David T.
Kessler

Portrait
David T. Kessler

David T. Kessler, geboren 1950 in New Jersey, ist ein außergewöhnlicher Maler, der den Betrachter in seine Serien von Wasserlandschaften träumerisch eintauchen lässt. Mit einer ausgereiften Technik, welche in der fotorealistischen Tradition der letzten 25 Jahre entwickelt wurde, begann David T. Kessler sich dem Phänomen des Wassers geschickt zu nähern.

Durch die Verwendung von Aluminium als Malgrund, dem Einsatz von Drahtbürsten sowie Pinseln und Farben, gelang es ihm, die Qualitäten gebrochenem Lichtes spielerisch einzufangen. Die fein gearbeiteten, polierten oder lackierten Oberflächenstrukturen der Bilder erzeugen eine zusätzliche Illusion von unterschiedlicher Tiefe. Reale Lichtreflexionen und transparente Farbschichten lassen den Eindruck von fließendem Wasser entstehen. Der Betrachter meint für Augenblicke, das leichte Kräuseln der Wogen, ein silbriges Schimmern zwischen Gräsern, verschlungene Wellen und Kreise, vielleicht auch ein zartes Plätschern zwischen den sorgsam verwebten Strukturen wahrzunehmen. Seine Bilder lassen eine Konzentration auf Details zu, Wasserströmungen verflüchtigen sich zu störrigen Wirbelstürmen und sich spiegelnde Sonnenstrahlen erheben sich zu lodernden Flammen.

Nach einem Studium im San Francisco Art Institute lebt und arbeitet David T. Kessler heute in Arizona. Seine Bilder werden seit 1977 international ausgestellt, zum Beispiel mit Werkschauen in Tokio, Straßburg, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Scottsdale, und New York.

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Vita
David T. Kessler

Born: 1950; Park Ridge, New Jersey

Resides: Phoenix, Arizona

Education: 1973-75 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; M.F.A

1970-72 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; B.F.A

Solo Exhibitions:

2010 Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, AZ

2009 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

2008 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2008 Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA

2007 Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ

2007 Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA

2006 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

2006 Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2006, 2004 Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ

2001 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1996 Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1996 Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ

1992 Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1987, 1985, 1983, 1981 Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ

1983 Sedona Art Museum, Sedona, AZ

1979 Phil Descind’s Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD

1977 Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA

1976 ADI Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1973 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Group Exhibitions:

2010 Stricoff Fine Arts, New York, NY

2009 Plus One Gallery, London, England

2008 Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007 Introductions II, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

2006 Arts Botanica, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL

2005 Paint on Metal, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2003 Hyperrealism USA, 1965-1975, Strasbourg Museum of Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France

2002 As Real as it Gets, Superrealism and Photorealism, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ

2001 Inaugural Show, Vanier Fine Art, Tucson, AZ

2000 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1999 New Acquisitions, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

1997 Landscapes, Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, FL

1996 Living with Art, Bruce Kapson Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1995 Paintings, Barrington Area Arts Center, Barrington, IL

1994 Getting Real, 20th Century American Realism, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

1993 Arizona Artists, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

1989 Exhibition of Master Works, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1989 Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL

1988 Elemental Visions/Personal Landscapes, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

1987 Boundless Realism: Contemporary Landscape Painting of the West, The Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY

1987 The Phil Descind Collection, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1986 Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Palm Springs, CA

1986 Arizona Collects, 20th Century Painting, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ

1985 Centennial Distinguished Alumni Exhibition, Arizona State University, The Arizona Bank Galleria, Phoenix, AZ

1984 A Sense of Place: the Essence of Contemporary Southwest Art, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1983 The Southwest Invitational, Yuma Arts Center, Yuma, AZ

