David Gilbert (b. 1982, New York, NY) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Gilbert’s photographs document assemblages and groupings of objects organized into complex and intriguing mise-en-scene within his studio. Gilbert’s imagery invites interpretation, and his luscious works embrace ambiguity as a queer positionality and open-endedness.
He received his BFA from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University in 2004 and his MFA from the University of California, Riverside in 2011. He has had solo exhibitions at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem (2024); Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco (2024); Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York (2018); and The Finley, Los Angeles (2017); amongst others.
His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Noon Projects, Los Angeles (2024); Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles (2024); Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco (2024); Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York (2022); Various Small Fires, Los Angeles (2017); Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada Las Vegas (2016); and Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York (2015); amongst others. He was artist-in-residence at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015.
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David Gilbert
Fairy Tale 27 Apr - 1 Jun 2024Rebecca Camacho Presents is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles based artist, David Gilbert. Creating fanciful spaces in the studio, Gilbert’s photographs capture magical storybook...Read more -
INSIDE.OUT.UPSIDE.DOWN.COSMIC.SPACE
7 Jul - 21 Aug 2020Rebecca Camacho Presents is pleased to announce the group exhibition INSIDE.OUT UPSIDE.DOWN COSMIC.SPACE. Taking pioneering French artist Marcel Duchamp’s assertion that ‘the spectator makes the picture’ as an organizing principle,...Read more -
David Gilbert
Painted Ladies 15 Nov - 20 Dec 2019Rebecca Camacho Presents is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Los Angeles-based artist David Gilbert. Gilbert documents ephemeral vignettes he makes in his studio: photography offers...Read more
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NADA New York 2024
2 - 5 May 2024For NADA NY 2024, Rebecca Camacho Presents highlights a grouping of new works by gallery artists Stephanie Crawford, Christopher Robin Duncan, David Gilbert, Andy Mister...Read more -
NADA Miami 2023
5 - 9 Dec 2023For NADA Miami 2023, Rebecca Camacho Presents featured a group exhibition of new works by gallery artists and friends. ektor garcia, Claire Oswalt, Anne Buckwalter,...Read more
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Burnaway
David Gilbert: Flutter at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem June 6, 2024Flutter is flirty. David Gilbert’s works, photographic documents of slap-dash sculptures and painterly interventions in often dramatic natural light, are charming and engrossing–but they’re also...Read more -
SF Chronicle
David Gilbert’s ‘Fairy Tale’ is an enchanting display of light and shadow May 21, 2024David Gilbert’s second solo presentation at Rebecca Camacho Presents features photographs of his paper and paint vignettes that are meant to evoke the quality of...Read more -
Art in America
Photographer David Gilbert’s Tableaux Give Studio Detritus an Air of Drama and Glamour January 16, 2020David Gilbert’s photographs depict arrangements he creates in his studio out of whatever happens to be on hand: scrap paper, found detritus, fabric, string, cardboard,...Read more
