David J Bayus
Education
2010 MFA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005 BFA in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2016 HERMIT, Vacancy, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Big Winner, www.cloque.org
2014 Sights and Sounds of Stage and Screen, with Ben Bigelow, City Limits, Oakland, CA
2013 Precious, Water McBeer, San Francisco, CA
2011 Bad Casserole, Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco, CA
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Herbst Pavillon, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Chain Reaction 12, San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Kunst-Haul, Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Some New American Paintings, Ever Gold, San Francisco, CA
Spelunking for Success, SFAQ Project Space, San Francisco, CA
2014 Humor Risk, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Opera Buffa, Field Contemporary, Vancouver, BC
Anniversary Show, Ever Gold, San Francisco, CA
2013 Low Subject, Curated by Luca Antonucci, Popular Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Practicing to Pretend, Curated by Melissa Dickenson and William Emmert, Alter Space,
San Francisco, CA
2012 Adobe Exhibitions, Adobe Systems, San Francisco, CA
2010 Boom!, 18th Juried exhibition of Northern California Artists, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2009 Interrupting a Beam of Light, Curated by Rachel Adams, David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco, CA
Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (STROKE Vol.1-3)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (STROKE Vol.1-3)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (STROKE Vol.1-3)
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Selected Bibliography
Amelia Rina, “Excerpts from Hermit”, Blunderbuss Magazine, October 29th 2015
Luca Antonucci, “In Conversation: David Bayus with Luca Nino Antonucci”, SFAQ issue 16, July 18th 2014
Publications as Author
Stroke Vol. 3 (HERMIT), limited edition of 100, published by Colpa Press, 2015
Stroke Vol. 2, limited edition of 20, published by Colpa Press, 2014
Stroke Vol. 1, limited edition of 20, published by Colpa Press, 2013
Filmography
“Hermit”, multimedia, runtime 24min, produced by Colpa Cinema, 2015
“Stroke on VHS” multimedia, runtime 30min, produced by Colpa Cinema, 2014
Education
2010 MFA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005 BFA in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2016 HERMIT, Vacancy, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Big Winner, www.cloque.org
2014 Sights and Sounds of Stage and Screen, with Ben Bigelow, City Limits, Oakland, CA
2013 Precious, Water McBeer, San Francisco, CA
2011 Bad Casserole, Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco, CA
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Herbst Pavillon, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Chain Reaction 12, San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Kunst-Haul, Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Some New American Paintings, Ever Gold, San Francisco, CA
Spelunking for Success, SFAQ Project Space, San Francisco, CA
2014 Humor Risk, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Opera Buffa, Field Contemporary, Vancouver, BC
Anniversary Show, Ever Gold, San Francisco, CA
2013 Low Subject, Curated by Luca Antonucci, Popular Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Practicing to Pretend, Curated by Melissa Dickenson and William Emmert, Alter Space,
San Francisco, CA
2012 Adobe Exhibitions, Adobe Systems, San Francisco, CA
2010 Boom!, 18th Juried exhibition of Northern California Artists, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2009 Interrupting a Beam of Light, Curated by Rachel Adams, David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco, CA
Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (STROKE Vol.1-3)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (STROKE Vol.1-3)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (STROKE Vol.1-3)
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Selected Bibliography
Amelia Rina, “Excerpts from Hermit”, Blunderbuss Magazine, October 29th 2015
Luca Antonucci, “In Conversation: David Bayus with Luca Nino Antonucci”, SFAQ issue 16, July 18th 2014
Publications as Author
Stroke Vol. 3 (HERMIT), limited edition of 100, published by Colpa Press, 2015
Stroke Vol. 2, limited edition of 20, published by Colpa Press, 2014
Stroke Vol. 1, limited edition of 20, published by Colpa Press, 2013
Filmography
“Hermit”, multimedia, runtime 24min, produced by Colpa Cinema, 2015
“Stroke on VHS” multimedia, runtime 30min, produced by Colpa Cinema, 2014
