Press, Reviews & Interviews
2026
Re:art Magazine | — | Before the Image Appears: David Spriggs | https://cdn.heyzine.com/files/uploaded/v3/871d30c038f34c49cc5a6826d764b8d7b09a0a6f.pdf
LUCE | Sabina Maria Frassà | La luce al limite di David Spriggs / The Edge of Light by David Spriggs | —
2025
Artmag | Emma Ness | David Spriggs: Sculpting the Invisible, Painting the Unseen | https://artmag.org/david-spriggs-sculpting-the-invisible-painting-the-unseen/
Preview Art Magazine | Michael Turner | David Spriggs | https://preview-art.com/feature/david-spriggs/
Designboom | — | David Spriggs suspends Astra installation as an ephemeral cloud of transparent planes | https://www.designboom.com/art/david-spriggs-suspends-astra-installation-ephemeral-cloud-transparent-planes-kansas-12-16-2025/
My Modern Met | — | Astra | https://mymodernmet.com/astra-david-spriggs/
Penticton Herald | Dan Walton | Creator of First Wave finally about to ride it | —
Penticton Western News | Gord Goble | Breathtaking First Wave crashes into Penticton | —
KelownaNow | Gord Goble | Penticton Art Gallery’s monumental First Wave a summer tsunami | —
City of Penticton | — | The art piece everybody’s talking about in Penticton this summer | —
Royal Society Open Science | Philippe Gentet, Yosman Botero Gomez and Seung Hyun Lee | From Plexiglas to hologram: a path for layered artworks | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12424619/
2024
The Installation Art Podcast | — | Capturing Motion in Stillness: David Spriggs’ Layered Installations | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capturing-motion-in-stillness-david-spriggs-layered/id1716129723?i=1000673093332
QAGOMA | — | Art meets fashion in Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses | https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/stories/art-meets-fashion-in-iris-van-herpen-sculpting-the-senses-brisbane-australia/
Moss and Fog | — | 3D Sculptural Installations by David Spriggs | —
2023
Artnet News | — | 7 Questions for Artist David Spriggs on Making Ethereal Sculptures Rooted in the Language of the Immaterial | https://news.artnet.com/art-world/7-questions-daivd-spriggs-paul-kyle-gallery-2383976
Galleries West | Mark Mushet | David Spriggs | Dimensionalism | https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/videos/david-spriggs-%7C-dimensionalism/
STIRworld | Dilpreet Bhullar | David Spriggs’ sculptural installations challenge the rules of nature | —
Visual Atelier 8 | A T Wilkinson | An Interview with David Spriggs on his Remarkable Artistic Evolution and Conceptual Layers Depth | https://visualatelier8.com/david-spriggs-interview/
Peter Gabriel | — | Panopticom | https://petergabriel.com/release/panopticom/
Peter Gabriel | — | Art from i/o: David Spriggs | https://petergabriel.com/video/art-from-i-o-david-spriggs/
SPIN | Jonathan Cohen | Peter Gabriel Unveils Panopticom From First Album In 20+ Years | —
Under the Radar | Mark Redfern | Peter Gabriel Shares New Song Panopticom Featuring Brian Eno | —
Genesis News | Thomas Schrage | i/o: The Artwork | https://www.genesis-news.com/c-io-The-Artwork-s869.html
Apollo Magazine | — | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses | https://www.apollo-magazine.com/iris-van-herpen-musee-des-arts-decoratifs-paris/
Beaux Arts Magazine | — | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses | —
2022
NEO2 | Belén Vera | David Spriggs. Superposición y percepción | https://www.neo2.com/david-spriggs-superposicion-y-percepcion/
Lampoon Magazine | — | The idea of transparency can be ideological and political: David Spriggs talks with Regine Schumann | https://lampoonmagazine.com/david-spriggs-regine-schumann/
Acumen | Sophie Reyssat | David Spriggs Augments Reality | https://galeriejoseph.com/en/2022/12/30/david-spriggs-augmente-la-realite-acumen-30/
