David Six

David Armstrong Six, born in 1968, is an artist from Toronto, Canada, working in Montreal since 2006. His work has been exhibited widely throughout Canada, the USA, Europe and New Zealand and is included in various collections including the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal.

Armstrong Six's first solo exhibition entitled "Depth Sounding" which took place in Toronto (1996) was a pivotal point in the beginning of his artistic career. Since then he has participated in numerous solo exhibitions of which include "Leak into Space" in Toronto (2000); "Dog Leg Room" in Paris (2001); "The Cave and the Island" in Vienna (2004); "Teorias de Resistencia" in Madrid (2004); "I Wanna Be a Popstar" in Berlin (2004); "If Not for Today, Tomorrow" in New York (2005); and "Nothing is Lost, Nothing is Created, Everything is Transformed" at the Contemporary Art Museum in Montreal (2008); "Two Flies Later" in Toronto (2009), "The Dry Salvages" in Montreal at Parisian Laundry (2010) and The Biennale de Montréal.

The work of David Armstrong Six draws upon a wide-range of references and materials, resulting in an equally diverse yet decisive practice within the ambit of sculpture, drawings and video.Whether it be the use of fluorescent light fixtures to articulate a minimalist form, letting liquids leak 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 practice a strategy for infecting culture through the tenuous nature of its prototypes.

Collections

David Armstrong Six's work is found in various collections:

• Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec;
• Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal;
• Hart House Collection, University of Toronto, Toronto
• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Collection of Susan and Michael Hort, New York
• Collection of Penny Hort, New York
• Collection of Stefan Kalmar, Munich / London
• Collection of Paul Bain, Toronto
• Collection of Darlene Montgomery, New York
• Private Collection, Vienna
• Collection of John Massey, Toronto
• Collection of Joe Battat, Montreal
• Collection of Euan Macdonald, Los Angeles

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, 201
• Ontario Arts Council, 2001

Bibliography

• Review in Frieze Magazine
• Review Andrea Carson, Sculpture speaks Volumes’’ View on Canadian Art, 05|21|10
• Désordre Monumental
• No refunds on absurdity
• David Armstrong Six at Parisian Laundry

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