CURRICULUM VITAE · 2026
DAVID SPRIGGS
BRITISH AND CANADIAN ARTIST
Spriggs’ practice explores perception, space, movement, colour, and the shifting boundary between two and three dimensions through layered images, sculpture, and spatial works.
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MUSEUM, BIENNIAL, AND TRIENNIAL EXHIBITIONS
| YEAR | INSTITUTION OR SITE | LOCATION | EXHIBITION AND DETAILS | DATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, New York, United States | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses. Curated by Cloé Pitiot with assistant curator Louise Curtis; Brooklyn presentation organised by Matthew Yokobosky with Imani Williford | 16 May to 6 December 2026 |
| 2025–26 | Kunsthal Rotterdam | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses. Curated by Cloé Pitiot with assistant curator Louise Curtis | 27 September 2025 to 1 March 2026 |
| 2025 | ArtScience Museum | Singapore | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses. Curated by Cloé Pitiot with assistant curator Louise Curtis | 15 March to 10 August 2025 |
| 2024 | Gallery of Modern Art, QAGOMA | Brisbane, Australia | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses. Curated by Cloé Pitiot with assistant curator Louise Curtis; QAGOMA presentation led by Nina Miall | 29 June to 7 October 2024 |
| 2023–24 | Musée des Arts Décoratifs | Paris, France | Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses. Curated by Cloé Pitiot with assistant curator Louise Curtis | 29 November 2023 to 28 April 2024 |
| 2022 | Noor Riyadh | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Black and White. Festival curated by Hervé Mikaeloff, Dorothy Di Stefano, and Jumana Ghouth | 3 to 19 November 2022 |
| 2022 | Times Art Museum | Beijing and Chengdu, China | Wavelength: On the Edge of Senses | |
| 2021–22 | Canadian Cultural Centre | Paris, France | Decision Making. Official programme of Némo, International Biennial of Digital Arts. Curated by Dominique Moulon and Alain Thibault; associated curator Catherine Bédard | 10 December 2021 to 15 April 2022 |
| 2021–22 | 5th International Digital Art Biennial | Arsenal Contemporary Montréal, Montréal, Canada | BIAN, ELEKTRA: Metamorphosis. Co-curated by DooEun Choi and Alain Thibault | 19 November 2021 to 13 February 2022 |
| 2021 | Oku Noto Triennale | Suzu, Japan | First Wave. General director Fram Kitagawa | 4 September to 24 November 2021 |
| 2021 | 17th Venice Architecture Biennale | Venice, Italy | CityX Venice, Italian Virtual Pavilion | 22 May to 21 November 2021 |
| 2020–21 | Musée de La Poste | Paris, France | Rêver l’Univers | 2 September 2020 to 10 January 2021 |
| 2021 | Ichihara Lakeside Museum | Ichihara, Japan | Artists’ Breath: Artists in the Midst of the Pandemic | 3 April to 27 June 2021 |
| 2019 | Powerlong Museum | Shanghai, China | One if by Land | 19 July to 7 October 2019 |
| 2018 | Chroniques, Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques | Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, France | Supervisions | 8 November to 15 December 2018 |
| 2014–15 | Sharjah Art Museum, Islamic Arts Festival | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | Art and Science | 17 December 2014 to 17 January 2015 |
| 2011 | Prague Biennial 5, Canadian Pavilion | Prague, Czech Republic | Prague Biennial 5. Curated by Marius Tanasescu | 19 May to 11 September 2011 |
| 2010–11 | Montréal Museum of Fine Arts | Montréal, Canada | La terre est bleue comme une orange | 14 September 2010 to 21 August 2011 |
| 2010 | Louis Vuitton Maison | Macau | Raining Stars | 9 September to 9 December 2010 |
| 2010 | Grand Rapids Art Museum, ArtPrize | Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States | Vision | 22 September to 10 October 2010 |
| 2009 | Sharjah Biennial 9 | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | Provisions for the Future. Curated by Isabel Carlos; artistic director Jack Persekian. Axis of Power commissioned and produced by Sharjah Biennial 9 | 16 March to 16 May 2009 |
| 2007 | CAFKA, Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | Haptic |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| YEAR | INSTITUTION OR SITE | LOCATION | EXHIBITION AND DETAILS | DATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arsenal Contemporary New York | New York, United States | David Spriggs. Curated by Marc Mayer | 20 June to 22 August 2026 |
| 2025 | Penticton Art Gallery | Penticton, British Columbia, Canada | David Spriggs: First Wave | 4 July to 25 October 2025 |
| 2023–24 | Paul Kyle Gallery | Vancouver, Canada | David Spriggs: Dimensionalism | 18 November 2023 to 20 January 2024 |
| 2017–18 | Messums Wiltshire | Tisbury, England | David Spriggs: Material Light | 9 December 2017 to 4 February 2018 |
| 2017 | Arsenal Contemporary Toronto | Toronto, Canada | David Spriggs | 17 June to 30 September 2017 |
| 2017 | Wood Street Galleries | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Gold: Permutations of Light | 20 January to 2 April 2017 |
