David Cavaliero

Born in 1984 in New York, NY.
Lives and works in New York, NY.

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Bio

David Cavaliero’s current work focuses on how external referents inform a conception of self. His work attempts to momentarily reify the viewer’s consciousness of an intersection between themselves and the divergent elements of space, time, meaning, and physical and cultural location – what art critic Douglas Crimp termed the “coordinates of perception.”

Cavaliero graduated with a BA in English from Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 2006. He subsequently studied art and art history in programs at the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of Visual Arts, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received his MFA in Sculpture from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX in 2012.

He has participated in and co-curated exhibitions in both Chicago and the Dallas/Fort Worth area, helped found an art collective (HOMECOMING! Committee), and contributed essays to exhibition catalogues. His work Is held in private collections in New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles. Recent exhibits include a collaboration on a public installation in Bella Abzug Park in New York, where he lives and works.

Works

A Clear Case of Representation, 2011
Etched mirror, wood, mirror, latex paint
13.25 x 13.25 x 4 inches

Representation Triptych, 2011
Etched mirrors, wood, mirrors, latex paint, fluorescent lights, electrical components
66 x 46 x 4.125 inches

Untitled (Diptych), 2012
Etched mirror, wood, mirror, glass fluorescent lights, electrical components, enamel and latex paint
Each element: 36.125 x 36.125 x 12.625 inches

Content Triptych, 2013
Etched mirrors, wood, mirrors, latex paint, fluorescent lights, electrical components
66 x 46 x 4.125 inches
Edition of 2

The Emperor’s New Clothes, 2013
Etched mirror, wood, mirrors, latex paint, fluorescent lights, electrical components
60 x 36 x 12.25 inches

The Ambassadors (After Holbein), 2013
Etched mirror, wood, mirror, latex paint, fluorescent lights, electrical components
40.375 x 41.125 x 5.5 inches

Selected
Exhibitions

Artist Studio Program: Spotlight – David Cavaliero
Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NYMN

People, Places, & Things
326 Gallery, New York, NY
April – June 2016

Half of Your Life is Behind You
Kips Gallery, New York, NY
March 2013

Cookies go stale. Fortunes are forever.
Moudy Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
April 2012

Recent Press

September 8, 2021: "Armory looks to bring the public back outside with modern art installations," Editors of Town & Village, Town & Village.
September 1, 2021: “The Armory Show Debuts Armory Off-Site,” Kayla Herrera-Daya, Whitewall.
August 18, 2021: “The Armory Show 2021 at Javits Center ~ September 9-12 + Armory Off-Site & Online,” GothamToGo.