1982 Contemporary Watercolors from Frumkin-Struve Gallery, University of Wisconsin Foster Art Gallery, Eau Clair, WI

1982 Arizona Biennial ’82, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

1981 14th Annual Watercolor West, Utah State University, Logan, UT

1981 Contemporary American Watercolors, Illinois Bell, The Lobby Gallery, Chicago, IL

1980 Watercolors 1980, Frumkin-Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL

Bibliography: Books

Les Collections du Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de la Ville de Strasbourg; 2008

Paint on Metal, Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries, Tucson Museum of Art, 2005

Hypererrealismes USA 1965-1975, Les Musees de Strasbourg, Hazan

Crane, Diane, The Transformation of the Avant Garde, The University of Chicago Press, 1987

Arizona Collects, 20th Century Painting, Fave Litho Ltd., 1986

Lindey, Christine, Superrealist Painting and Sculpture, Morrow and Co, 1980

Bibliography: Catalogs

Waterscapes, Paintings on Metal, O.K. Harris Works of Art, 2006

Getting Real:20th Century American Realism from the Philip Desind Collection, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, 1994

Desert Phenomena, Aluminous Reflections, Riva Yares Gallery, 1992

Boundless Realism, Contemporary Landscape Painting of the West, The Rockwell Museum, 1987

Centennial Distinguished Alumni Exhibition, School of Art, Arizona State University, 1985

Contemporary Images, Watercolor: 1983, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, 1983

Arizona Biennial ’82, Tucson Museum of Art, 1982

Watercolors 1980, Frumkin & Struve, 1980

Drawing USA 75, Minnesota Museum of Art, 1975-1977

Bibliography: Periodicals & Newspapers

Art in America, “Report from Strasbourg, Reality Show,” Daniel Belasco, March, 2004

Art Press, Paris, October, 2003

Les Journal Des Arts, Paris, September, 2003

Technikart-Paris, September, 2003

Reflets DVA-Strasbourg September, 2003

Le Monde-Paris, August, 2003

Les Echos-Paris, August, 2003

Sudkurier, Konstanz, August, 2003

Frankfurter Rundschau-Frankfurt, August, 2003

Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris, July, 2003

La Marseillaise-Marseille, July, 2003

Reperes, Strasbourg, July, 2003

Die Rheinplatz, July, 2003

Arts Antiques Auctions, July, 2003

Connaissance Des Arts-Paris, July, 2003

Badische Zeitung, Freiburg, July, 2003

Bell’Eurpope-Milan, June, 2003

Telerama-Paris, June.2003

Strasbourg Magazine, June 2003

Arts Actualities Magazine-Clichy, June, 2003

Hebdoscope Strasbourg, June, 2003

Dernieres Nouvelles D’Lasace-Strasbourg, June, 2003

Art in America, “David T. Kessler at Gallery 4,” July-August, 1977

Awards/Honors:

Outstanding Graduate in Studio Art, Arizona State University, 1972

Art in Public Places

Renown Hospital Reno, NV

Bio 5 Research Facility Tucson, AZ

Good Samaritan Hospital Phoenix, AZ

Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, OH

Xxxxxxx Hospital Downey, CA

Selected Corporate Collections:

A T & T Illinois Bell

Arco ITEL

Bank of America Kemper Art Collection

Citicorp McDonald’s

Clorox Prudential Life Insurance

Crown Zellerbach Rainier Life Insurance

Dean Witter Shaklee

Dupont deNemours St. Joseph’s Hospital

Foremost McKesson Transamerica

Good Samaritan Hospital U.S. Leasing

IBM

Museum and PublicCollections:

Achenbach Foundation

Arizona State University Art Museum

Barrington Arts Center

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Davidson College

De Anza College

Minnesota Museum of Art

Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art

Northern Arizona University Art Museum

Phoenix Art Museum

Portsmouth Community Arts Center

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Scottsdale Center for the Arts

Strasbourg Museum of Contemporary Art

Thomas W. Keating Bioscience Research Building

Tucson Museum of Art

University of Minnesota