Recent Press:
Watch a video of David A. Dreyer speaking about his work
David A. Dreyer's painting "Bending Time To Focus" appeared on the cover of the March-April 2019 issue of D Home Magazine in an interior by Dallas-based designer Jan Jones
Read Kendall Morgan's article "Poetry in Motion" beginning on page 19 in Modciti magazine
Jeff Levine interviewed David A. Dreyer about his exhibition "Till Things Never Seen Seem Familiar" for moderndallas.tv
Education:
1992 Master of Fine Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1977-1987 Undergraduate studies, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 David A. Dreyer: Cold Mountain Observatory, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 David A. Dreyer: Days Between, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 David A. Dreyer: Till Things Unseen Seem Familiar, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015 David A. Dreyer: Blues Before Dawn, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013 David A. Dreyer: Resonance of Place, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
2011 David A. Dreyer: Transitional Planes, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 David Dreyer: Natural Abstraction, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2009 David Dreyer: Landscapes from the American Southwest, Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
2008 David Dreyer: Recent Paintings & Sculpture, Square Gallery, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2008 David Dreyer: Recent Paintings and Sculpture, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005 David Dreyer: Paintings and Sculpture, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003 David A. Dreyer, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas
1997-1998 From Nature, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas
1996 Nature and Self, Mountain View College Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 Paintings, Spring Creek College Gallery, Plano, Texas
1992 Schopfungstag, Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, Texas
Group Exhibitions:
2021 Together: 23rd Annual Membership Exhibition, The MAC, Dallas, Texas
2019 Making It: Eastfield College Visual Art Alumni Exhibition, Gallery 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
2019 Bird Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2018 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2017 TREES: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Greek Proverb), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 7th Annual Geometric Gala, The International #204, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014 MAC@20 Part II, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Valley House Artists, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Summer Cut, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 2014 Membership Show: Something Old, Something New, Something Funky, Something Blue, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2014-2015 St. Joseph Sculpture Walk, Allied Arts Council of St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Missouri
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Biennial: Origins in Geometry, The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, curated by Clint Willour, Dallas, Texas, (Third Place award)
2013 Suitable Subjects: Contemporary Still Lifes, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2013 Beyond Abstraction: Recent Works by Six North Texas Artists: David A. Dreyer, Vincent Falsetta, David McCullough, Michael Osbaldeston, Ricardo Paniagua, Michael Tichansky, curated by David McCullough, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 Geometric Showcase: Contemporary Galleries at the MADI, The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas, Texas
2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 Respect: Artists Invite Artists, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Houston Fine Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 The Good Earth, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 “Meltdown” Annual MAC Membership Exhibition, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2011 Derivatives: Origins in Geometry, Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas, Texas, Vincent Falsetta, juror
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Elemental = color / line / texture, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Fresh & Salty (a Valley House Gallery group exhibition), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2010 Borders, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2010 Shorelines, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 The Edge of Abstraction, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 ART CHICAGO, The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2010 Catalyst, curated by Lorraine Tady, Visual Arts Building, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
2010 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2009 Meadows Art Now, curated by Cortney Garman, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2009 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2009 Fifteen, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2008 Indexing the Moment, CADD Art Lab, Dallas, Texas (inaugural exhibition)
2008 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Fair, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2007 War and Peace: 13th Annual Members Invitational, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2007 Metal Arts 2007, Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, Patricia Meadows, juror
2007 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Inaugural Art Fair, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2006 Summer Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Elm Blue)
2006 Metal Arts, Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas
2006 44th Annual Invitational Exhibition, Anne Allen (Director, Arlington Museum of Art), juror, The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas
2006 Work by the Faculty of the Division of Art, Meadows School of the Arts, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005 Discovered Dreams, Addison Conference and Theatre Center, Addison, Texas
2005 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, North Park Center, Dallas, Texas (honorable mention for Redbud Bitten)
2005 Metal Arts 2005, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, Texas
2005 Art in the Key of Green, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, North Park Center, Dallas, Texas
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Art Chicago, art fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2003 Beaux-Arts Ball, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
2003 Recent: S.M.U. Faculty of The Division Of Art, Pollock Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Texas Sculpture Association, Northpark Center, Dallas, Texas
2002 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Art In The Metroplex, TCU, J.M. Moudy Exhibition Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
