ABOUT THE ARTIST - DAVID TOBEY
David Tobey started painting in his early childhood in the Larchmont New York studio of his father, the late noted historical painter and muralist Alton S. Tobey (1914-2005). He also had a serious interest in music, fostered perhaps in no small part by his mother Rosalyn Tobey, who was a distinguished concert pianist.
In his teens, David Tobey studied art at The Art Students League in New York and violin at The Music Conservatory of Westchester. He subsequently gained admission to The Julliard School of Music and graduated there with a performance degree in 1975. He also holds a Master's degree from The College of New Rochelle, in the city where he lives. David Tobey enjoys a busy career as a violinist, teacher, painter and sculptor, is a founding and very active violinist member of the Westchester Philharmonic and other orchestras, and he performs with many New York City freelance musical groups, such as at the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular and in the orchestras of Broadway shows, and at celebrity wedding and other functions.
His work as a visual artist is represented by Pleiades Gallery in Chelsea, New York, where he has had an average of at least two one-man & group exhibitions a year for the past five years. In New York he participates regularly in group exhibitions of the Contemporary Artists' Guild at Broome Street Gallery in SoHo. He has had many other solo and group exhibitions in New York City, Connecticut and Westchester at not-for-profit organizations, many of them being benefits for the causes he supports.
In 2004 David was informed in a letter from Joseph W. Polisi, President of The Juilliard School that he was selected as one of a diverse group of 100 outstanding alumni of the school for inclusion in a special publication commemorating the school's Centennial to be published in 2005-2006. He was also appointed to a selection board for artist members for The Westchester Arts Council that was convened in March of 2005, and in April of 2006 his painting Fallen Angels, 2001 was accepted into the collection of the George Bush Presidential Library. His most recent solo shows in Westchester were in November '09, a benefit for the Westchester Philharmonic orchestra, and at a private home in New Rochelle March through June '10. In March he was one of three jurors, together with Charles Fazzino and Katrina Rhein for the New Rochelle Council on The Arts Utopioptix exhibition and competition at the Lumen Winter Gallery in the New Rochelle Library in March of 2010.
More than 50 of his paintings, prints and sculptures will be on exhibition at a private home in New Rochelle, NY through July 2010. Call David to arrange an appointment to see them at 914-632-8226 or email him.
David's next scheduled solo shows are in New York City at Pleiades Gallery in November 2010 and in White Plains, NY at the White Plains Museum Gallery in the Spring of 2011.
EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS, COLLECTIONS, PUBLISHED 1957 - through 1980 - Studied under his father, the late artist Alton S. Tobey
1963 - through 1969 - Study at The Music Conservatory of Westchester
1967 - through 1970 - Study at The Art Students League, New York City
1975 - The Juilliard School, New York City - Bachelor of Music degree
1984 - Steve Bush Gallery, New York - solo show
1985 - Salon West II, New York - group show
1985 - Madison Square Garden, NYC - New Artists Show - group show
1985 - Paintings published as prints by Ray Greenberg Art Publishing
1985 - Paintings published as prints by SCAFA Modern Art
1985 - Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, New York - group show
1986 - Outer Space Gallery, New York - group show
1987 - Larchmont Public Library, Larchmont, NY - group show
1988 - Neustadter Galleries, DelRay Beach, FL - group show
1989 - ISOA Gallery, Greenwich, CT - group show
1989 - Art Barn, Greenwich, CT - group show
1998 - through present - music & art teacher - New Rochelle, NY
1998 - through present - orchestra director - New Rochelle, NY
2002 - Mooney Center Gallery, College of New Rochelle - group show
2002 - New York State Teaching Certification - Music & Art
2003 - Feature article - Gallery & Studio magazine, Summer issue
2003 - The College of New Rochelle, Master's degree in art
2004 - through present - Sculpture work at Les Metalliers Champenois, NJ
2004 - Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle - group show
2004 - Feature article - The New York Times, 3/14/04
2004 - Gallery 49, New York City - solo show
2004 - Marx Gallery, The Music Conservatory of Westchester - solo show
2004 - through 2010 - Broome Street Gallery, NY - 6 group shows
2004 - Cover for Oren Fader CD First Flight
2005 - Feature article - The Larchmont Gazette
2005 - Named a top 100 graduate by Juilliard's president, Joseph Pelosi
2005 - Fallen Angels acquired by The George W. Bush Presidential Library
2005 - through 2010 - Pleiades Gallery, New York - 4 solo & 5 group shows
2005 - through 2007 - Co-chairman of The New Rochelle Council on The Arts
2005 - Program cover - Music Conservatory 75th Anniversary Lincoln Center
2006 - Benefit solo Pleiades Gallery for the National Scholastic Chess Foundation
2006 - Artist selection panel member for the Westchester Arts Council
2006 - through 2010 - Membership in Manhattan Arts International
2006 - through 2010 - Contemporary Artists Guild - 4 annual group shows
2007 - Feature article Gallery & Studio magazine, Sept/Oct issue
2007 - Benefit solo show at Cunningham Gallery, Hawthorne, NY for the ACS
2007 - Book cover and 12 illustrations for Aaron Minsky book Beyond Faith
2007 - Cunningham exhibition notes - Art Business News
2007 - Reaching for The Cure acquired by The American Cancer Society
2007 - Feature article - The Juilliard School of Music alumni/ae newsletter
2007 - Feature article - College of New Rochelle Quarterly - alumni/ae newsletter
2007 - Feature article by Michael Dandry- The Eastchester Record
2007 - Gallery at the Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC - group show
2008 - Feature article - Gallery & Studio magazine
2008 - Art exhibition notes in Art Times Journal
2008 - Article in WestArts supplement to The Westchester Business Journal
2009 - Benefit for The Danny Club, New Rochelle, NY
2009 - Berkeley Gallery, Berkeley College, NYC - solo show
2009 - BID Gallery 542, New Rochelle, NY - Benefit show: Westchester Philharmonic
2009 - Exhibition notes: Art in America
2009 - Feature article - Overtones, Westchester Philharmonic newsletter, Spring
2009 - Feature article - Overtones, Westchester Philharmonic newsletter, Winter
2010 - Benefit for The Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle
2010 - Flat Iron Gallery, group show: Paramount Center for The Arts, Peekskill
2010 - The Gallery on Nob, New Rochelle, NY - solo show March - June
2010 - Awards Juror for Utopioptix NRCA show - Lumen Winter Gallery NRPL 5/10
2010 - Shakespeare show New Rochelle Museum Arts & Culture, 5/10 - group showRETURN TO HOME PAGE