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DAVID LEE ZVANUT, 5292 FM
2874, Commerce, Texas 75428
903.886.8053
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EDUCATION
1986 M.F.A., East Texas State University, Commerce,
Texas.
1979 B.F.A., East Texas State University, Commerce,
Texas.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 “New Work”, New East Arts, Austin, Texas.
2007 “Music, Politics, Fun” New East Arts, Austin,
Texas.
1998 "Duncan Outback", Duncan Insurance Agency,
Commerce, Texas.
1997 Mañana on Main, Nacadoches, Texas.
1994 "Imperfect Perfection", Diverse Arts Little
Gallery at Cafe Solaire, Austin, Texas.
1991 "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", 817 Exposition,
Dallas, Texas.
1988 "Just Having Fun", installation/Performance,
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.
Outlook Gallery, L’Assemblage, Dallas, Texas.
1987 "Just Having Fun", installation/Performance,
Travel Gallery Theater, L’Assemblage, Dallas, Texas.
1986 "Having Fun", MFA Thesis Exhibition, East Texas
State University, Commerce, Texas.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Jacques Lamy Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2008 Visual Arts Society of Texas National
Exhibition, Denton, Texas
2007 “New”, Ghost Town Art Collective, Denison, Texas.
2006 “Altar/Alter”, Grayson County Community College
Gallery, Denison, Texas.
“Super Heroes”, On Main Off Center Gallery and 416
Press & Gallery, Denison, Texas.
Art In The Metroplex, Templeton Art Center, Texas
Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas.
Plano National, Plano Arts Center, Plano, Texas,
First Place in Sculpture.
Gallery Vetro, San Antonio, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, Texas, Santa
Monica, California
2005 d3, Texas Sculpture Association Juried
Exhibition”, Addison, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2004 Gallery Vetro, San Antonio, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2003 Gallery Vetro, San Antonio, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2002 Gallery Vetro, San Antonio, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, Texas.
"Art Collective 5th Annual Exhibition", Texas
A&M University Gallery, Commerce, Texas.
2001 "Art Collective 4th Annual Exhibition", Texas
A&M University Gallery, Commerce, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, Texas.
Diverse Arts Little Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2000 "Art Collective 3rd Annual Exhibition", Texas
A&M University Gallery, Commerce, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin,
Texas.
1999 "Art Collective 2nd Annual Exhibition", Texas
A&M University Gallery, Commerce, Texas.
Liza Williams Gallery, San Antonio, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin,
Texas.
1998 "Art Collective Inaugural Exhibition", Duncan
Insurance Agency, Commerce, Texas.
Art Landing, Dallas, Texas.
Liza Williams Gallery, San Antonio, Texas.
Wild About Music Gallery, Austin,
Texas.
1994 "daka / Zvanut" E. Litist/B. Astard Gallery,
Dallas Texas.
Contemporary Art Month, Keene Gallery, San Antonio,
Texas.
1992-3 "On the Road", a series of guerrilla
show/performances with the group "daka". 5001 Columbia, Gray Matters
Gallery, D-Art, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas; The Arlington
Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas; The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas.
1991 "1011 Alamo Art", Commerce, Texas.
1986 Gallery Group Show, Sol Del Rio Gallery, San
Antonio, Texas.
ETSU Scholarship Show, ETSU Gallery, Commerce,
Texas.
1985 "Texas College Art Show", Mountain View College,
Dallas, Texas.
ETSU Scholarship Show, ETSU Gallery, Commerce,
Texas.
1983 "Southeastern Watercolorists: Talents,
Techniques, and Twists in the Art of Watercolors",
Deland Museum, Deland, Florida.
1982 "Pensacola National Watermedia Exhibition",
Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida.
1981 "Hamptons International Art Expo", Westhampton,
Long Island, New York.
1980 "Watercolor USA", Springfield Art Museum,
Springfield, Missouri.
"Kansas Fifth National", Fort Hays State
University, Hays, Kansas.
"Central States Exhibition ’80", Pratt
Community College, Pratt, Kansas.
"Texas College Art Show", Mountain View
College, Dallas, Texas.
1979 ETSU Scholarship Show, ETSU Gallery, Commerce,
Texas.
COMMISSIONS
2009 Mural, “Music On Parade”, Art Wall, The Catholic
Foundation Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
Songbook Cover, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church,
Portland, Oregon.
Event poster, Peace Arch State Park Benefit Concert,
Blaine, Washington.
2007 Event poster, 3rd Annual
Gospel Festival, Nacogdoches Historical Society, Nacogdoches, Texas.
2005 Department Logo, Lubbock Christian University
Music Department, Lubbock Texas.
2005 Event poster, 1st Annual Gospel Festival,
Nacogdoches Historical Society, Nacogdoches, Texas.
2002 Mural, North East Texas Children’s Museum,
Commerce, Texas.
2000 Entry Portal, National Association of State and
Provincial Lotteries National Convention, Dallas, Texas.
1995 Event poster, Clarksville/West End Jazz &
Arts Festival, Austin, Texas.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-5 Adjunct Instructor,
Sculpture, Texas A&M University-Commerce.
WEB PRESS
"Art & Seek Q & A: Artist David Zvanut", by Stephan Becker,
October 29, 2009,
http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/10/29/artseek-qa-artist-david-zvanut/
"Cathedral's Foundation Firm in Arts District", by
Linda Faulkner, The Texas Catholic Online
http://texd8aed.sites.ecordia.net/default.asp?IsDev=False&NodeId=1870
The 2River View, Vol. 6.1, Fall 200, www.2River.org.
