Born 1964 in Baltimore, MD. Lives and works in Baltimore County, MD.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Arts in Visual Studies, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Graduated Cum Laude, Rufus Choate Honors Scholar
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Gun Show, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County,
Catonsville, MD
Gun Show, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Raleigh, NC
2016 Repurposed Realities, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD; Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
GENERATIONS, Project 1628, Baltimore, MD
Gun Show, Art in Odd Places, New York, NY
2015 Gun Show, Kohl Gallery, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
2011 Motion Study, Two-person exhibition, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
2008 Reconstruction, Solo exhibition, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD; Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
2007 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
2003 Sighting the Enemy, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD
2002 Eight from Baltimore, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Sculpture at Evergreen, Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD
2001 Measuring Entropy, John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Rescued Objects, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
Peace, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
David Hess, Solo exhibition, Galerie Françoise et Ses Frères, Baltimore, MD
1993 Peace: Assembled Evidence, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 David Hess / Leonard Streckfus, Two-person exhibition, Galerie Françoise et Ses Frères,
Baltimore, MD
SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2024 Allegany Survey, Frostburg, MD
2023 Waterwheel, Ellicott Theatre, Ellicott City, MD
2022 Relativity, Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro, NC
Proximity, Tucker Road Ice Rink, Fort Washington, MD
2021 Fire Lines, Arlington County Fire Station 10, Arlington, VA
2018 Sound Stream, Lake Cook, Alexandria, VA
2017 Flash Point, PEPCO Waterfront Substation, Washington, DC
Broad Reach, Wilmer Park, Chestertown, MD
2015 William's Crane, Towson, MD
2014 Pergola, The Towne Center Park, Germantown, MD
Interconnection, 1212 East Apartments, Baltimore, MD
Service Road, Rockville, MD
2013 Connection, Baltimore, MD
Ballistic Testing Device/ Tangent Study, Kaiser Permanente Health Center, Bladensburg, MD
2012 Waterline, Canal Park, Washington, DC
Homophone, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
2010 Pierce’s Park, Baltimore, MD
2009 Watermark, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
Interconnection, Emerson Corporation, St. Louis, MO
2006 Baltimore Passage, Albemarle Square, Baltimore, MD
Crescent, Silver Spring, MD
2005 Arbor, Mt. Vernon Children’s Park, Baltimore, MD
2003 Momentum Study, Baltimore Washington International Airport, Linthicum, MD
2002 Birds Nest Balcony, Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Inertia Study, Mergenthaler High School, Baltimore, MD
2001 Tide Point Benches, Baltimore, MD
2000 Side Lines and Battle Lines, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Weinberg Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
1999 Ballistic Testing Device, Washington, DC
1998 Botanical Testing Device, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1997 Working Point, Baltimore Museum of Industry, awarded granting from the Municipal Arts Society
of Baltimore in 1993 and 1996, Baltimore, MD
1995 Staircase and Gates, Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
1994 Eureka, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
AWARDS
2011 Grand Prize Winner, East Coast Final, Kinetic Sculpture Race, Baltimore, MD
2005 Grand Prize Winner, East Coast Final, Kinetic Sculpture Race, Baltimore, MD
Awarded Craftsman of the Year for Ornamental Ironwork by the Building Congress and Exchange
1996 Municipal Art Society, Baltimore, MD
Awarded Craftsman of the Year for Ornamental Ironwork by the Building Congress and Exchange
1993 Municipal Art Society, Baltimore, MD
1986 Ames Prize for Art
1986 Marcus Heiman Award