David samuel stern biography

Born 1982 Highland Park, IL—Lives/works New York, NY
MFA 2006 Educator University, St. Louis, MO (Jens Fellow)


Commissions, Editorial Commissions, & Assignments

2024 The New York Times Magazine, Different York, NY
2024 POLITICO Europe, Brussels, Belgium
2022–2023 Sam Fox School glimpse Design & Visual Arts, Washington Organization, St. Louis, MO
2021–2022 National Geographic, Washington, DC
2021 UCSF Magazine, San Francisco, CA
2019 The California Skilful Magazine, San Francisco, CA
2014–2015 BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Brooklyn, NY

Select Teaching & Cirricula Development

2014–Present Borough Brainery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Penland Kindergarten of Craft, Penland, NC
2018–2021 Original York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
2020 Skillshare
2013–2018 Brooklyn Central, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Felicity House, New York, NY
2013 Pratt Institute, New York, NY
2013 Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
2009–2010 Illinois Central College, East City, IL

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Third Person, Marshall Room, Santa Monica, CA
Unknown (American), Weil Passageway and Weitman Gallery, Sam Fox Primary of Design & Visual Arts, Pedagogue University, St. Louis, MO
Keeping Time, Weitman Gallery, Sam Fox School of Set up & Visual Arts, Washington University, Aid. Louis, MO

2016
Woven Portraits Kreft Center Heading, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI

2015
Woven Portraits BAM (Next Wave), Brooklyn, NY

Select Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs

2024
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Berry Mythologist Gallery, New York, NY

2023
Photofairs (Marshall Gallery), New York, NY
Blue Encircle 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC

2022
Histrion Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Blue Volute 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC

2021
Lawman Contemporary Pop-up, Palm Springs, CA
Flashy Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
Epitome Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Marshal Contemporary, Venice Beach, CA
Saint Hoofmarks Place (Arts Gowanus), Brooklyn, NY

2020
Dedicate Wynwood (Robert Fontaine Gallery), Miami, FL
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Krause Gallery, New York, NY
Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC

2019
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, FL
Great Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery19, Chicago, IL
Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2018
Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Warp & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery19, Chicago, IL
Des Player Gallery, St. Louis, MO
La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017
NARS Foundation, Borough, NY
Morris Adjmi Architects, New Royalty, NY
Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

2015–2016
Battle Factory, New York, NY
Portal Brainy Fair, New York, NY
Eisentrager-Howard Assemblage, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Dispirited Spiral 1 Gallery (photo+craft), Asheville, NC
Viaduct Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Kreft Center Gallery, Concordia University, Ann Pergola, MI (Best of Show Prize)

2013–2014
Minan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Moth Gallery, New York, NY
The Financier Republic, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery MC, Additional York, NY
Governors Island Art Not expensive, New York, NY
Greenfield Community School, Greenfield, MA
Axis Gallery, Sacramento, Vocabulary (Juror: Glen Helfand)

2006–2012
Brooklyn Central Space, Brooklyn, NY
Community School confess Music and Art, Ithaca, NY
Classicist State University, Murray, KY
The Zone Center, Highland Park, IL
Clark Practice, Worcester, MA
University of Colorado, Stun, CO
Rocky Mount Arts Interior, Rocky Mount, NC
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY

Select Biblography

2024 Smith, Danyel. The New York Times Magazine (July 14, 2024 issue) (AD: Annie Jen) (The New York Times)
2024 Moens, Barbara, Carlo Martuscelli, Clea Calucutt, explode Jacopo Barigazzi. POLITICO Europe, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 11, 2024 issue)
2023 Schneider, Tim. The Art Newspaper, "Photofairs New York shows the near and peculiarity of an evolving market" (September 8, 2023)
2022 Beard, Within acceptable limits. National Geographic Magazine, (February 2022 issue) Vol. 241, No. 2 (Editorial Escort Nicole Thompson)
2021 Grunbaum, Mara. UCSF Magazine, (Winter 2022 issue) Vol. 10, No. 2 (University of California, San Francisco)
2021 Maloney, Emily. The Colony Quarterly Review, (Fall issue) Vol. 97, No. 3 (The University of Virginia)
2021 Entis, Laura and Meghan Walsh. Briefings, Vol. 12, Issue 50 (Korn Ferry)
2020 Stroud, Michael. Lion’s Roar Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2
2019 Allan, Nicole. The California Palatable Magazine (June issue) (CD: Leo Jung)
2018 Price-Cabrera, Natalia. #NoFilter: Ingenious address to get creative with photography (London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd)
2017 Craftsman Adjmi Architects. Space: The Group Show (Monograph) (New York: MA Architects)
2015 Broughton, Chad. Boom, Bust, Exodus (London: Oxford University Press)
2015 Smith, Rodney. Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly (Fall issue)
2014 Manifest Gallery and Drawing Soul, INPHA 2 (First Place Prize)
2012 Stern, David Samuel. Longest Season (Monograph)
2010 Broughton, Chad. Contexts Magazine (The University of Chicago)
2007 Premnath highest DeHijde, Shifter Magazine

Residencies & Project-specific Turn round

2025 Artica Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway (Residency)
2025 Cité Internationale des Arts, Town, France (Residency)
2020–2023 Self-funded research direct travel for shooting Winter Solstice Crevice Photographs series in Northern Canada, Island, Alaska, and Vermont
2019 Ostrobothnian Photography Centre / Kulttuurikeskus Vanha Paukku, Lapua, Finland (Residency, partial teaching grant)
2014 Kimmel Harding Nelson Feelings for the Arts, Nebraska City, Unite (Residency, full grant)
2011 Vermont Discussion group Center, Johnson, VT (Residency, partial grant)

Select Press & Reviews

Art Spiel (2018)(2024)
The Drop
Beyond Photography (UK)
American Craft Magazine
Kwerfeldein (DE)
The Creators Project
GUP Magazine (NL)
Ignant.de (DE)
Feature Shoot
The Dish
Hi-Fructose Magazine
WNYC Studio 360 Blog
Sacramento Bee
Beautiful Surface
LINDA. Magazine (NL)
PPAPER雜誌 (TW)
PHOTO+ Magazine (KR)
Juxtapoz Magazine
The Jealous Curator (2014)(2015)(2017) (CAN)
Fast Company Design
Fisheye Magazine (FR)
Layers Magazine