David Woodward (b. 1991, Port Hope) is a visual artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada. Working with found-imagery and photographs, they utilize the medium of collage to find pathways and relationships between seemingly disparate visuals and sources. Using imagery gleaned from used books about the environment, astronomy, horticulture and design, their work reflects a composite visual landscape of objects, figures and situations built from anachronistic fragments of the past.
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EDUCATION
2013 BFA, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
SOLO* + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Forthcoming Exhibition, with Louise Reimer, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2024 An Elegance, with Montgomery Smith, Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
2022 Ripened Off the Vine, Artscape Daniels Spectrum, Toronto*
2020 As Glass Returns to Sand, Likely General, Toronto *
2016 All the Past But Its Beauty is Gone, Fine & Dandy, Toronto*
2015 The Light Went Under the Trees, with Alicia Nauta, Fleishman Gallery, Toronto
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTED WORKS
2023 Perennial Darkness, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
2023 Preview Exhibition - Pittsburgh Art Book Fair, Miller ICA, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Cut, Copy, Paste, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON
2022 The Rise of Inside, Eve Leibe Gallery x Artsy, Digital Exhibition
2022 Hand in Hand, Midwestern State Gallery, Wichita Falls, USA
2021 Strange Paradigm, Young Space
2019 Loyalty, Sointula Window Gallery, Sointula, BC
2016 The Introverts, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2015 Imprint, Somos Art Projects, Berlin, DE
2015 The One That Got Away, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto
2014 Black Rainbow, Galerie Youn, Montreal, QC
GRANTS + AWARDS
2023 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2023 Visual Artists Creation Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2022 Career Catalyst Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2022 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2021 Visual Artists Creation Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2020 Emerging Visual Artists Grant, The Toronto Arts Council
2019 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2017 Emerging Visual Artists Grant, The Toronto Arts Council
RESIDENCIES
2019 The Sointula Art Shed Residency, Malcolm Island, BC
2015 The Roundtable Residency, Toronto
2014 Emerging Artist Residency, Spark Box Studio, Picton, ON
FAIRS
2018 Edition Art Book Fair, Toronto
2018 Toronto Art Book Fair, Toronto
2017 Toronto Art Book Fair, Toronto
2014 The Affordable Art Fair w/ Galerie Youn, New York, NY
2014 The Artist Project: Untapped, Toronto
PUBLICATIONS + MEDIA
2024 Cover Art, Feels Zine Issue 22: Dreaming
2023 Stone Fruit, Self-Published Artists' Book
2022 Artsin Square, Issue 2
2021 Interview with The Gathered Gallery
2021 Friend of the Artist, Volume 13
2021 Cults of Life, Edition 9
2017 Faded by the Sun, Self-Published Artists' Book