Biography
Born 1975 in Brazil, Indiana
Lives and works in New York City
Education
2009
MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
2000
BFA, The Cooper Union, School of Art, New York, NY
1998
Stadelschule, Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2013
David Brooks: A Proverbial Machine in the Garden, Storm King, New Windsor, NY
A Walk Following the Florence City Boundary Line, CLAGES, Cologne, Germany
2012
David Brooks at the Deer Hut Field, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK
Notes On Structure, American Contemporary, New York, NY
Galerie fur Landschaftskunst, Hamburg, Germany
2011
Desert Rooftops, Last Lot, an Art Production Fund project, New York, NY
2010
Trophic Pyramids (and their Producers), The Armory, New York, NY
Terra Firma, Centro Medico Santagostino, Milan, Italy
Flags | Clouds | Clouds | Fish, NADA special projects, Miami, FL
2009
Naturae Vulgaris, Museum 52, New York, NY
2008
Quick Millions, Museum 52, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
DOWNTOWN: A View of the Lower East Side, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghaii, China
2012
Prolegomena, presented by Gresham's Ghost, Jack Hanley, New York, NY
Transactions, Centro Cultural de Espana en Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ruins in Reverse, Room East, New York, NY
Dona Nobis, Concrete Utopia, Brooklyn, NY (brochure)
Ecotopia, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
The Brucennial 2012, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Honey Me To Tears, a retro/prospective, Honey Space, New York, NY (catalogue)
2011
you are here forever, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Kontinentdurchquerungen (Continental Crossings) von Bob Braine & Mark Dion, David Brooks, Klara Hobza, Till Krause und Daniel Maier-Reimer, Galerie fur Landschaftskunst, Halle Sud, Bad Tolz, Germany
Transactions, curated by Detext and Marco Antonini, Gallery Horrach Moya, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Bold Tendencies 5, International Sculpture Show in Peckham Car Park, London
The Wilderness, curated by Rene Morales, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Oceanomania, curated by Sarina Basta and Christiano Raimondi, Nouveau Musee National de Monaco, France
Ecotopia, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, CA
Voyage On An Uncanny Sea, curated by Mark Dion, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL
Fluss Frei Zone, Galerie fur Landschaftskunst, Hamburg, Germany
Dirt Don't Hurt, curated by bill Saylor, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Greater New York, Museum of Modern Art PS1, L.I.C., NY
Knight's Move, curated by Fionn Meade, Sculpture Center, L.I.C., NY
Strange Travelers, curated by Mark Dion, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Portugal Arte, curated by Johannes VanDerBeek, Lisbon, Portugal
BiodiverCITY, curated by Natalie Jeremijenko, Gallery @ the Embassy, Embassy of Australia
Natural Renditions, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
The Backroom, Greater New York, MoMA PS1, L.I.C., NY
No Show, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Seedlings, curated by Regine Basha, The Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Blatt Spezial 04.05.2010. Blatt Spezial edition, Frankfurt am Main
2010 Visiting Artist Exhibition, The NOCCA Institute, New Orleans, LA
8.5 x 11, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY
{of, with, as, for, them, and, it} Workstylings, w/ J. Morgan Puett. Alexander Gray Assoc., NY
Common Jive, curated by Julie Fishkin, Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY
Renovating Walden Lyceum, Tufts University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2009
Impermanent Collections, Art In General, New York, NY
On From Here, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
The Fuzzy Set, LA>
Aggregate, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
The Kings County Biennial, James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY
Nada County Fair, curated by Johannes Vanderbeek, NADA Invisible Spaces, Brooklyn, NY
Time Pyramid, Silver Shed, New York, NY
Everbody's Got (more) Money Issues, Area Chicago, Chicago, IL
system:system, St. Cecilia Convent, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition 2.10242009, MVSEVM, Chicago, IL
New Perspectives, Affirmation Arts, New York, NY
2008
Cube Passerby, Gavin Brown's Enterprise @Passerby, New York, NY
Blank '08, Beijing, China
Monumental Sculpture, curated by Kevin Zucker, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
2007
Circumventing the City, D'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY
Dream of Today, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
The World is Yours, Oliver Kamm Gallery, New York, NY
To Build a Fire, curated by Yuri Masnyj, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Awards/Residencies
2011
Rio Mamore: Last Untouched Corner of the Amazon-research grant, Explorer's Club, NY
Hamburg Gastatelier Fleetinsel, Hamburg, Germany
In the Public Realm-semifinalist, Public Art Fund, New York
Sturgis Playground-semifinalist, City of Philadelphia's Percent for Art competition, Philadelphia, PA
Zoo Miami Entranceway Plaza Design - semifinalist, Art In Public Places, Miami, FL
2010
Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant, New York, NY
de la Cruz Collection Residency Program, Miami, FL
2009
Marie Walsh Sharpe, Space Program, Brooklyn, New York
Emerging Artist Fellowship Program, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
In the Public Realm (short list), Public Art Fund, New York
Aquatic Biodiversity of Peruvian Amazon - research grant, Coypu Foundation, New Orleans
The Compass Fund - scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008
D'Arcy Hayman Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture Series Fellowship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, NY
2007
Merit Fellowship, Visual Arts Division, Columbia University
2000
Ruth Gutman Epstein Memorial Prize, NY Artists Equity Association, New York, NY
Curatorial Projects
2012
Land Art (w/panelists: Sina Najafi, Mierle Ukeles, Natalie Jeremijenko and Kate Orff, Times Square Visitor's Center, NY
2009
Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet, (w/ Kevin Zucker) Nieman Gallery, New York, NY
Master Class / Gamefeed, (taxidermy & cooking demonstration), Museum 52, New York, NY
Projects
2012
Aquatic Biodiversity Survey of the Southern Peruvian Amazon: Part II of a III-Part
Survey. Peru
2010
Aquatic Biodiversity Survey of the Southern Peruvian Amazon: Part I of a III-Part
Survey. Peru
An ongoing project with Dr. Nathan Lujan, in conjunction with Texas A&M University and the Coypu Foundation of New Orleans, to survey and inventory the poorly studied aquatic biodiversity of rivers draining the southern Peruvian Andes into the Amazon Basin.
