David Slonim earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design* in 1988. His paintings have been featured in several invitational shows, magazines, and museum exhibitions nationally, including the Rising Stars exhibit at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona, and Great American Artists in Cincinnati, Ohio.

As an illustrator, he has created images for clients including IBM, UPS, Disney Press, HarperCollins, Tony's Frozen Pizza, and T.G.I. Fridays. His work has won awards from the Society of Illustrators*, Communications Arts, and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio.

Moishe's Miracle, his most recent children's book, was named one of the top ten picture books of the year 2000 in The New York Times. Slonim has recently completed the first children's picture book, which he both wrote and illustrated. Oh, Ducky! A Chocolate Calamity, was released by Chronicle Books in the spring of 2003.

In 1996, David began taking workshops in painting. He has studied with Dan Gerhartz, C.W. Mundy, Burt Silverman, Richard Schmid, and Wayne Wolfe. He has also been mentored for fourteen years by art educator, sculptor and fellow painter, Robert Farlow. Slonim turned to fine art full time in 1998, and lives in Indiana with his wife and four children.

Awards and Honors
2002
First Place, Oils, Red Tail Conservancy Show, Muncie, IN
"Coming Home", artist profile in USArt magazine, Sept issue
Gold Medal, Award of Excellence, Indana Heritage Arts, Nashville, IN
First Time Exhibitor's Award, Indiana Heritage Arts, Nashville, IN
Third Place, Oils, New Harmony First Brush of Spring Paint Out, New Harmony, IN
Top 50 Images of the Year, USArt Magazine, March issue
Purchase Award, Minnestrista Cultural Center Annual Exhibition, Muncie, IN
2001
Best of Show, Bridge to the Arts Festival, Indianapolis
First Place, Oils, Bridge to the Arts Festival, Indianapolis
First Place, Oils, Red Tail Conservancy Show, Muncie, IN
Best of Show, Red Tail Conservancy Show, Muncie, IN
2000
Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, NY
Museum of American Illustration, The Original Art Show
New York Times Top Ten Childrens Books of the Year
Gold Award, National Jewish Book Awards
Gold Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
New York Times Book Review
Communicatioin Arts Annual of American Illustration, July issue

Public Collections
Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, Indiana

Solo Exhibitions
2002
Minnetrista Cultural Center, Oakhurst House
Quiet Places, Private Show, Northbrook, IL
2001

Education
1998 Wayne Wolfe Workshop, Loveland, CO
1997 Richard Schmid, Burt Silverman Workshop, Loveland, CO
1996 Dan Gerhartz, private instruction
1996 C.W. Mundy, private instruction
1996 C.W. Mundy, workshop, Nashville, IN
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Source: Kent Whipple, Art Professional



* For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see AskART.com Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx

David Slonim paints oils and pastels based on observation and memory of everyday subjects, often exploring the line between representation and abstraction. He draws inspiration from a wide variety of masters, including Cezanne, Diebenkorn, Wyeth, Degas, and Levitan.

Slonim earned a bachelor's degree in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. For 10 years he created images for clients such as Reader's Digest, IBM, UPS, Tony's Frozen Pizza, and T.G.I.Fridays. Between freelance illustration jobs, Slonim began to paint in oils, turning to fine art full time in 1998.

Slonim's work hangs in museum, corporate and private collections nationally, including the permanent collection of the Richmond Art Museum, Minnetrista Cultural Center, The Mazza Museum at the University of Findlay and The Toledo Public Library. Corporate collections include The West Foundation, Bingham/McHale, The Charley Creek Foundation, and Community Bank Shares, Denver.

Slonim teaches annually at the Naples Art Association, Naples, FL, as well as privately in his Anderson, Indiana studio. He also writes and illustrates children's books, which are available at online and traditional booksellers.

Doing primarily quiet landscapes and figurative work, David Slonim is inspired by finding beauty in unexpected places such as clunky old tractors. A reoccurring theme is human use of the land and the tensions arising from that interaction.

He is an illustrator whose clients include The New York Times, IBM, UPS and Reader's Digest, and he has exhibited his work at the Society of Illustrators.

However, he credits reading a book by still-life painter David Leffel as a turning point because he realized that good painters are alive and well and giving workshops. Eventually he studied with W.W. Mundy, Dan Gerhartz, Richard Schmid, Burt Silverman, and Wayne Wolfe.

David Slonim (b. 1966), earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. His paintings have been featured in several invitational shows, magazines, and museum exhibitions nationally, including the Rising Stars exhibit at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona and Great American Artists in Cincinnati, Ohio.

As an illustrator, he has created images for clients including IBM, UPS, Disney Press, HarperCollins, Tony's Frozen Pizza, and T.G.I. Fridays. His work has won awards from the Society of Illustrators, Communications Arts, and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. Moishe's Miracle, his most recent children's book, was named one of the top ten picture books of the year 2000 by the New York Times. David has recently completed the first children's picture book that he both wrote and illustrated. "Oh, Ducky! A Chocolate Calamity," is due to be released by Chronicle Books in the spring of 2003.

In 1996, Slonim began taking workshops in painting. He has studied with Dan Gerhartz, C.W. Mundy, Burt Silverman, Richard Schmid, and Wayne Wolfe. He has also been mentored for fourteen years by art educator, sculptor and fellow painter, Robert Farlow. David turned to fine art full time in 1998. He lives in Indiana with his wife and four children.