Dave Kinsey was born in Pittsburgh in 1971 and attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Art Institute of Atlanta before moving to Califor-nia in 1994 to pursue a career as a designer and fine artist. His work captures the universal essence of the human condition mainly through an energetic portrayal of urban figures. Working spontaneously, and utilizing a range of mediums, he constructs multi-layered, textured environ-ments easily likened to the complexities of con-temporary life. His images depict beings who are both triumphant in their defiant stance to their surroundings, and tragic, as they transmit a visual display of raw emotion and jangled nerves. Kinsey founded BLK/MRKT Gallery in 2001, allowing him to provide a crossroads for a new movement of emerging and electrifying iconoclasts.

In addition to these pursuits his fine art has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide, among these a recent exhibition at the URBIS Museum in Manchester and Art Brussels in Bel-gium. He has also been featured in such publi-cations as The New York Times, Black Book and BLK/MRKT One and Two, and invited to speak at numerous institutions such as The Art Center, UCLA, Montserrat College of Art and most recently, the Semi-Permanent conference in Sydney, Australia.

Dave KinseyHotel Des Arts, SF - 2005

Dave Kinseywheatpaste & paper, 1999 - SF

Dave Kinseywheatpaste & paper, 1998 - Paris

Dave KinseyLazarides Gallery, Newcastle - 2008

Dave Kinsey50 Dead - 2006

Dave KinseyHarmony - 1999

Dave KinseyUntitled Tree - 2006

Dave KinseyStrength Tree III - 2007

Dave KinseySaboteur - 2007

Dave KinseyMomentum - 2007

Dave KinseyThe Last Chapter - 2007

Dave KinseyStraight No Chaser - 2008

Dave KinseyLeon - 2008

Dave KinseyMizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru (Three Monkeys) - 2008