1998 – 2000

Delegate for Toledo Federation of Art Societies, 1998 – 2000

Toledo Sculptors Guild Member

Colorado Stone Sculptors Member

Colorado Jewish Artists Guild (CJAG)

Regular Contributing Writer, Sculptural Pursuit Magazine 2004 - current

Contributing Writer, Cultural Times Magazine

Center for the Arts Evergreen, Instructor: The Art of Stone Sculpture, 2005 - current