2009-12
Pond House Pond - Mildred's Lane Historical Society, Beach Lake, PA
A three year project to integrate systems of landscape design, aquacultural dwelling, progressive sustainable technologies and the notion of Earthworks; to conceptualize, design and build a complete aquatic environment for both humans and non-humans - in collaboration with Mark Tholman, Mark Dion, Natalie Jeremijenko and J. Morgan Puett.
2005
Planetary Biodiversity Inventory: All Catfish Species Inventory, Amazon Basin
expedition.Under the auspices of John Lundberg of the Philadelphia Academy of
expedition. An ongoing project to describe all extant planetary catfish species.
2000
Houses X Artists, Open Office - Arts + Architecture Collaborative, New York, NY. A collaborative design project, traveling exhibition and catalogue in which nine artists re-invent the house as a spatial and social entity.
1998
Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural History, Exhibitions department,
NYC
Bibliography
2012
Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2012, Exhibition catalogue
Hastings, Sophie. Just what the collector ordered, Financial Times, June 23
Sherwin, Skye. This Week's New Exhibitions:, The Guardian, June 15
Brooks, David and Jeremijenko, Natalie. Quixotics & Non-Natives: A Conversation, Field Guide, A Mark Dion Project (Exhibition catalogue)
Goukassian, Elena. Commissions, Sculpture Magazine, June
Jones, Rachel. A Sculptor's Playground, The News, June 23
Weber, Stephanie. Das wuste Land, Monopol, January, pp.18
Lindquist, Greg. Is Newness Still New?, The Brooklyn Rail, July-August
Hoberman, Mara. David Brooks: The Last Lot, Art Production Fund, Art Forum, January 11
Editors. Round Table Interview (w/ Ernesto Caivano, Ben Degen, Yuri Masnyj + Sara VanDerBeek), Intercourse Magazine
Mastronardi, Ashley. Art Installation by David Brooks, My Fox News, January 2
Lipinski, Jed. An Artist's Big, Big Plans for Red Hook, The New York Times, pp WE1, January 15
2011
Times Suburbia, New Yorker, December 5
Vilensky, Mike. Artist Raises the Roof, The Wall Street Journal, pp A24, November 25
Fink, Gideon. Desert Rooftops: A Ruin of Sprawl on the Streets of New York, BMW Guggenheim Lab, December 14
Weist, Nicholas. David Brooks Hits the Roof, Art in America, December 7
Wadlow, Kevin. Bird droppings help artist finish works, Keynoter, December 17
Vogel, Carol. Installation in a Lot, The New York Times, November 11, pp. C27
'Oceanomania: Souvenirs from a Mysterious Sea', Nouveau Musee National de Monaco (book)
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Nehb, Hannah. Raus aus der Galerie, Kunst Magazin, May 13
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Austin, Tom. 'Wilderness' exhibition confirms that life is scary out there, the Miami Herald, April 3
Lizzani, Anne-Sophie. La Principaute devoile ses tresors caches, Monaco-Matin, April 12, pp 10
Shabaka, Onajide. The Wilderness at Miami Art Museum, Miami Art Exchange, June 22
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2010
Vogel, Carol. Petrified Forest. New York Times. (May 21) pp. C22
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2009
Smith, Roberta. A Gallery Goes Out in a Burst of Energy. The New York Times.
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Art&Education, online with Artforum and e-flux (May 1)
Jeffers, Joe. Review: Exhibition 2.10242009/Mvsevm. Newcity Art. (October 26)
2008
art walk. Time Out New York. (March 20): pp. 6
Zhou, Yi. Blank, Beijing. BQ Magazine interview (May 1): pp. 26-27
Zhou, Yi. Blank '08. Beijing, China. (exhibition catalog June 2008)
2007
Smith, Roberta. In These Shows, the Material Is the Message. The New York Times.
(Aug 10)
Goings On About Town; Circumventing the City. The New Yorker. (August 13): pp. 13
MacAdam, Barbara A. Object Overruled. ARTnews. Vol. 106 (December 2007): pp. 127.