EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts
UNIVERSITA ITALIANA PER STRANIERI, Perugia, Italy

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2005 PROJECT ROOM 88, New York, New York: “Braided Incidents: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper by David Ambrose”
2005 DOMO GALLERY, Summit, New Jersey: “Public and Private Work”
2003 MORPETH GALLERY, Hopewell, New Jersey: “Patterns of Resistance”
2002 KAISERSLAUTERN GERMANY: “The Echo of Ornament”
2001 TOMASULO GALLERY, Union County College, Cranford, New Jersey
2001 THE GALLERY AT ST. ANDREW’S SCHOOL, Middletown, Delaware: “The Bound Brook Cycle: Recent Work by David Ambrose”
1998 ALJIRA, A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Newark, New Jersey: “Powder and Lace”
1998 JERSEY CITY MUSEUM, Jersey City, New Jersey: “The Saturated Soul”
1997 NOYES MUSEUM OF ART, Oceanville, New Jersey: “Conduct, Diligence, and Drawing: Recent Works by David Ambrose”
1994 PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: “Flesh and Blood: Recent Paintings by David Ambrose and Dik F. Liu”
1993 BRODSKY GALLERY, Princeton, New Jersey: “Recent Work by David Ambrose”

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 “Luxe, Calme et Volupte,”Curator: Joanne Mattera; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2007 AAF Contemporary Art Fair , New York, New York
2006 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, New York
2005 GALLERY AT BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
“Canvassing the Coast: Contemporary Paintings Inspired by the New Jersey Shore”
2005 THE NOYES MUSEUM OF ART, Oceanville, New Jersey: “Encore: More from the Permanent Collection”
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, New York
2004 VICTORY HALL, Jersey City, New Jersey: “Metaphors, Muses & Mysteries”
2003 NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, New Jersey; THE MORRIS MUSEUM, Morristown, New Jersey; THE NOYES MUSEUM OF ART, Oceanville, New Jersey: “100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints”
2003 PROJECT ROOM 88, New York, New York: “The Shoe Show”
2002 MORPETH GALLERY, Hopewell, New Jersey: “Small Works”
2000 HUNTERDON MUSEUM OF ART, Clinton, New Jersey: “New Jersey State Fellowship Exhibition”
1998 GAIL GATES ET AL, Brooklyn, New York: “Size Matters”
1997 GALLERY KOREA, New York, New York: “Recurrence and the Work of Art”
1997 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Brunswick, New Jersey: “Recent Works from the Innovative Center for Print & Paper”
1996 THE NOYES MUSEUM OF ART, Oceanville, New Jersey: “Saturnine/Mercurial: The Many Moods of Watercolor”
1996 THE NOYES MUSEM OF ART, Oceanville, New Jersey: “94-95 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition”
1995 313 GALLERY, New York, New York: “Mushy, Soft and Sensitive with Bite”
1995 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, Newark, New Jersey: “The Elegance of Obliquity”
1994 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Brunswick, New Jersey: “Identity: An American Dream”
1994 ALJIRA, A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Newark, New Jersey: “The Definite Decade”
1994 CITY WITHOUT WALLS, Newark, New Jersey: “Meditations”
1994 CHAMBER, New York, New York: “Chamber 2”
1994 PYRAMID ATLANTIC, Riverdale, Maryland: “Natural Histories”
1993 THE NOYES MUSEUM OF ART, Oceanville, New Jersey: “Master Prints from the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking”
1993 CITY WITHOUT WALLS, Newark, New Jersey: “Major Medical” (DAVID AMBROSE, CURATOR)
1993 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: “Alumni Exhibition”
1992 THE NOYES MUSEUM OF ART, Oceanville, New Jersey: “New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts”
1992 ARTWORKS, Trenton, New Jersey: “The Figure as Muse”
1991 CITY WITHOUT WALLS, Newark, New Jersey: “Undead Artists”
1991 ALJIRA, A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Newark, New Jersey: “Choices”

COLLECTIONS

The Noyes Museum of Art The Morris Museum Nabisco Brands
Jersey City Museum The Montclair Art Museum New Jersey State Museum
Newark Public Library Zimmerli Art Museum Atlantic Academy (Germany)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2002 ATLANTIC ACADEMY, KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY, Artist-in-Residence
2000-2001 UNION COUNTY CULTURAL & HERITAGE COMMISSION, HEART Grant
2000-2001 NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, Painting Fellowship
1995-1996 RUTGERS CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE PRINT & PAPER, New Brunswick, NJ
1993-1994 NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, Distinguished Artist Fellowship
1993-1995 ALJIRA, A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Newark, New Jersey, Artist’s Advisory Board

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