Recent Activities of and on David Corcoran
About me
David Corcoran (dvdcorcoran)
David’s current work involves the guerilla marketing of works of art through conceptual performances which question commonly held notions of self promotion, marketing, and the value of art
Website: www.corcoranart.net
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- Biography
David Corcoran, was born in 1967 Seattle Washington, USA. He grew up in Boston Massachusetts.
He began drawing in grade school where he and friends enjoyed illustrating dinosaurs, whales, space ships and military hardware but their favorite was what they called The Bionic Head consisting of a head profile filled with gears and circuitry. At age 10 David discovered his penchant for more advanced projects when he made a stop action film with the family's super 8 camera, employing a robot action figure including a fiery special effect.
Two strokes of luck kept David on the artistic path. First the house was not burned to the ground in that last film experiment and second was strong arts and crafts education in the public schools. .
On school trips to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, David was hugely impressed by, the old master oil paintings, the collections of ancient art and artifacts and the ceiling frescos depicting angels and cherubs. In high school art classes David's talents for drawing, painting and sculpture were pointed out and encouraged by some great teachers.
After High school David spent a summer hitch-hiking around Europe reinforcing his passion for art and developing new ones for architecture, urban planning and industrial design. Returning to Boston David began an apprenticeship in stained glass leading to six years working in the that field. During that period he began studying at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts spending his junior year in Paris and graduating from the Museum School in 1992.
Since then David has completed numerous paintings, painted several public murals, produced a series of furniture designs, worked as a stone sculptor, set builder and tried his hand at music, performance art, improv comedy and acting.
His artwork has been exhibited in New York, Paris, Boston, Vermont and California.
David currently lives in Los Angeles.- Exhibitions
Exhibited painting and doghouse in "Unleashed!" at Strathmore fine art in Bathesda Maryland, USA.
Painting entitled Exoskeleton on exhibit in the lobby at 3'rd Ward in Brooklyn NY
Paintings and Sunglass Lamp
Gideon Stein Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, 2008Exhibited Painting, Vermont Studio Center
Johnson, Vermont, 2005Tables and lamp, Denise Bibro Fine Art
New York NY, 2003Massage Chair, Denise Bibro Fine Art
New York NY,2002Steel Sculpture Entitled Ant Eater,Chelsea Market
New York NY,OngoingPaintings of Coffee Beans, Coffee on Paper
French Culinary Institute, New York NY, 2001Paintings of Coffee Beans, Coffee on Paper
Borders Books, Boston, MA,1999Solo Exhibit of Paintings, Middle East Restaurant
Cambridge MA,1994Stone Sculpture and painting, Gallery Per Tutti
Boston MA,1990Stone Sculptures, Barre Sculpture Studios
Barre Vermont,1991Student Exhibit, Paris American Academy Paris France,1990
- Publications
Painting entitlrd Dog Portrait with Self featured on the blog, Dog Art Today
Painting entitled Exoskeleton featured on Living Arts Cover, Sevendays Newspaper, Burlington Vermont, 1995
has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.