| 2016 | Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke | Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada | David Spriggs: PRISM | 18 June to 2 October 2016 |
| 2015 | Arsenal Contemporary Montréal | Montréal, Canada | David Spriggs: PRISM | 30 January to 9 May 2015 |
| 2014 | Art Mûr | Montréal, Canada | David Spriggs: Transparency Report | 8 March to 26 April 2014 |
| 2013 | PULSE Miami Beach | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | David Spriggs: Phenomenon | 5 to 8 December 2013 |
| 2013 | RAW Gallery of Architecture and Design | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | David Spriggs: Blue | |
| 2013 | Dot Dash 3 | New York, United States | David Spriggs: Critical Cartographies | |
| 2012 | Abrons Arts Center | New York, United States | David Spriggs: Blue | 12 October to 3 November 2012 |
| 2012 | Trafačka Gallery | Prague, Czech Republic | David Spriggs: Red | 6 to 25 April 2012 |
| 2012 | Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | David Spriggs: Holocene | 5 May to 28 July 2012 |
| 2012 | Art Mûr | Montréal, Canada | David Spriggs: 4 Colour Separation | 3 March to 21 April 2012 |
| 2011 | Espace Virtuel | Saguenay, Québec, Canada | David Spriggs: Vision | |
| 2010 | Galerie de l’UQAM | Montréal, Canada | David Spriggs: Stratachrome. Curated by Marie Ève Beaupré | 3 September to 9 October 2010 |
| 2008 | Leo Kamen Gallery | Toronto, Canada | David Spriggs: The Threshold of Form | |
| 2008 | Art Mûr | Montréal, Canada | David Spriggs: The Emergence of Perception | 15 November to 13 December 2008 |
| 2008 | Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | David Spriggs: Archaeology of Space | 31 May to 7 September 2008 |
| 2008 | Southern Alberta Art Gallery | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | David Spriggs: Archaeology of Space. Curated by Joan Stebbins | 26 January to 2 March 2008 |
| 2007 | Art Mûr | Montréal, Canada | David Spriggs: The Paradox of Power | |
| 2006 | Concordia University | Montréal, Canada | David Spriggs: Escalator | |
| 2005 | Leo Kamen Gallery | Toronto, Canada | David Spriggs: The Aesthetics of Speed | |
| 2002 | Third Avenue Gallery | Vancouver, Canada | David Spriggs: Lucid Forms |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| YEAR | INSTITUTION OR SITE | LOCATION | EXHIBITION AND DETAILS | DATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | McIntosh Gallery, Western University | London, Ontario, Canada | Atmospheric Shifts. Curated by Helen Gregory | 15 January to 16 May 2026 |
| 2024–25 | Paul Kyle Gallery | Vancouver, Canada | Group Exhibition 2024 | 28 August 2024 to 15 January 2025 |
| 2023 | Museo Materiali Minimi d’Arte Contemporanea | Paestum, Italy | Inaugural Collection Exhibition | |
| 2023 | Art Toronto | Toronto, Canada | Presented by Paul Kyle Gallery | 26 to 29 October 2023 |
| 2022 | Paul Kyle Gallery | Vancouver, Canada | Synthesis: Immaterial Tendencies in Art | |
| 2021 | Art Mûr | Montréal, Canada | Mémorable. Exhibition text by Noémie Chevalier | 8 May to 19 June 2021 |
| 2019–20 | Unit London | London, England | Beyond Borders | 28 November 2019 to 11 January 2020 |
| 2019 | PhotoAccess | Canberra, Australia | Now You See Me: Visualizing the Surveillance State. Curated by Ashley Lumb with assistant curator Kate Matthews | 7 November to 14 December 2019 |
| 2019 | East Bund Mingsheng Art Wharf | Shanghai, China | Lost in Play II | 28 April to 7 May 2019 |
| 2018 | Emily Carr University of Art and Design | Vancouver, Canada | LOoW: Art and Physics Collaborations through Aesthetic Transformations | |
| 2017 | Arsenal Contemporary Montréal | Montréal, Canada | Anthology | |
| 2017 | Kraftwerk Berlin, Berlin Atonal | Berlin, Germany | Divided Power | 16 to 20 August 2017 |
| 2017 | Galeria Impakto | Lima, Peru | Art Lima | 20 to 23 April 2017 |
| 2017 | Arsenal Contemporary Montréal | Montréal, Canada | C2 | 24 to 26 May 2017 |
| 2016 | Art Mûr | Montréal, Canada | Life Size. Curated by Rhéal Olivier Lanthier and François St-Jacques | 5 November to 17 December 2016 |
| 2015 | Arsenal Contemporary Montréal | Montréal, Canada | C2: E Merge | 19 June to 13 September 2015 |
| 2015 | Art Souterrain | Montréal, Canada | Security in Our Societies | |
| 2014 | Galeria Impakto | Lima, Peru | Cielo & Tierra | |
| 2014 | Chalet du Mont Royal, Chromatic | Montréal, Canada | The Spectre of Catastrophe | |
| 2014 | Neubacher Shor Contemporary | Toronto, Canada | Colour Interaction | |
| 2014 | Maison de la culture Mercier | Montréal, Canada | Oeuvres choisies, Collection Loto Québec | 15 March to 27 April 2014 |
| 2013 | Fonderie Darling, Chromatic | Montréal, Canada | Chromatic | |
| 2012 | SCOPE Miami Beach | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | Art Mûr | 4 to 9 December 2012 |
| 2011–12 | Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | The Limits. Curated by Crystal Mowry | 16 September 2011 to 8 January 2012 |