Art in the Digital Age | Dominique Moulon | Decision Making: The Decisive Instant | https://artinthedigitalage.net/en/2201EN_deci.html
China Daily | — | Contemporary artworks exhibition goes beyond human senses | —
Sina Sichuan | — | Chengdu Times Museum launches new exhibition exploring art and cognition at the Edge of Perception | —
Las Vegas Magazine | Em Jurbala | Resorts World Las Vegas features a dynamite art collection | https://lasvegasmagazine.com/entertainment/2022/jul/29/resorts-world-art-collection-vegas-strip/
2021
XIBT Contemporary Art Magazine | Elda Oreto | The power of thinking and the fundamental encounter with reality in the works of David Spriggs | https://www.xibtmagazine.com/2021/02/the-power-of-thinking-and-the-fundamental-encounter-with-reality-in-the-works-of-david-spriggs/
The Wise Fool Art Podcast | Matthew Dols | Episode 169: David Spriggs | https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-169-sculptor-installation-artist-david-spriggs-canada/
artscape Japan | Alan Gleason | Don’t Wait to Exhale: Artists’ Breath at the Ichihara Lakeside Museum | —
2020
MuseumWeek Magazine | Fabio Pariante | 4 Questions to the Artist David Spriggs | https://museum-week.org/magazine/2020/11/04/4-questions-to-the-artist-david-spriggs/
2019
ESPACE art actuel | Véronique Millet | L’envers du décor : les œuvres de David Spriggs et de Stanley Février | https://espaceartactuel.com/lenvers-du-decor-les-oeuvres-de-david-spriggs-et-de-stanley-fevrier/
AF•ART | Johanna Nyborg Bendtsen | Værk og bevægelse: rummet som ramme | —
Advanced Creation | Thibault Hofer | David Spriggs: Le Canadien décline les mobiles immobiles | —
This is Tomorrow | Daniel Pateman | Now You See Me: Visualising the Surveillance State | —
Colossal | — | Swirling Vortexes and Ghostly Humans Emerge From Hand Painted Transparent Sheets by David Spriggs | https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/07/david-spriggs-installations/
Artful Living | — | Eterik Kurulumların Benzersiz Dili | —
2018
BAAM | Frédéric Bourgeois-LeBlanc | David Spriggs : jeux de verre et de lumière | https://baam-org.com/fr/blogue/article/david-spriggs-jeux-de-verre-et-de-lumiere
En revenant de l’expo | Jean Luc Cougy | Supervisions à la Friche la Belle de Mai | https://www.enrevenantdelexpo.com/2018/11/06/supervisions-a-la-friche-la-belle-de-mai-marseille/
2017
Financial Times | Melanie Gerlis | UK art lovers can add Messum’s Wiltshire gallery to the itinerary | https://www.ft.com/content/13222a20-e025-11e7-a0d4-0944c5f49e46
Art F City | Emily Colucci | Doomed Capitalism and Psychedelic Escape in David Spriggs and Matthijs Munnik’s Permutations of Light | https://artfcity.com/posts/2017/02/doomed-capitalism-and-psychedelic-escape-in-david-spriggs-and-matthijs-munniks-permutations-of-light-at-pittsburghs-wood-street-galleries/
VICE | — | A Huge Gold Installation Flips the New York Stock Exchange Upside Down | https://www.vice.com/en/article/huge-gold-installation-new-york-stock-exchange-upside-down/
Designboom | — | David Spriggs’ Gold | https://www.designboom.com/art/david-spriggs-gold-wood-street-art-galleries-stratachromic-02-21-2017/
URdesign | — | David Spriggs Flips the New York Stock Exchange Upside Down | —
Berlin Art Link | Katharine Doyle | Pursuing a Synthetic Gesamtkunstwerk: Berlin Atonal at Kraftwerk | —
Mixmag France | M.-C. Dapoigny | Beyond techno : Avec Atonal, Berlin défend son titre de capitale européenne de l’avant-garde électronique | —
CHROM Art Magazine | María Muñoz | Berlin Atonal Festival. New codes in sight and sound | —
The Brvtalist | — | Berlin Atonal 2017: A Synthesis of Sight, Sound and Space | https://thebrvtalist.com/berlinatonal2017/2017/9/5/berlin-atonal-2017-a-synthesis-of-sight-sound-and-space
2016
Le Devoir | Laurie Vanhoorne | L’été ne se fait pas attendre | —
La Tribune | Karine Tremblay | Art sous observation | —
2015
