David was born on June 19, 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His mother was a full time house-wife and his father a factory worker. From early childhood his gift for creating art was recognized and nurtured.In 1974 his father passed away unexpectedly and his mother moved him and his 5 brothers and sisters to central Wisconsin to be closer to relatives. David graduated Wausau West High School in 1981, already pursuing his life as a painter. After leaving the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he opened an art gallery/picture frame business on the upper east side of the city named Aristoi, then a second a few years later that was self-named. He continued to create his own paintings and drawings throughout this period. His work involved oil on canvas as well as graphite drawings, using many unique and separate images that when combined, melded into a single statement, typically regarding his views on capitalism.

In 1989 he was in Manhattan on a business trip with a fellow gallery owner when he realized his work was about to take a different direction. He had just exited a building where they were showing Hockney’s latest work. A gallery where one with means could purchase a work of art priced in the millions. It was then that he noticed a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk with a sign on his lap asking for help. This extreme contrast of wealth and poverty came as a shock. A few years later his work transformed into realist portraits of homeless people in an attempt to create an awareness of an ever-increasing problem in the US. He abandoned his gallery business and would spend the next 15 years producing these portraits and working with homeless shelters and nonprofit organizations.

He recently moved back to Wausau after living in Las Vegas, Nevada for the past 8 years and is currently developing a new series of works.

Education

1982-1984 University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, Painting & Drawing
1981-1982 University of Wisconsin Marathon Campus

Exhibitions

2008 – Group Exhibition, Water Street Gallery, Henderson, NV

2004 – 08 Solo Exhibitions, Studio/Parlor, Invitation Only, Henderson, NV

2004 – Solo Exhibition, Cirque Du Soleil, Corp. Headquarters, Las Vegas, NV

2003 – Regional Group Exhibition, Boulder City Art Guild&’s 18th Annual Art Show, Awarded “Best of Show” for watercolor titled “Halloween Soldiers 1964″

2003 – Group Invitational, Winchester Gallery, Honorable Mention for graphite drawing “Untitled #202″, Juror – Vicki Richardson, owner of Left of Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2003 – Group Invitational, Seven Western States Regional Competition, Contemporary Arts Collective of Las Vegas, (CAC), 14th Annual Best of Show Show, (BOSS), Awarded “Best of Show”, for graphite and pastel drawing titled “A Shade Tree”, Juror – Steven High, Executive Director of the Museum of Art, Reno, NV

1993-96 – Solo Exhibits of Recent Works, 828 Broadway Studio, Milwaukee, WI

1989-92 – Solo Exhibitions, David Anthony Hummer Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

1988 – Solo Exhibition, Aristoi Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

1983 – Group Exhibition, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

1983 to Present, Self-represented

Selected Corporate Collections

“James R. Hoffa”
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Washington D.C.General President, James P. Hoffa, Washington D.C.

“Martin Maddaloni”
United Association, Washington D.C.General President, Martin Maddaloni, Washington D.C.

“Community”
Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI

“Kurt Cobain”
Ad America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV

“Silver Screen Series”
Gerard Fine Art Ltd., Las Vegas, NV

“Peace”
Poverello House, Henderson, NV

“Untitled # 205″
Pulidor Foundation Spirit of the Nations, Las Vegas, NV

“The Mickey Collection”
Sun City Development, Chicago, IL

“BTP”
Redker Development, Chicago, IL

“The Western Leather Collection”
Western Leather Lofts Condominium Association, Inc., Milwaukee, WI

“America’s Landscape”
Jon Schlagenhaft Design, Lake Forest, IL

“Untitled #212″
R&B Group Inc., Chicago, IL

Selected Private Collections

Douglas Berg
VP Coca-Cola Corporation, Chicago, IL

Michael Shaefer, AIA
Wauwatosa, WI

Kenneth J. Christian, AIA
Partner, RTKL Architects, London, England

Dr. & Mrs. James Plouss
Scottsdale, AZ

Kevin Kennan, AIA
Laguna Beach, CA

John Beilinski
CEO, Ad America, Inc.Las Vegas, NV

Richard Schmidt
Business Owner Milwaukee/Brookfield, WI

Dr. M. Mortin, M.D.
Deerfield, IL

Nancy B. Meeks WRA
Whitefish Bay, WI

Wade W. Weissmann, AIA
Glendale, WI

Carolyn Schlueter-Bradley
Executive Director Corporate Sales Hilton HotelsDenver, CO

Jonathon Arthur Brucker
CMP, Events ManagerSeattle, WA

John Budzinski
Business Owner, Milwaukee, WI

Dennis Bondar
Business Owner, Milwaukee, WI

Dr. Jack Needlehoffer
Hartford, WI

Ms. Debra McClusky
Carlsbad, CA

Dr. Andrew Feinstein, Ph.D.
William F. Harrah, College of Hotel Administration, UNLVLas Vegas, NV

Virginia Schuman
Wauwatosa, WI

Brad Lantzer
Syring Insurance, Wausau, WI