David Dupuis (b. 1959, Holyoke, MA; lives and works in New York City) works in color pencil, graphite, and collage, frequently depicting landscapes and human forms. Drawing from a lineage that includes Louise Bourgeois, Joseph Cornell, Agnes Martin and Lucas Samaras, Dupuis’s imagery is shaped by recurring themes of sex, death, and an aspiration toward beauty. Working primarily on paper, he builds his compositions through layering, cutting, and recombining images. His process is intimate and immediate, often producing small-scale works that emphasize compression and a direct engagement with the viewer. Forms shift between recognition and abstraction, as landscapes, bodies, and symbolic elements merge into dense, fluid compositions.
He holds a BA in Theater and a BFA from the University of Washington, Seattle and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Dupuis has been exhibiting at the Gallery since 1999. He has also had solo exhibitions at Schmidt Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2000); White Columns, New York (1997); and Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston (1995), among others. He has also been in numerous group exhibitions including at the University Galleries of University of Nevada, Reno (2016); The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Galleries, Saratoga Springs (2014); and IMC Lab + Gallery, New York (2013). Dupuis’s works can be seen in public collections at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Morgan Library, New York; Davis Museum, Wellesley College; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; The New School for Social Research, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, Brunswick.