| 2011 | Québec Government Office | New York, United States | Extreme Gestures | |
| 2011 | Art Souterrain, Place Ville Marie | Montréal, Canada | Art Souterrain | 26 February to 13 March 2011 |
| 2010 | Est Nord Est | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada | Perdre le Nord. Curated by Marie-Ève Beaupré | |
| 2008 | Francophonie Summit | Québec City, Canada | Leaders’ Room | 17 to 19 October 2008 |
| 2008 | Edward Day Gallery | Toronto, Canada | Abracadabra | |
| 2007–11 | Toronto International Art Fair | Toronto, Canada | Presented by Art Mûr | |
| 2007–09 | Conseil des arts de Montréal | Montréal, Canada | Portraits d’artistes |
PERMANENT PUBLIC ART AND MAJOR COMMISSIONS
| YEAR | ARTWORK | LOCATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Astra | Robert B. Docking State Office Building, Topeka, Kansas, United States | Suspended atrium installation whose cloud-like form gathers and dissolves as viewers move beneath it. Commissioned by the State of Kansas. |
| 2025 | Aeon | Simcoe Place, Toronto, Canada | Wall-mounted sculpture above the atrium escalators, shifting between an eye, a portal, and an architectural vortex. Commissioned by Cadillac Fairview through Paul Kyle Gallery. |
| 2026 | Aero | Farnborough Airport, London, United Kingdom | Illuminated pedestal sculpture at the entrance to Flexjet’s private terminal lounge. Commissioned by Flexjet. |
| 2023 | Vision Shenzhen | C Future City, Futian, Shenzhen, China | Suspended installation above an escalator, forming a white vortex that shifts between image and volume. Commissioned for C Future City in association with PO Art Consulting. |
| 2023 | Aker | Private collection, Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada | Site-specific outdoor sculpture and focal point of Homage to Aker. The surrounding landscape, designed by Thomas Kyle of TKL Design, was organised around the artwork and received provincial and national Awards of Excellence in 2025 and 2026. |
| 2021 | Holos | Resorts World Las Vegas, Central Lobby, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Layered sphere presented in a freestanding illuminated display case in the resort’s Central Lobby. |
| 2021 | RGB | Resorts World Las Vegas, Hilton Lobby, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Triptych of illuminated display-case works translating red, green, and blue light into spatial form. |
| 2020 | Zenith | Queen’s Marque, George Street Public Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Illuminated wave installation connecting the architecture of the public room to the Atlantic waterfront. Commissioned by The Armour Group. |
| 2018 | Epoch | Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong | Suspended sculpture occupying the outdoor atrium at the centre of the hotel’s top floor. |
PROJECTS
| YEAR | PROJECT OR PLATFORM | PROJECT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Peter Gabriel, i/o | Red Gravity created for Panopticom and presented throughout the international i/o tour. The work is in Peter Gabriel’s collection and is featured in the Art From Us film series. |
| 2021 | Setouchi Asia Forum | Artists’ Breath Live, online forum and publication, Setouchi, Japan. |
SELECTED PUBLIC, INSTITUTIONAL, AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
| COLLECTION | WORKS |
|---|---|
| Montréal Museum of Fine Arts | Abstract Object. |
| Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec | Perceptible Consciousness and Dark Matter, Prêt d’œuvres d’art collection. |
| Collection Loto Québec | Tempest. |
| McIntosh Gallery, Western University | Aeternum. |
| Museo Materiali Minimi d’Arte Contemporanea | Hera. |
| C Future City | Vision Shenzhen. |
| Peter Gabriel | Red Gravity. |
AWARDS AND SUPPORT
| YEAR | AWARDING BODY | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Académie des beaux-arts and Fondation Jacques Rougerie | Grand Prix de l’Art de l’Espace, Paris, France. |
| 2014 | Jeunes Mécènes Award for Art | Montréal, Canada. Award support associated with Ideologies. |
| 2012 | Residency Unlimited | Artist residency, New York, United States, September to November 2012. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. |
| 2010 | ArtPrize | Fifth Place for Vision, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. |
| 1998 | Immigrants of Distinction Award | Arts Achievement, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. |
EDUCATION AND STUDY
| YEAR | INSTITUTION | PROGRAMME OR STUDY |
|---|---|---|
| 2004–07 | Concordia University | Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Montréal, Canada. |
| 1996–2000 | Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, and Photography, Vancouver, Canada. |
| 2006 | Bauhaus University | Public Art and New Artistic Strategies, MFA student residency, Weimar, Germany. |
| 1999 | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design | Painting and Printmaking, BFA student residency, London, England. |