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Name
  
David Six


Role
  
Musical Artist

Genres
  
Jazz, Contemporary classical music, Classical music, Carnatic music

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David Armstrong Six (born 1968) is a Canadian artist. He is represented by Parisian Laundry in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Life and Education

Armstrong Six is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and has been working in Montreal since 2006.

Work

Armstrong Six' work draws upon a wide range of references and materials, resulting in a practice encompassing sculpture, drawing and video. Whether it be the use of fluorescent light fixtures to articulate a minimalist form, leaking liquids from a false ceiling onto a gallery floor, or the unruly and humorously vitriolic performance of an original rap song, one may see in his body of work as a strategy for infecting culture through the tenuous nature of its prototypes.

Armstrong Six's first solo exhibition, Depth Sounding, in Toronto (1996) was a pivotal point in the beginning of his artistic career. The artist has since participated in numerous exhibitions including Leak into Space at Mercer Union, Toronto (2000), Dog Leg Room at blanche, Paris (2001), The Cave and the Island at Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna and White Columns, New York (2004), Teorias de Resistencia at la Casa Encendida, Madrid (2004), I Wanna Be a Popstar at Loop-raum fur aktuelle kunst, Berlin (2004), If Not for Today, Tomorrow at State Projects, New York (2005), Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (2008), Two Flies Later at Hunter & Cook, Toronto (2009), The Dry Salvages at Parisian Laundry, Montreal (2010), La Biennale de Montréal (2011), Civil Elegies From the Vacuum State at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2012), Brown Star Plus One at Parisian Laundry, Montreal (2013), Three Known Points at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2013) and International Women's Day at Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2014).

His work has been exhibited widely throughout Canada, the USA, Europe and New Zealand and is included in various collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.

Prizes

  • Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec, 2010
  • Canada Council for the Arts, 2009
  • Canada Council for the Arts, 2002
  • Toronto Arts Council, 2001
  • Ontario Arts Council, 2001
  • References

    David Six (artist) Wikipedia