WIRED | Joseph Flaherty | A Rainbow-Colored Horse That Takes Aim at Homeland Security | https://www.wired.com/2015/03/rainbow-colored-horse-takes-aim-homeland-security/
Huffington Post Québec | Morgane De Capele | «PRISM» de David Spriggs: l’omniprésence de la surveillance à l’Arsenal | —
ARTORONTO | Mitch Billinkoff | David Spriggs: The Nature of Power at Neubacher Shor | https://artoronto.ca/?p=27344
Stéphanie Homier | — | David Spriggs, Sculpteur | —
Taylor Holmes | — | Interview with Artist David Spriggs | https://taylorholmes.com/2015/01/28/interview-with-artist-david-spriggs/
The Finch and Pea | — | The Art of Science: Transparency vs. Openness | https://thefinchandpea.com/2015/01/21/the-art-of-science-transparency-vs-openness/
2014
La Presse | Éric Clément | Spriggs et Lachapelle chez Art Mûr: saillies de désenchantés | —
Glass Quarterly | — | David Spriggs at Art Mûr, Montreal, Issue 135 | https://urbanglass.org/glass/issue/summer-2014
2013
Border Crossings | Robert Enright | Blue Who | https://bordercrossingsmag.com/article/blue-who
Winnipeg Free Press | Steven Leyden Cochrane | Getting to know hue: Ethereal blue installation offers a unique experience of colour | https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2013/11/14/getting-to-know-hue
Visual News | Benjamin Starr | Immersive 3D Paintings on Layers of Transparent Film: An Interview with Artist David Spriggs | —
Scène 1425 | Fanny Forest | Artiste à découvrir: David Spriggs | La couleur possédée | —
2012
Verb | Alex J. MacPherson | David Spriggs: Holocene | —
2011
VICE | — | David Spriggs Creates Analog 3D Paintings | https://www.vice.com/en/article/david-spriggs-creates-analog-3d-paintings/
Gizmodo | Kat Hannaford | David Spriggs Gallery | —
Fubiz | — | David Spriggs | https://www.fubiz.net/2011/07/15/david-spriggs/
Trend Hunter | — | David Spriggs | https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/david-spriggs
WebdesignerDepot | — | Striking Three-Dimensional Glass Paintings | https://webdesignerdepot.com/striking-three-dimensional-glass-paintings/
2010
Le Devoir | Marie-Ève Charron | Dans l’épaisseur de l’image | —
Canadian Art | James D. Campbell | David Spriggs | https://canadianart.ca/reviews/david-spriggs-galerie-luqam/
Canadian Art | Bryne McLaughlin | David Spriggs: Thinking Green | —
Hour | Robyn Fadden | Colour Theory | —
VOIR Montréal | Nicolas Mavrikakis | David Spriggs | —
4Montréal | Mai Anh Tran-Ho | C’est peut-être juste dans ta tête… | —
Macau Closer | Nuno Mendonça | Big Bangs | —
Ponto Final | Maria Caetano | Artifício de luxo | —
GQ Taiwan | — | LV《煙火流星》聯展 中外名家呈現煙花超然之美 | https://www.gq.com.tw/entertainment/content-3388
2009
Art Papers | Jean-François Bélisle | David Spriggs: Toronto, Montréal + Sharjah | —
Asian Art News | Jonathan Thomson | New Strategies for Exciting Art | —
Flash Art International | Rebecca Catching | Sharjah Biennial 9 | —
Broadsheet | Rebecca Catching | Expectations for a Future | —
Sculpture Magazine | Gil McElroy | David Spriggs, Leo Kamen Gallery | —
The National | — | New Ways of Seeing the Future | —
2008
The Globe and Mail | Gary Michael Dault | Playing with people’s expectations | —
Toronto Star | Peter Goddard | The Threshold of Form | —
MAG Mass Art Guide | Erin Eller | Depth Perception: David Spriggs at Art Mûr | —
Things of Desire | Mike Landry | The Threshold of Form | —
Pulse Niagara | Kristen DePalma | The Space Architect | —
2007
Border Crossings | Randall Anderson | David Spriggs | https://bordercrossingsmag.com/article/david-spriggs
ICI Montréal | Lyne Crevier | Estocade: Dans l’optique de David Spriggs, déconstruction rime avec reconstruction | —
Hour Montréal | — | Picture This: David Spriggs, The Paradox of Power | —
Montreal Mirror | Christine Redfern | Bombed cars and raging bulls | —
2002
The Vancouver Sun | Malcolm Parry | Third Avenue Gallery creates mysterious magnetism | —
Where Vancouver | — | Gallery Gadabout | —
