Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
David Krepfle
1961 born in Dubuque, Iowa USA
Education
1988
B.A., Loras Col ege, Dubuque, Iowa
1991
M.F.A., State Univerisity of New York NY
Selected Exhibitions
2008
spiel.19 > 禄Americas Fears芦, solo exhibition @ brot.undspiele
Hip貌dromo 610, San Juan, Puerto Rico
SCOPE New York NY
2007
White Papers, University of Massachusett
2006
America鈥榮 Fears, Solo Show, Gallery 35, Berlin
Be Nice, Group Show, Orchard Space, New York NY
Mangled and Distressed Sputnik, Brooklyn NY
Looter Edition of 10 for the Dumbo Arts Center. Armory Show New York NY
Group Show, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
Moon Tornado, Group Show, Rose Wagner Blackbox.Sundance Festival, Salt Lake City UT
20 DUMBO artists, Tribes Gallery, New York NY
2004
2 person show, Takt Kunstprojektraum Zeigt Berlin
Real DUMBO artists, Mastel + Mastel Gallery Berlin
2003
Future Species, Museum of contemporary Canadain Arts
I Walk The Line, Three Person Show, 31Grand, Brooklyn NY
2002
Solo Installation, Tonka Trucks, Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn, New York NY
Tonka Tree, installation, Dept. of Transportation, and (DAC), Brooklyn NY
BomB, Brooklyn Front, Brooklyn NY, curator Janine Gordon
REACTION , Exit Art New York NY
Two Person Show, Glass & Church, Gallery, Burlington, Vermount
2001
Solo installation, Midwestern Twist, New York NYWit, 31 Grand, Brooklyn NY
Leaving Town, Twenty Tonka Campers, DOT Fence, DUMBO Brooklyn NY
2000
Meat Market art fair, Tonka balls pierogi 2000, New York NY
Some Assembly Inspired, Longwood Arts Gal ery, Bronx NY, curated by Rob Blackson
Silent Auction, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn NY curated by Joy Glidden
1999
Solo Instal ation, Tonka Trucks , Art Resource Transfer Inc., New York NY
Solo Installation,Tonka Parts, Raw Space, Chicago Illinois
Giant Tonka Flowers, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island, Queens NY
100 Floating Tonka Wheels, Installation, Fulton Ferry Historical Building, Brooklyn NY
I鈥榤 the Boss of Myself, Sarah Meltzer Gallery, New York NY, Mariko Mori, Robert Gober, David Levinthal,
Andy Warhol, Kim Dingle and others
Outer Borough, White Colunms, New York NY curated by Paul Ha
Art Paradise, Exit Art, New York NY curated by Kenny Schacter
Summer Show 99, 450 Broadway, New York NY curated by Jane Gang. Nicole Eiseman, Patty Chang, Ida
Appleborg, DJ Spooky, Soundlab and others
Paradise Lost, Tonka Truck Performance, Times Square, New York NY, curated by Amy Sharpio
Size Matters, Gale Gates, Dumbo, Brooklyn NY, curated by Mike Wiess
Dumbo Artist, Gale Gates, Brooklyn NY
Group Show, Galapagos, Brooklyn NY
Benifit Show, Time Resource Transfer Inc, New York NY
Benifit Show, Sculpture Center, New York NY
1998
Solo Installation, 300 Tonka Wheels, Brownyn Keenan Gallery New York NY
Play, 473 Broadway, New York NY curated by bradon Ballengee (Red Grooms, Lewence Sewart, Robert
Chambers, David Henry Brown Jr.)
Curators Choice, two person show, Art Space, New Haven CT, curator Mirian Griffith
Brooklyn Nationals, Performance, Under Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn NY
Tonka Tornado, Instal ation, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
Wanna Come Out and Play, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Road Show, Brownyn Keenan Gal ery, New York NY
Tonka Houses, Islip Museum, Long Island NY
Cement Truck, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn NY
Warehouse, Exit Art, New York NY
100 Artists, Hol and Tunnel, Brooklyn NY
Pier Walk, 98 Maquette Show, Chicago IL
Tonka Houses, PS 122, New York NY
Money, Rontunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Benifit Show, Sculpture Center, New York NY
1997
Tonka Houses, Brownwyn Keenan Gal ery at the Armory Show New York NY
Tonka Raceway, Terra Bomba part II, Perfomance, Installation New York NY
Romper Room, Thread waxing Space, New York NY, Curator Danielle Chang. Mike Kelly, Paul McCarthy,
Larry Krone, Janit Biggs, Lily Van Stroker, + others
Reading Between the Lines, Rotunda Gal ery, Brooklyn NY
Reunion, Long Island University, Brooklyn NY
1996
Terra Bomba, Tonka Truck, Performance, Exit Art, New York NY
Wish You Were Here, Brownwyn Keenan Gallery, New York NY, Michael Askins, Brad Kahlhammer, Roxie
Paine, Matt Blackwell, and others
Brookworld, Tonka Truck Instal ation in old New York NY, Tenement, curated by Cindy Towers
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge MA, curator Lisa Dennison. George Ricky, Ellen
Drisco, Nancy Cohen, Robert Lobe and others
Extremley Refridgerated, Tonka Trucks and Meat Installation Meat Distric, New York NY
Scarperentola, Curator Samuel Mazza, Florence, Milan, London, Germany, Paris, USA, Tokyo, Hong Kong.
Christo, Mimmo Paladino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Keeko Okamoto, Mario Nanni, and others.
Awards
2007
First Prize by art-interview.com Online Magazine
1996
Curators Choice Award, Lisa Dennison, The Guggenhiem Musuem
Pouch Cove Artist Residency, New Foundland
1995
Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Athens Ohio
1994
Connemara Conservancy Artist Grant
Pollack Krasner Foundation Award, Artist Grant
Bibliography
2007
Connolly Kate, America鈥檚 Creative Elite invade Berlin,The Observer/Guardain.co.uk, 07.10.07
Reyes Damaso, Brookln to Berlin, NY Artist Escape to Germany, Spiegel -Online, 17.09.07
1998
Blackburn, Meg, NY Arts International Edition, 12.98
New York NYNews, Channel One, Interview, Tonka Tornado, 10.98
Project Art Show, Interview Community AccessTV, 11.98
Bakke, Eric, Five Artist Ten Shows Interview, NY Arts Magazine, 07.98
Kerins, Annabelle, CaveMan and Tonka Toys, New York, Newsday, 24.07.98
1997
Smith, Roberta, Terra Bomba, New York NYTimes, 31.01.97
1996
Schwendener, Martha, Brookworld, New Art Examiner, 11.96
1993
Kimmelman, Michael. Outdoor Sculpture in review, New York NYTimes, 06.08.93