biog/résumé/vitae
1951-69
Born in Fargo, raised in Devils Lake, North Dakota
1969-75
Moorhead State College, Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts-Sculpture; studiet with Prof. Lyle Laske
1972
International Drawing Exhibition, Excellence in Drawing Award, Winnipeg, Canada
1975
Assistant to sculptor Phillip McCracken, Guemes Island, Washington
1975-77
Cornell University, College of Fine Arts, Ithaca, New York,
Master of Fine Arts-Sculpture; Profs. Jack Squier, Jason Seley, Victor Colby
1977
Moved to Berlin, Germany
1979-83
Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Master of Fine Arts-Sculpture;
Profs. Phillip King, David Evison
1981-83
Stipend, Berlin Airlift, awarded $18,000
1982
Founding of sculptor's group, Odious
1983
“Presencias” Workshop, Madrid, Spain
1984-2004
See: Symposiums and Works in Public Spaces
1987
“All India Workshop”, New Delhi, India
1990
Artists’ Stipend of the City of Berlin, awarded $50,000
“3. Ostfriesisches Sculptor’s Symposium” in Wittmund, Germany”
1991
Set Design: “Action” Sam Shepard, German premiere, Rost-Stage, Berlin
“International Sculpture Workshop” Rudolph-Wilde-Park, Berlin
1993
“2. International Sculptor’s Workshop” Sculpture Park in Katzow, Germany
1994
“4. Ostfriesisches Sculptor’s Symposium,” Wittmund
1996
Symposium “Steel and Stone”, Kunsthaus Gahlenberg-Strodehne, Germany
1997
Sculptor’s Symposium Schorndorf, Germany
2003
Left Odious
2004
“Kaohsiung International Steel Sculpture Festival” Taiwan, R.O.C.
2005
Glass and Steel Annex Construction, Muggelsee, Germany
2008
Moved back to Boston
2009
Nangang Train Station Sculpture Invitational, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2012
Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany, “Gruppe Odious” Retrospective
Moved to Duluth
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those
who dream only by night.”
Edgar Allen Poe
WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACES 1984-2004
CENTENNIAL SCULPTURE
Devils Lake, North Dakota
PARKS CEMETARY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Berlin, Germany
(no title)*
NATIONAL PARKS AND GARDENS EXPO GROUNDS
Berlin, Germany
"ZEIT-WEGE-ZEIT"*
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Aalen, Germany
"GROSSE PARABEL"*
SKULPTUREN LANDSCHAFT
Soltau, Germany
"BEZUEGE"*
MAIN STATION SQUARE
Schorndorf, Germany
"SWAN SONG"
NATIONAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Bonn, Germany
"STIRRUP-STAPES"*
CITY OF HELLERSDORF
Hellersdorf, Germany
"GIEBEL GESTALTUNG-PFOSTEN"*
PALACE RESIDENCE GARDENS
Blankenburg, Germany
"FASANENGARTEN BLANKENBURG"*
TEMPELHOF SOUTH SUBDIVISION
Berlin, Germany
"NATURPARK SUEDGELAENDE"*
PALMEN GAERTEN
Frankfurt, Germany
"GOETHE GARTEN"*
CITY OF WITTMUND
Wittmund, Germany
"DONNA`S MAD"
CITY OF KAOHSIUNG
Kaohsiung, Taiwan ROC
"TAIWAN NARRATIVE RENDERING"
PLATZ AM NEUEN TOR
Berlin, Germany
"GROSSE SCHAUKEL"
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1987 KUTSCHERHAUS
"David Lee Thompson Skulpturen" - Berlin
1990 GALLERY IN FONTE
"David Lee Thompson Skulpturen" - Berlin
1991 ROSTBUHNE STAGE
Set Designer for "Action" by Sam Sheppard
1992 GALLERY IN BEWAG
"David Lee Thompson Skulpturen" - Berlin
1993 GALLERY T & A
"David Lee Thompson Skulpturen" - Berlin
1999 GALLERY LINNEBORN
"David Lee Thompson Skulpturen" - Berlin
1999 ART GUILD SPRINGHORNHOF
"David Lee Thompson Skulpturen" - Neuenkirchen
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
THE HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART - Ithaca, New York
BERLIN CITY GALLERY - Berlin, Germany
LALIT KALA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ART - New Delhi, India
CITY OF KAOHSIUNG - Kaohsiung,Taiwan ROC
SCULPTURE PARK - Katzow, Germany
SCULPTURE GARDEN - Funnix, Germany
CITY OF WITTMUND - Wittmund, Germany
UNIVERSITY ART-PATH - Ulm, Germany
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS - throughout Germany & USA
Professional Experience and Engagements Outside of solo Sculpture Career
1978 crew member for George Rickey (USA), Berlin atelier, Germany
1978 crew member for George Baker (USA), fabrication & installation of "Lunos Discus" Relief in the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Germany
1983 teacher’s aid to Phillip King (Gr.Britain). The Art Academy, Berlin, Germany
1985 crew member for Dennis Oppenheim (USA), fabrication & installation of "World Tree," Britz Garden & National Parks Expo, Berlin, Germany
1986–1987 exhibition technician for the ‘Art Exhibition Gallery of the City of Berlin,’ Germany
1985-1996 crew member for the metal oeuvre of Bernhardt Heiliger: fabrication, installation and restoration, Berlin, Germany
1990 crew member for Micha Ullman (lsrael), fabrication and installation of "Niemand", Cor-Ten sculpture at the Martin Gropius Museum, Berlin, Germany
1990 crew member for Sir Anthony Caro (Gr.Britain). “Steel '87" sculpture workshop in the 'Panke Sculpture Studios'
1991 design and fabrication of the stage set for the Berlin performance of "Action" by Sam Sheppard
2000 crew member for Sebastian Kulisch Team, fabrication & installation of "DNA" sculpture in the 'Exhibition Environment” of Sir Kenneth Adam (Gr.Britain). "lmages and Symbols of the 21st Century - the Seven Hills (Sieben Huegel)" in the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
2005 design and fabrication of glass and steel entry-annex construction, Muggelsee, Germany
2006 first assistant for Sebastian Kulisch Team, fabrication of steel steer statue for Bullengraben Commission, Spandau, Germany
2009-2012 first assistant for Southside Painting, high-end exterior/ interior painting & renovation, Watertown, MA, USA
2011-2012 crew member for Village Green Renewal, vintage furniture & lamp repair, Brookline Village, MA, USA
2014-2015 drawing instructor at Northeast Regional Corrections Center, Duluth, MN, USA