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E-mail: Dcumbie@crealde.org
Website:
www.davidleecumbie.com
David
has been an active member of the Central Florida arts community for more
than 29 years. In addition to showing in galleries and museums throughout
the U.S. and Europe, he has created art for public places, including a bust
of L. C. Jones at the Callahan Center in Orlando and life-size marble
statues at the Church of the Annunciation in Altamonte Springs. Commissions
include the Dick Butkus Award and the Pete Maravich Award for the National
Collegiate Athletics Association. Presently creating an annual NFL award for
the Dick Butkus Foundation. In 2000, his work was included in an important
exhibition of Central Florida Bronze Artists in Milan, Italy. At Crealdé,
David directs the sculpture programming and Central Florida’s only
community-based bronze foundry. He is curator of the sculpture garden,
featuring more than 60 pieces of contemporary outdoor sculpture.
Exhibitions
Art Without Walls 2, 2008. A
show of 33 artists displaying monumental sculpture, Ft. Pierce & Port St.
Lucie, FL
Sculpture Exhibit, 2008
Epcot International Flower & Garden Show
Sculpture: Art in Three Dimensions, 2007
Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens
Heads, Hearts, Horses & Helmets, 2007
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Meyers
The Maquette: Idea & Process, 2007
Alice & William Jenkins Gallery, Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, Florida
Southeastern Juried Exhibition 2006,
Mobile Museum of Art, AL
4th International Art Exhibition Chania, 2006. Neoria Public
Exhibition Center on the island of Crete, Greece
Florida Biennial III, 2005
Deland Musem of Art, Deland, Florida
Things That Whirl and Twirl, Kinetic Sculpture Exhibition, 2005,
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden
Dynamic Relationships, 2005
The Mayor’s Gallery and Terrace at Orlando City Hall
Crealdé 30th Anniversary Exhibition,
Present/Past Department Directors, 2005
Global Peace Film Festival and Art Exhibit,
Universal Cineplex, Orlando, 2004
Epcot Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 2004
Florida Biennial Exhibition, DeLand Museum of Art, FL, Award Winner,
2004
Artist at Work, Orlando Museum of Art, FL, 3-month Exhibit
Representing the Artist Studio Tour, 2003
Orlando Furioso, Gallery Postart, Milan, Italy, 2002 (Part of a
cultural exchange program with Orlando, Fla.)
Sculpture Mile, International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Stienberger,
Germany, 2001
The Bronze Exhibit, 2000, Studio D’Arts, Arts Foundation of Italy,
Milan
Homage to Jacques Cousteau, Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of
Science and Technology, Milan, Italy, 1999
Under Wraps, Atlantic Center for the Arts,
New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1998
Centrifugal Force, University of Georgia, 1992
New Figures In American Art, Bath House Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia,
1986
Expression, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miami, FL, 1985
New Works, a one-person exhibition at Crealdé School of Art, 1984
Juried Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art, 1984
Insight On Site, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, 1981
Crealdé Faculty Exhibition, Samson Gallery at Stetson University,
DeLand, FL, 1980
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Commissions
Presently working with the Dick Butkus Foundation, creating an annual
linebacker award for the NFL Football Association
Totem, 15 x 2 x 1.5 ft. multi-media sculpture for the entry of the Court of
County Clerks, Ft. Pierce, FL
Created the annual awards for The Golden Rule Foundation, Winter Park, FL
Ronald McDonald House, Wall Sculpture, Sponsored by Florida Automotive
Association,
United Arts of Central Florida Fourth and Fifth Annual Arts Plus Awards,
Orlando
Permanent Collection: Homage to Jacques Cousteau, Leonardo da Vinci National
Museum of Science and Technology, Milan, Italy
Pete Maravich Award, National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball
Association (Originally sponsored by the Orlando Magic)
Dick Butkus Award,
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Bronze Bust of L.C. Jones, Callahan Center, City of Orlando, Fla. (First
commission sponsored by the city’s Percentage for the Arts Program, 1984)
The Holy Family, Figures of Joseph, Mary and Child Jesus, life-size, Church
of the Annunciation, Altamonte Springs, FL
Ceremonial Graduation Mace, University of Central Florida, Orlando
Interflora World Cup, Tokyo, Sculptural Props Designer, Placed 4th in the
world as United States representative, 1986
Grand Prize Trophy Award, Central Florida Film and Video Festival Grants and
Awards
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Grants and Awards
Individual Artist Grant, United Arts of Central Florida, 2005
Award of Distinction,
Florida Biennial Exhibition, DeLand (Fla.) Museum of Art, 2004
Monument Builders, Co-creator of outreach program for at-risk children.
Crealdé was awarded a $20,000 program grant by the Orlando Magic Youth
Foundation. Created four outdoor sculptures with children from underserved
communities, 2001
Change Incorporated, individual grant sponsored by the Robert Rauschenburg
Foundation
Purchase Award, Small Works Exhibition, Valencia Community College, Orlando,
Fla., 1999
Art and Artist, a Video Documentary of Central Florida Artists, Small
Projects Grant Funded by United Arts, 1985
Atlanta Arts Festival,
Winner, Big Art
Contest, 1985
United Arts of Central Florida,
Winner,
Artist Billboard Contest, 1984
Teaching Experience
Clay Sculpture
Bronze Casting
Mold Making
Outdoor Metal ConstructionValencia
Community College, Sculpture Instructor
For information about exhibition record or
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