About Me
Resume/Curriculum Vitae
Resume/Curriculum Vitae
Resume/Curriculum Vitae
David Vigon
b. 1965, NYC, NY
EDUCATION
Amherst College: studio art/art history
New York Studio School: studio art
New York School of Visual Arts: studio art
Mannes School of Music: piano and composition
Fashion Institute of Technology: clothing design
EXHIBIT HISTORY/SOLO EXHIBITS
1986 Downtown Beirut Gallery, NYC
1990 Gas Station gallery, NYC
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David Vigon
b. 1965, NYC, NY
EDUCATION
Amherst College: studio art/art history
New York Studio School: studio art
New York School of Visual Arts: studio art
Mannes School of Music: piano and composition
Fashion Institute of Technology: clothing design
EXHIBIT HISTORY/SOLO EXHIBITS
1986 Downtown Beirut Gallery, NYC
1990 Gas Station gallery, NYC
1990 Downing Street Gallery, NYC
1991 American Irish Historical Society, NYC
1992 Limelight, NYC
1992 Gargoyle Mechanique Laboratory, NYC
1992 CaféAsta, NYC
2004 Curry/Bryant Gallery and POSH Gallery, NYC
2004 Pegasus gallery, NYC
2004 The Townhouse, NYC
2004 American Airlines, NYC
2005 Chase Bank, NYC
2005 Fading Ad Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Buzzer Thirty gallery, Queens, NY
2005 Gallery 718, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Fillmore Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 114 West 71st St, NYC, NY
"David Vigon, A Retrospective"
GROUP EXHIBITS
1988 Stockwell Gallery, NYC
1991 Bullet Space, NYC
1993 CBGB’s Gallery, NYC
1994 CBGB’s Gallery, NYC
2003 Space Station Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 SK417 Gallery, NYC
2003 BWAC Small Works, Brooklyn, NY
2004 ArtGroup, O.I.A. Gallery, NYC
2004 BWAC, Pier Show 12, NYC
2004 Fresh Fruit Festival, Clement Soto Velez Cultural Center, NYC
2005 Object Image Gallery, NYC
2005 Project Diversity, Bklyn, NY
2005 Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Stacy Stewart Smith Gallery, NY
2005 TheXpo at Gallerie, DUMBO, NY
2005 St. Francis of Paola, Brooklyn, NY
2005 St. Cecelia’s Church, Bklyn, NY
2005 Diamonds and Oranges Gallery, NYC
2006 Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, NY
2006 BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2008 LaSalle Academy, 17th Annual Spring Gala, NYC
2015 Arts@Renaissance, Last Dance @ The Old Gem, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Gallery Nowhere, with Pete Missing, NYC
2017 BWAC, Brooklyn, NY (Spring, Summer, and Fall member exhibitions)
2018 WAH Center,19th Annual Salon Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2018 LICA/Plaxall Gallery,"Escape Velocity", LIC, NY
2018 BWAC, Brooklyn, NY (Spring, Summer, and Fall exhibitions)
2019 WAH Center, 20thAnnual Salon Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2019 BWAC, Brooklyn, NY (Spring and Fall member exhibitions)
2019 LICA/Plaxall Gallery, “Fear and Death”, LIC, NY
2020-22 NYCAetsEmpire Broadway pop-up
2021,22 Briooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY
2023 420 Gallery, Bushwick Street Art, Brooklyn, NY
2023 114 West 71st St Arts , NYC, NY
2024 Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 "Mindful Encounters: Awareness Through Art" 114 W 71st St Arts, NYC, NY
2024 "Where We From" Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY
COMPETETIVE HONORS
2005 chosen to participate in PROJECT DIVERSITY, an 18-gallery, multi-venue show of emerging artists working in Brooklyn, sponsored by Danny Simmons of Rush Philanthropic Art Foundation
2005 finalist in national juried online competition at Projekt30
2024 2nd place in juried exhibition, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Statement
Resume/Curriculum Vitae
Resume/Curriculum Vitae
Art is a metaphor for life. Both begin as nothing-- the point before the "big bang" and the realm of complete nothingness or everythingness -- the realm of infinite possibility. The infinite artist gives us the infant human being as an empty vessel, and the human artist constructs the blank canvas.
Both forms are like mini universes
Art is a metaphor for life. Both begin as nothing-- the point before the "big bang" and the realm of complete nothingness or everythingness -- the realm of infinite possibility. The infinite artist gives us the infant human being as an empty vessel, and the human artist constructs the blank canvas.
Both forms are like mini universes unto themselves. Their physical forms determine set limits of space and time. Yet within these boundaries, the realm of infinite possibility is still in full force.
With each breath or stroke of the brush, choices are made, whether conscious or unconscious which irreversibly fill the vessel or canvas until it is transformed into the feeling of an experience before being recycled. -2020
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
Growing up in New York City, I was fascinated by the paintings in the many museums. With my mother being a Broadway dancer, I was surrounded by artists. I became determined to learn to paint in the style of the old masters although my first favorites were the Surrealists, Magritte, de Chirico and Dali. My early paintings were large a
Growing up in New York City, I was fascinated by the paintings in the many museums. With my mother being a Broadway dancer, I was surrounded by artists. I became determined to learn to paint in the style of the old masters although my first favorites were the Surrealists, Magritte, de Chirico and Dali. My early paintings were large and with oils, and I loved creating imaginary worlds and spaces. After a fire destroyed my studio in 1993, and a 7-year hiatus, I began to paint again but with an eye for realism. A change had occurred in me to accept things as they are and find the beauty in the truth of what was in front of me rather than in my fantasies. My paintings for the past two decades have focused on discovering and rendering the nuances of natural form and space . The surreal aspect to my latter work may be seen in choice of subjects throughout my body of work more so than within each individual piece. My goal is to combine the imagination of my earlier paintings with the techniques of realism I’ve more recently learned. -David Vigon 2020
My Medium
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
I enjoy painting using oils. My sources are from life, photographs, imagination, and combinations of these.