2002 I-45 Combined, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, Texas
2001 Recent Members Recent Work, TSA Mitchell Lofts, Dallas, Texas
2001 Texas Sculpture Association (TSA), North Park Center, Dallas, Texas
2001 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Games People Play, E.A.S.E.L. Benefit, Continental Gin Building Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Faculty Exhibition, Mountain View College Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Departure Return, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas
1999 Faculty Exhibition, Mountain View College Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998 Recent Work, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998 Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition, Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, Texas
1997 A Space-Time: The Fourth Dimension, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
1997 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 Paintings from the Landscape: Stephen Wilder and David Dreyer, Hickory Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1996 TVAA Regional Juried Exhibition, City Hall Dallas, Dallas, Texas
1995 M.A.C. Members Invitational, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
1995 Hot Flash, E.A.S.E.L. Benefit, Quadrangle, Dallas, Texas
1995 Celebrating 25 Years Of Excellence In Teaching, Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, Texas
1995 Showing Off The DCCC, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
1994 Prints, Gallery ’94, Dallas, Texas
1994 New Work, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
1994 Dada, Club Dada, Dallas, Texas
1994 La Virgin De Guadeloupe, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 High Noon: David Dreyer and Lee Stoetzel, Trammell Crow Pavilion, Dallas, Texas
1993 Crossroads, Hickory Street Annex Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1993 Artexas International ’93, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas
1993 Tie One On: E.A.S.E.L. Benefit, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1993 Small Treasures, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1992 Student Art Association Open Show, The Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1992 After Beauty, Hickory Street Annex Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1992 Metal Mettle, Art And Spirit, Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, Texas
1992 Contact ’92, Trammell Crow Pavilion Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1992 Tempus Fugit, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1992 Master Of Fine Arts Qualifying Exhibition, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas
1991 15” X 15”, Doolin Gallery; S.M.U. Campus, Dallas, Texas
1991 Exploration, Trinity Christian Academy, Dallas, Texas
1990 Juried Exhibition, Houshang’s Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990 Paper Works ’90, Paper Routes Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990 TVAA Citation ’90, Dallas, Texas
1990 D.A.D.A. 9th Annual Open Studios, D.A.D.A. Studios, Dallas, Texas
1990 Bachelor Of Fine Arts Qualifying Exhibition, The Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1989 Earth Day ’89, Hughes Trigg Student Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1989 TVAA 16th Annual Juried Competition, Dallas, Texas
1988 TVAA 15th Annual Juried Competition, Dallas, Texas
1987 Student Art Association 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Florence Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1987 21st Annual Regional Art Show, Richardson Library, Richardson, Texas
1986 500x Open Show, 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1978 Texas College Juried Art Exhibition, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
Awards:
2013 Third Place Award, The MADI Biennial
2011 Presidents Partners Grant, Southern Methodist University
2010 Faculty Development Grant, Southern Methodist University
2005 Honorable Mention Award, Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
2005 Juror’s Recognition, Metal Arts, Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas
2004 Honorable Mention Award, Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show
2003 Moss / Chumley North Texas Artist Award, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas
2002 Juried First Prize, Texas Sculpture Association Membership Exhibition
1998 Eugene McDermott Award, Texas Visual Arts Association
1990-1992 Mary C. B. Jones Awards, Southern Methodist University
Honors:
2011 Visiting Artist, Abstraction, Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet High School
2011 Artist Panel Discussion, Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet High School
2011 Conversation with SMU Student Art Association, Valley House Gallery
1995 Exhibition Juror, Student Art Association, Southern Methodist University
1994-1997 Visiting Artist, Scenic Design And Painting, E.S.D., St. Michaels
1992 Visiting Artist, Relief Printmaking, E.S.D. St. Michaels
Scholarships:
1992 Graduate Assistantship, Southern Methodist University
1992 Graduate Artistic Merit Scholarship, Southern Methodist University
1989-1990 Zelle Art Scholarship, Southern Methodist University
1988 Easter Seals Art in The Universities Scholarship
1987-1990 Artistic Merit Scholarship, Southern Methodist University
Literature:
“In Perspective: Exceeding Stillness,” Art & Antiques, March 2021, page 29. Morning Dew, On Cold Mountain, Spiral Light, Concealed in Five Shadows; Sound Dimension, “Gone and Million Things Leave No Trace Loosed and it Flows Through Galaxies.” - Han-shan; Klänge—Crosstown Traffic, Soundplane's Forgotten Space, Into Morning Dew reproduced.
Winners: Juror’s Selections - Western Competition 2019, juror: Rebecca Matalon, New American Paintings West #144, Volume 24, Issue 5, October/November 2019, pages 56-59.
“Valley House Gallery: TREES—Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center Guided Tour,” moderndallas.net, September 1, 2017. Resting Leaf reproduced.
“Shade You’ll Never Sit In,” Patron Magazine, August 17, 2017.
“Glasstire: Top Five,” Glasstire, August 17, 2017.
Christina Rees, “How Was This Year’s Dallas Art Fair?” Glasstire, April 11, 2017.
Jeff Levine, “Interview with David Dreyer,” ModernDallasTV, March 5, 2017. Available from
https://vimeo.com/206798020
Michael Granberry, “Blues Before Dawn,” The Dallas Morning News, Guide section, February 6, 2015,
page 36. Paper Boats and Lost Sailors, Last Pour, and Seven Ollas reproduced.
Alvin Starks, “Valley House Gallery Presents Blues Before Dawn by David A. Dreyer,” Addison Magazine,
Arts/Entertainment section, February 4, 2015. Paper Boats and Lost Sailors reproduced.
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014. Last Pour reproduced.
Experiencing Perspectives: 2012-2013 Art Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Mercedez-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, Michigan, page 63. High Plains Transit and Compressed Shield reproduced.
