Curriculum

Born in Edinburgh Scotland 1942

1955 - 1960 Officer cadet training at Pangbourne Naval College .

1960 Emigrates to Canada, studies at the University of Toronto while working as a copywriter for McCann Ericson.

1961 - 1962 Travels from Canada to Colombia by motorcycle.

1962 - 1964 Works at Zipaquira near Bogota as assistant to the welding superintendant of Raymond International constructing a thermo electric plant, providing an initial contact with the world of metals. Starts the first electronic language center in colaboration with the University of Medellin. Employed as cattle buyer on large ranch near Cartagena de los Indios.

1965 After a non-ferrous metals course at British Oxygen arrives in Spain. Imports large white and landrace pigs and supplies the American bases at Rota y Moron with vegetables. Makes first sculptures from recycled metals, jewellery, belt buckles etc. for Marbella´s Saturday market.

1968 After a first succesful exhibition at the Marbella Hilton sets up workshop at the farm in Mijas, Malaga.

1972 Installs an industrial complex in Malaga with foundry, polishing and welding shops. Prepares a cutlery collection for Christian Dior and a design line for Artespaña.

1981 Opens new Gallery in Puerto Banus, Marbella and moves workshops to Sevilla

1986 Nobel Prize Winner Don Camilo Jose Cela inaugurates the new complex of 12 houses and Gallery created by David in Benahavis.

1997 Finishes with business partners in Sevilla and sets up a new company in Malaga; “Bronze Age S.A.”. Creates a new line of designs to present at fairs in Paris, Verona, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona.

2000 - 2002 Acquires a large farm near Ronda and totally rebuilds the cortijo with collected original artifacts - to provide living accomodation, a studio workshop, and gardens to display the sculpture collection.

2007 - 2009 Purchases a house at Hahn`s Peak near Steamboat Springs in Colorado. Builds, from beetle kill lodgepole pine, a new studio workshop on the grounds. Inaugurates a gallery in Steamboat Springs and presents his latest work at shows in Breckenridge, Loveland and Las Vegas.

2010 Opens a new Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Exhibitions

1968 Hotel Marbella Hilton (Malaga)

1970 - 1990 Hotel Melia Don Pepe Marbella, Spanish chamber of commerce London,

Haywood Gallery London, Petit Gallery London, Maison Dupin Geneve,

Sala Kandinsky Madrid, Gallery Hamilton London, Sala Giannini Frankfurt,

Hotel Melia Sierra Nevada, Gallery Rueckli Zurich, Gallery Torneo Seville,

Gallery Dkota Center Florida, permanent exhibitions Benahavis and Puerto Banus.

1990 - 2000 Museo of art contemporaneo Villafames Castellon, Gallery Mona Allicante, Interart Valencia, Centro Cultural El Ingenio Marbella, Hotel Melia Marbella, Gallery Porticus Malaga, Fair of art Toulose, Gallery Nova Malaga, Gallery 6 Marbella,Centro cultural Cond Duque Madrid, Sculpture Museum open air Madrid, Art Fair Granada, Gallery Tudores Marbella,Gallery Guedj Lyon, Gallery Aparte Saint Paul de Vence, Salon de Independants Paris, Art fair in Ghent Belgien,Gallery Sammer Madrid, Open air Montsaraz Portugasl, Gallery Corte Ingles Marbella, Gallery Arteta Greek, Gallery Sammer Segovia, Gallery Schoener Wohnen Zurich, Gallery Dauphin Honfleur, Gallery Hanne Gundelach Denmarc, Gallery de l’Alpage Megeve, Gallery de Vieux Saint Paul de Vence, Gallery Casa Grande Marbella

2000 - 2009 Gallery Baculo Madrid, Estampa Art Fair Madrid, Atlantic Art Center La Coruña
Sala de Arte Hotel Kempinsky Estepona, Gallery Neilson Grazalema, Centro Cultural el Conde Duque Madrid,
Gallery Sammer Puerto Banus, Palacio de Cultura Marbella, Art Fair Dublin, Gallery David Marshall retrospectiv of
40 years, Studio Hahnspeak Colorado, Loveland Sculpture in the Park , Sculpture in the Blue Breckenridge.

2011 Exhibitions,  Casino Marbella, Art Fair Breckenridge, Artist`s Gallery Steamboat Springs, Sculpture in the Blue Breckenridge (awarded Best in Show and Peoples choice), SOFA Navy Pier Chicago

Museums, public and private collections

Ford Spain, Ferrari Spain, General Motors, Gas Madrid, Entel, Club Pineda, Dragados y Construcciones, Peugeot-Talbot, Cruz Campo, Bacardi, Andalusia Regional Government, Anfred Erdle (Berlin), Harvey Nichols and Harrods (London), Gumps (San Francisco),In the Spirit and Fortunof (New York), Wunderhause (Munich), Taurus (Stockholm), Molini Southard (Miami), Listmann Boutique (Mainz – Germany), Ruckli Gallery (Zurich), Pecha (Nice), Neiman Marcus (Dallas), Unión Fenosa (Madrid), Villafamés Museum, etc.