Education:
MFA, Cal State University Fullerton,  2004 - Painting / Drawing / Printmaking
BA, Columbia College Chicago, 2001- Painting/Photography
Centro Linguistico Dante Alighieri, Florence IT 1996 - Painting/History
Orange Coast College, 1995 - 1998 - General Education

Teaching Experience: (since 2002)
    Chapman University • 2D Design/Drawing
    Orange Coast College • 2D Design
    Santa Ana College • Drawing/History • ArtForum Lecture Series •
    Fullerton Community College • Painting
    Cal State University Fullerton • Painting/Drawing
Professional Experience:
    Grand Central Art Center • Assistant to Director (2001 - 2004)
    Santa Ana Seven • Art Collaborative (2002 - 2005)
    Chapman University • Guggenheim Gallery/Collection Manager (2001 - NOW)
    Independent Fabrication/Installation/Graphic Design
    Studio Assistant • Tony Delap (1996 - NOW)
    Studio Assistant  • Tom Dowling (1996 - 1999)
      Downtown Santa Ana Business Council • Board of Directors/Arts Grant • 2004 - 2009
    Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts • Advisory Board •  2008 -

Solo Exhibitions
Good Bad Ugly • Backroom • Santa Ana, CA • 2007
I Heart Painting • Grand Central Art Center • Santa Ana, CA • 2006
davidmichaellee • Chapman University • Orange, CA • 2005
Concepts and Volcanoes • L2Kontemporary • Los Angeles, CA • 2005
Flight Evolution and Human Nature • CSUF West Gallery, CA • 2003


Group Exhibitions:

2010

Santa Ana College Faculty Show, SAC Santora, Santa Ana, CA

2009

Looking into the Sun • DDR Projects , Long Beach, CA

Driven to Abstraction • Coastline Community College, Huntington Beach, CA

From Scratch • Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
The Abstract Truth • Roark, Los Angeles, CA
Eclat • Crussell Fine Art, Orange, CA
Invasion • @space contemporary, