David Opdyke
Born in post-industrial Schenectady, New York in 1969, artist David Opdyke makes artwork that explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment. His work is held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and The Washington Convention Center in DC. Exhibitions include The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, Marianne Boesky Gallery, MoMA P.S.1, the 12th Havana Biennial, and venues in Chicago, Zagreb, the Netherlands, and Milan. Awards include NYFA Fellowships, a NYC Percent for Art commission, and residencies at Yaddo and MacDowell. Press coverage includes Art in America, The Nation, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and Vanity Fair. David Opdyke lives and works in Ridgewood, Queens.
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![David Opdyke, Don't Panic, #120, 2020, 6"x4", gouache and ink on postcard. Courtesy the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d5aa105b574704fc6cc216e783c5919d27a7fcbcca907462ee706e5cbe14bff/2020011.jpg)
![Deferred, #125, 2020, 4" x 6", gouache and ink on postcard. Courtesy of the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b26419c47688effc0be9ac2d15902fe6b7db89a22946848e53ef30187d7a1d25/2020061.jpg)
![Don't Panic, #120, 2020, 6" x 4", gouache and ink on postcard. Courtesy of the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d5aa105b574704fc6cc216e783c5919d27a7fcbcca907462ee706e5cbe14bff/2020011.jpg)
![What Crisis?, 2020, 32" x 48", painted stitched nylon flag, flagpole. Courtesy of the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/425835c7a01068b28883433504ca299737495b43a3918f89a044190863282f5b/opdyke_2.jpg)
![Dominion, 2020, 82" x 60", gouache and ink on postcards. Courtesy of the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/545067c3c2e9dbdeb9b04dae7c3b75cb1d012238f08a857538b7fb5f3f54324e/Opdyke_1.png)
![Wrong Place, #136, 2020, 4" x 6", gouache and ink on postcard. Courtesy of the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/caf94694e921dd39ade9f84b2d878ecc8add747b15d29609fd32b4209f0df1af/2020181.jpg)
![End Point, #124, 2020, 4" x 6", gouache and ink on postcard. Courtesy of the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b54f3696f5bb64d7fb2f834f591da2d5433867a9d733868af998323d7fc87f3/2020051.jpg)
![Supply Side, #123, 2020, 4" x 6", gouache and ink on postcard. Courtesy of the artist.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cabf5b8f85c2baef89d86a4c58378557cd7283f0f0d05c7a3e7bbbd41bbfec2/2020041.jpg)