“One sunny morning after working late to finish a new sculpture, I entered the studio to a startling sight: my new piece was staring right back at me. Did it come alive overnight? Blood red and radiant it seemed eager to launch off the workbench. I remember thinking, “if I leave for breakfast, will it escape before I return?” The thrill of this encounter compelled me to focus exclusively on sculpting.”
Dave Stevenson has sculpted at studios in Massachusetts, California, Montana, New York and the Caribbean. He chose these spots for ready access to snowboarding, surfing and climbing. The fluid contours of his sculpture capture the rhythm and dynamics of these pursuits. Inspired by the elegant mechanics of the human form, Stevenson creates abstractions that reach, twist, and beckon towards sentience.
Stevenson’s most recent work is an abstract Griffon towering over seven feet high. Past commissions range from a three inch TITANIC to a 20 foot piece for the set of a contemporary dance performance. In 2019, Brandywine Realty Trust purchased Stevenson’s monumental bronze Acrobat to mark the entrance to their corporate headquarters at FMC Tower in Philadelphia, PA. Notable collections include Pfizer Inc., filmmaker James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and violinist Joshua Bell. Special charitable commissions include projects for the William J. Clinton Foundation and Parkinson's Unity Walk. Stevenson's work has been featured in numerous shows on ABC, CBS, Fuse, VH1 Classic, Netflix, HBO Max and Paramount Plus. In 2012, Stevenson was awarded a Creative Grant from the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance.
Publications include St. Barth Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, The Wall Street Journal, The Bozeman Chronicle, Town & Country, Seventeen and People. Ensemble Lifestyles featured an extensive profile of the artist in its 2013 fall issue highlighting his annual winter exhibition at Galerie Les Artisans in St-Barthélemy, FWI.
A graduate of The College of William and Mary, Stevenson has been represented by Galerie Les Artisans since 2000. The sculptor currently splits his time between an apartment/design studio in Manhattan and a larger living/workspace in the Catskills, strategically located striking distance from his favorite climbing crag, the Gunks.