Canadian Art | — | Vancouver exhibition listing, Fall 2002 | —
1998
Western Wheel | Cindy Nickerson | Artist receives prestigious arts achievement award | —
Calgary Herald | Eva Ferguson | Diversity shines at gala | —
Books & Monographs
MIT Press | Erin Manning | Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy | Includes “Of Force Fields and Rhythm Contours: David Spriggs’s Animate Sculptures” | https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262518000/relationscapes/
Galerie de l’UQAM | Marie-Ève Beaupré, curator | David Spriggs: Stratachrome | Texts by Louise Déry and Marie-Ève Beaupré | https://galerie.uqam.ca/en/publications/david-spriggs-stratachrome/
Southern Alberta Art Gallery / Rodman Hall Arts Centre | — | David Spriggs: Archaeology of Space | Essays by Marie-Ève Beaupré, Mark Clintberg, Gordon Hatt and Charles Stankievech | https://www.saag.ca/archive/archeology-of-space-david-spriggs
Bidoun Press | — | Sharjah Biennial 9: Provisions for the Future, Books 1 and 2 | 2009 | —
Concordia University | — | Compression: Concordia University MFA Studio Arts | Includes Tammer El Sheikh, Trespass: From Pictured Space to Public Place | —
Bauhaus University Press | — | Weimar Day Today: 13 Artistic Interventions in Weimar | 2007 | —
Exhibition Catalogues & Institutional Publications
2026
McIntosh Gallery, Western University | — | Incredible Phenomena Will Occur: Boundary Layers and Boundary Objects in Atmospheric Shifts and (s)twerH | —
Brooklyn Museum | — | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses | https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/iris-van-herpen
2023
Peter Gabriel | — | i/o | David Spriggs among the twelve commissioned visual artists | https://petergabriel.com/release/i-o-2/
2021
Oku-Noto Triennale | — | First Wave | https://archive2020.oku-noto.jp/en/artist19-en.html
Ichihara Lakeside Museum | — | Artists’ Breath | —
2020
Musée de La Poste | Céline Neveux, curator | Rêver l’Univers | Exhibition catalogue and institutional publication | —
Queen’s Marque / The Armour Group | — | Zenith | Institutional publication | —
2018
Emily Carr University of Art + Design / TRIUMF | — | Leaning Out of Windows: Step One | —
Chroniques, Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques | — | Biennale of Digital Imaginaries 2018 | https://chroniques.org/en/evenement/bienniale-of-digital-imaginaries-2018/
2017
Messums | — | Material Light: David Spriggs | —
2016
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke | — | David Spriggs: PRISM | —
2015
Arsenal Contemporary Art Montréal | Jean-François Bélisle | David Spriggs: PRISM | Exhibition catalogue | —
2012
Art Mûr | Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre and Stephanie D’Amico | 4 Colour Separation | Exhibition publication | —
Neutral Ground Contemporary Art Forum | — | David Spriggs: Holocene | —
2011
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery | Crystal Mowry | The Limits: Tracing Time and Seeing Space | —
2010
Galerie de l’UQAM | Marie-Ève Beaupré | David Spriggs: Stratachrome | https://galerie.uqam.ca/en/publications/david-spriggs-stratachrome/
CODE Screen 2010 / Cultural Olympiad | Nathalie de Blois | Let the Light Be | —
2009
Sharjah Biennial 9 / Bidoun Press | — | Provisions for the Future, Books 1 and 2 | —
Sharjah Art Foundation | — | Axis of Power | https://www.sharjahart.org/en/sharjah-biennial/sb-9/projects/details/axis-of-power/
2008
Southern Alberta Art Gallery / Rodman Hall Arts Centre | Marie-Ève Beaupré | L’émergence de la perception: David Spriggs | In David Spriggs: Archaeology of Space | —
Southern Alberta Art Gallery / Rodman Hall Arts Centre | Mark Clintberg | Form Studies: The Work of David Spriggs | In David Spriggs: Archaeology of Space | —
2007
Art Mûr | Jean-François Bélisle and Andria Hickey | The Paradox of Power | Exhibition publication |