Photo credit: Francis Baker

Ep.207 David Huffman (b. 1963, Berkeley, CA) has work in the collections of SFMOMA, San Francisco; LACMA, Los Angeles; Berkeley Art Museum, CA; Studio Museum, Harlem; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; Oakland Museum of California; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; San José Museum of Art, CA; Palo Alto Art Center, CA; Eileen Norton Collection, Los Angeles; Birmingham Museum of Art, AL; Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, Arkansas Art Center; ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ; Lodeveans Collection, London; and the Embassy of the United States of America, Dakar, Senegal, among others.

Huffman enjoyed a recent solo exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco and has been included in recent group exhibitions at the de Young Museum, San Francisco; Everson Museum of Art, NY; Weatherspoon Museum of Art, NC; and The Write Museum, MI.

He is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies including the Eureka Fellowship, ARTADIA San Francisco, Palo Alto Public Arts Commission, and the Barclay Simpson Award.

He studied at the New York Studio School and received his MFA at California College of the Arts & Crafts, San Francisco. Huffman lives and works in Oakland, CA; he is currently on the board at SFMOMA.

Huffman is represented by Jessica Silverman, San Francisco and Casey Kaplan, New York

Artist http://david-huffman.com/

Casey Kaplan https://caseykaplangallery.com/artists/david-huffman/ | https://caseykaplangallery.com/?exhibitions=david-huffman

Jessica Silverman https://jessicasilvermangallery.com/online-shows/david-huffman-odyssey/

Artforum https://www.artforum.com/events/david-huffman-3-250228/

ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/david-huffman-protest-paintings-casey-kaplan-1234707187/

SFMOMA https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/David_Huffman/

BAMPFA https://bampfa.org/event/artists-curatorial-gallery-talks-david-huffman

MOAD SF https://www.moadsf.org/exhibitions/david-huffman-terra-incognita

KQED https://www.kqed.org/arts/13911456/at-moad-david-huffmans-terra-incognita-explores-black-trauma-among-the-stars

Studio Museum in Harlem https://www.studiomuseum.org/artists/david-huffman

PAFA https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection-artist/david-huffman

Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/678893/david-huffman-afro-hippie-berkeley-art-center/

Berkeley Side https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/08/13/david-huffman-berkeley-art-center

U.S. Dept of State https://art.state.gov/personnel/david_huffman/

California College of the Arts https://www.cca.edu/newsroom/faculty-spotlight-david-huffman-paintingdrawing-fine-arts/

Open-Editions https://open-editions.com/collections/david-huffman

Miles McEnery https://www.milesmcenery.com/exhibitions/david-huffman

Templon https://www.templon.com/exhibitions/cosmography/

Daily Art Fair https://dailyartfair.com/exhibition/18000/david-huffman-casey-kaplan

David Huffman
Tasmanian Ghetto, 2024
Acrylic, oil, fabric, spray paint, glitter, photo collage and color pencil on canvas 60 x 52″ / 157.5 x 127cm
© David Huffman Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York Photo: Dan Bradica Studio

David Huffman
Eucalyptus, 2024
Acrylic, oil, fabric, spray paint, glitter, photo collage and color pencil on wood panel
96 x 96” / 243.8 x 243.8cm
© David Huffman Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York Photo: Dan Bradica Studio

David Huffman
Yana, 2024
Acrylic, oil, fabric, spray paint, glitter, photo collage and color pencil on canvas 64 x 60” / 162.6 x 152.4cm
© David Huffman Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York Photo: Dan Bradica Studio