Andrew Gaug, “Outdoor Art: Sculpture Walk highlights new pieces Downtown,” St. Joseph News-Press,
St. Joe Live section, June 13, 2014, pages 6-7, Redbud illustrated on page 7.
David A. Dreyer: Paintings and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, essay by Philip Van Keuren, 2013.
“Luxury’s New Look,” Paper City, March 2011.
June Mattingly, “David Dreyer ‘Transitional Planes’,” Special EYE to Watch, ModernDallasTV,
February 18, 2011. High Planes II reproduced.
Mike Daniel, “David Dreyer at the Valley House Gallery,” The Dallas Morning News, Guide, February 11,
2011, page 52. Lekythos reproduced.
Michael Granberry, “David A. Dreyer: Transitional Planes,” The Dallas Morning News, Guide, February 11,
2011, page 38. White Rabbit II reproduced.
Gail Sachson, “Local Artists Connect with Calder,” Art and Seek, KERA, January 10, 2011. Red Bud
Bitten reproduced.
David Dreyer: Catalyst, exhibition pamphlet, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, 2010.
David A. Dreyer: Natural Abstraction, exhibition catalogue, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, July 15 –
September 4, 2010.
Janet Van Vleet, “Abstract Times Three, Grace Exhibit Features Trio of Artists,” Abilene Reporter, July 14,
2010, pages 2C and 3C.
Michael Granberry, “Catalyst’ and ‘Super-Duper Serious,” The Dallas Morning News, Guide, March 26,
2010, page 36. Ghost Ranch from Chama River Road reproduced.
Catalyst: Jill Foley, Noah Simblist, Robin Eldridge, David A. Dreyer, Mirka Hokkanen, Dan H. Phillips,
exhibition catalogue, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, March 26 – April 24,
2010, color illustrations.
Brooke Hortenstine, “Making Over the Mansion,” PaperCity, March 2010, page 14. High Planes
reproduced.
Experiencing Perspectives, exhibition catalogue, Daimler Financial Services, 2010.
“Featured Artist: David Dreyer, Recent Paintings and Sculpture,” February 2008. Available from www.moderndallas.net/daviddreyer.html
Charissa N. Terranova, “Three Davids’ at the MAC,” The Dallas Morning News, Guide, April 1, 2008,
pages 1E and 4E. Untitled (Triangulated Ellipse IV) reproduced.
Marlena Chavira Medford, “Out & About January,” Advocate: Far North Dallas (page 8) and Advocate:
Preston Hollow (page 12), January 2008.
The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, The Longview Museum of Art 44th Invitational Exhibition Catalog,
2006.
Mike Daniel, “David Dreyer at Valley House Gallery,” The Dallas Morning News, Guide, February 11,
2005, page 52.
Janet H. Moore, “An Artistic Oasis: Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden in Dallas celebrates 50
years of fine art,” Southern Accents, September-October 2004. Tierra Roja reproduced.
50th Anniversary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, March 5–27, 2004.
Teaching:
2013 Materials and Processes, Southern Methodist University
2012 Graduate Directed Studies, Southern Methodist University
2006-2011 Foundations Practicum, Southern Methodist University
2009-2010 Graduate Directed Studies, Southern Methodist University
2009 Exhibition Coordinator, Meadows Art Now, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2008 Sculpture Installation Coordinator, Gravitation sculpture by the Japanese artist Hidenori Oi, Southern Methodist University
2008-2010 Sculpture, Southern Methodist University
2004 Foundations, Southern Methodist University
2004 Artist Assistant and Exhibition Coordinator for the Visiting Artist, Massimo Lippi of Siena, Italy, Southern Methodist University
2004 TSA Installation Coordinator, Membership Exhibition, NorthPark Center, Dallas, Texas
2003 Sculpture, Southern Methodist University
2002 Clay Sculpture, Creative Art Center
2002 Student Recruitment, Studio Art, Southern Methodist University
2001 Sculpture, Southern Methodist University
1997-1999 Painting, Mountainview College
1997-1998 Private Art Instruction
1996 Sculpture, Southern Methodist University
1996 Painting, Eastfield College
1996 Private Art Instruction
1995 High School Life Drawing, Southern Methodist University
1995 3-D Design, Southern Methodist University
1995 Painting, Eastfield College
1995 Drawing, Private Lessons
1994 Intro to Studio Drawing, Southern Methodist University
1994 Drawing, Private Instruction
1994 Painting, Eastfield College
1992-1993 Life Drawing, Eastfield College
1992 Drawing, Private Instruction
1991-1992 Teaching Assistant 3-D Design and Sculpture, Southern Methodist University, Prof. Jay Sullivan
1990-1991 Teaching Assistant 2-D Design, Painting and Drawing; Southern Methodist University, Prof. Barnaby Fitzgerald
Public Collections:
The Four Seasons, Houston, Texas
The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas, Texas
The Mayfair Corporation, Dallas, Texas
Reoch, Stuzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka
US Trust Co. of Texas, Dallas, Texas