"Sex with Trees and Other Things Equally
Responsive", Rebecca Lu Kiernan, 2River Chapbook
Series #10 (cover), www.2River.org.
Poet's Canvas, No. 16, July/August/September 2001,
www.poetscanvas.org.
PRINT PRESS
"Catholic Foundation", Dallas Business Journal",
November 13-19, 2009, page 15.
"Top Artist Zvanut Recognized" The Commerce Journal,
October 22, 2009, page A2.
"Mural Unveiled, Commerce Artist Recognized",
Greenville Hearld Banner, October 18, 2009, page A12.
Walker, Daniel, " On Display, Zvanut wins contest,
work to be shown in Arts District", Greenville Hearld Banner, October
9, 2009, page A1.
Spencer, Otha, "Art..To Make the World a Glorious
Place", Commerce Journal, August 30, 2000, Section A, p.5.
Goodrich, Robbie. "Downtown Art Gallery Walk",
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel,
November 7, 1997, Section 1, p. 4.
Odom, Michael. "On View, Dallas", The New Art
Examiner, January, 1995, p. 31
Marshal, Cari. "Imperfect Perfection", Austin
Downtown Arts, Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 1994, pp. 2-3.
Tyson, Janet. "Bad Art, Fun Art", Fort Worth
Star Telegram, April 19, 1988, Section 4, p. 3.
Rawls, Marc. "David Zvanut", Detour Magazine,
October, 1987, p. 71.
Stewart, Laura. "A Well-Done Medium", Orlando
Sentinel, July 16, 1983, pp. E-1, E-5.
"Deland Museum Presents Southeastern
Watercolorists", Center Stage, July-August, 1983, p.
25.
Buzz Magazine, June 2005, p.3, p.8.
Commerce Journal, August 30, 2000, Section A, p.1.
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel,
November 7, 1997, Section 1, p. 4.
Austin Downtown Arts, Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 1994,
cover, p. 2, p. 3.
Fort Worth Star Telegram, April 19, 1988,
Section 4, p. 1.
Dallas Times Herald, May 31, 1987,
"Datebook,", p. 1.
Morris, Eleanor. "Artists Banned in Dallas", D
Magazine, September, 1981, p. 12.
REPRESENTED BY
Wild About Music, Austin,
Texas Jacques Lamy Gallery,
Dallas, Texas
New East Arts, Austin, Texas
Creative Expressions Gallery, Commerce, Texas
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Johnson & Sweeney, Attorneys at Law, Springfield,
Missouri Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sutton, Ardmore,
Oklahoma
Ms. Diana Chase, Dallas, Texas Dr. Bob Abney, San
Diego, California
Marguerite Teresa Green & Associates, Inc., Dallas,
Texas Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hanschen, Dallas, Texas
Mr. Alan Webb, Greenville, Texas Ms. Charla Wood.
Austin, Texas
Magna & Lowman Interior Design, Dallas,
Texas Andrea Ando, San Francisco, California
Hay Corporation, Dallas, Texas Vantage Corporation,
Dallas, Texas
Koger Center, San Antonio, Texas Ms. Cynthia
Schipper, San Diego, California
Mrs. Mary McDermott Cook, Dallas, Texas Correlations
Inc., Dallas, Texas
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Johnson City, Texas Ms.
Dianne McNelly, Dallas Texas
Ms. Laura Hunt, Dallas, Texas Mr. & Mrs. Janet
Duncan, Commerce, Texas
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lagomarcino, Alton, Illinois Dr.
Judith Goldberg, Dallas, Texas
Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaTorre, Dallas, Texas Dr.
Angela M. Wood, Dallas, Texas
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Baldwin, Dallas, Texas Live Oak
Professional Center, Commerce, Texas
Mr. William J. Carey, Dallas, Texas Northeast Texas
Children’s Museum, Commerce, Texas
Mr. Jay Brousseau, Dallas, Texas Mr. Harold McMillan,
Austin, Texas
Cecil and Larrie Arnold, Dallas, Texas Mr. James
Michael Robbins, Austin, Texas
Temerarios Restaurant, Commerce, Texas Mr. & Mrs.
Brett Barto, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. James S. Fox, San Antonio, Texas Derek Hansen,
Austin, Texas
Mr. George Davis, Kailua, Hawaii. Mr. & Mrs.
James Asaff, Dallas, Texas
Maggie McDevitt, Marin, California Dr. & Mrs.
Kevin McBride, Dallas, Texas
Mr. & Mrs. Ward Huey, Dallas, Texas Festival Hill
at Roundtop, Texas
Dr. Richard Long, St. Louis, Missouri Thomas K.
Gorman High School, Tyler, Texas
Mr. Michael Gully, San Antonio, Texas "Scoot" and
Linda Chaney, Commerce, Texas
Dr. Henry Fulda, Brookings, South Dakota Ms. Kris
Gillard, Plano, Texas
Susan Cox, Nacadoches, Texas Mr. Patrick Siembieda,
Dallas, Texas
Mr. Michael Merciera, Austin Texas Jim & Dean
Calvert, Cambell, Texas
Mr. Stanley B. Hertzman, Cincinnati, OH Ken &
Kathy Miller, Commerce, Texas
Ms. Elaine Abicht, Smithfield Virginia Ms. Lily
Anderson, Carrolton, Texas
Ms. Melanie Griffith, Hollywood, California Texas
Lottery Commission, Austin, Texas
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon
Fred Schmidt and Shelley Meyer, Austin, Texas
Brian Calvo, Sugarland, Texas Bryan Cope, Austin,
Texas
The Catholic Foundation, Dallas, Texas