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David McCauley is an interdisciplinary artist based in St Petersburg, FL. Since 2012, he has founded multiple 501c3 organizations such as The Rise Up Gallery, The Little Haiti Laundromat Art Space, and The Wynwood Tour Guide App. Each of these entities have been awarded numerous accolades for their programs which encompass art therapy workshops in the community, studio/exhibition space for artists, and a smartphone based walking tour of the Wynwood Arts District in Miami.

 

McCauley's contemporary artwork incorporates figurative oil painting, graphic design, typography/language, and fabricated materials. As an artist living with paralysis, McCauley applies various adaptive mark making techniques in the creation of his work while exploring topics of inclusion, universal design, accessibility, and the physical state of the human body. He is represented by Lanoue Gallery in Boston and his work is held internationally in private collections and has been featured in solo and group exhibitions with such institutions as Art Basel Miami Beach, UBS Planet Art, SCOPE Art Show, Williams-McCall Gallery (Miami Beach), Galerie Lano (Paris), Cheryl Hazan Gallery (NYC), Projective Space (NYC), and The Richmond Art Museum. David has participated in artist residencies at The Art Center South Florida/Oolite Arts (Miami Beach), the Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Santa Fe Art Institute (Santa Fe, NM), the Laundromat Art Space (Miami), Void Projects (Miami), and YO Space (Miami). He is also a two time recipient of the Creative Access Fellowship Award.

 

McCauley is also a Board Member and Ambassador for The Impossible Dream Project, a 501c3 nonprofit organization which creates innovative sailing experiences for members of the disabled community. Through partnerships with the nations’ leading rehabilitation centers, the sailing events reach 1000+ participants annually in more than 20 cities throughout the United States.

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GRANTS and AWARDS:  

• 2024 Creative Access Award - Santa Fe Art Institute

• 2023 Emerging Artist Award - Creative Pinellas

• 2019 The Ellies Creator Award - Oolite Arts

• 2018 Creative Access Fellowship - Santa Fe Art Institute

• 2017 Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Finalist

• 2015 Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Recipient

• 2015 Creative Access Fellowship - Vermont Studio Center

• 2015 Knight Foundation People’s Choice Award Finalist

• 2015 Miami Dade Cultural Affairs Community Development Grant

• 2014 Miami Dade Cultural Affairs Community Development Grant

• 2014 Donna Spears Merit Award – Richmond Art Museum

• 2013 Miami Dade Cultural Affairs Community Development Grant

• 2012 Miami Dade Cultural Affairs Community Development Grant

 

ARTIST IN RESIDENCY:

• 2019 Void Projects/Juxtapoz Clubhouse

• 2018 Santa Fe Art Institute

• 2015 Vermont Studio Center

• 2015 Laundromat Art Space

• 2013 Art Center South Florida (Oolite Arts)

• 2013 Yo Space Miami

• 2012 Rise Up Gallery

 

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS:

• 2022 Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto, ON, Canada

• 2022 Google SBP Hub, Leesburg, VA

• 2021 Vantrust/Tampa International Airport, Tampa, FL

• 2020 Toronto Blue Jays, Dunedin, FL

• 2019 Hudson Yards/Time Warner, New York, NY

• 2018 Miami Marine Stadium Restoration Project, Miami, FL

• 2017 UBS Planet Art, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL

• 2017 JR's Inside/Out Project, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL

• 2016 UBS Planet Art, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL

• 2015 Believe Mural, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

 

EXHIBITIONS:

• 2024 Skyway Exhibition, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

• 2024 Creative Pinellas Gallery, Largo, FL 

• 2024 Four Gats Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

• 2023 Painted Pathways Have No Obstacles, Woodfield Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL

• 2022 Unstopable, Raw Beauty Project, New York, NY

• 2019 Void, Void Projects/Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL

• 2019 Homeless, Void Projects, Miami, FL

• 2019 Write Your Own Story, Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA

• 2018 Hustle, The Frank Art Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL

• 2018 Fresh, Cafeina, Miami, FL

• 2017 Graphic Identity, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY

• 2017 Expanse 4.0, Williams-McCall Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2017 Artlifting, West Elm, Boston, MA

• 2016 Superfine, LAS Booth, Miami, FL

• 2016 SCOPE, Miami Independent Thinkers, Miami Beach, FL

• 2016 Expanse 3.0, Williams-McCall Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2016 Constructed Lexicons, Swenson Gallery, Miami, FL

• 2016 Spin Cycle, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL

• 2016 A Real Shit Show, Flowerbox Projects, Miami, FL

• 2015 SCOPE, Miami Independent Thinkers, Miami Beach, FL

• 2015 211, Project 924, Miami Beach, FL

• 2015 100+ Degrees In The Shade, Design District, Miami, FL

• 2015 TEXT ME, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY

• 2015 Black & White, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL

• 2015 So Fresh & So Clean, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL

• 2015 FLA/FRA, Richard Shack Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2015 O, Miami, Richard Shack Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2015 Expanse 2.0, Williams-McCall Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2014 SCOPE, Miami Independent Thinkers, Miami Beach, FL

• 2014 Voice, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL

• 2014 116th Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN

• 2014 Open Season, Williams-McCall Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2014 Wynwood Art Auction, Grand Central, Miami, FL

• 2014 Return Of The Bang, WYN317, Miami, FL

• 2014 Average Joe’s, Yo Space, Miami, FL

• 2014 Meridian Windows, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

• 2014 Stand Out, Rise Up Gallery, Miami, FL

• 2014 Expanse, Williams-McCall Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2014 Winning Art, Richard Shack Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2014 Pinning The Line, Richard Shack Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

• 2014 Windows at Walgreens, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

• 2013 Doing Work, Rise Up Gallery, Miami, FL

• 2013 You and I are Love, PAX, Miami, FL

• 2013 Uplift, Rise Up Gallery, Miami, FL

• 2012 Standing Together Through Art, Projective Space, New York, NY

• 2011 Breaking Barriers, Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

• 2011 ProArts, Tenmarc Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

• 2011 Rise (Pop-Up), Brooklyn Winery, Brooklyn, NY

• 2008 Muncie Artist Guild, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, IN

 

CURRICULUM:

2014   Printmaking                            Art Center South Florida                                 Miami Beach, FL

2014   Silk Screening                        Art Center South Florida                                 Miami Beach, FL

2013   Abstract Painting                    Art Center South Florida                                 Miami Beach, FL

2006   Photography                          New York University                                         New York, NY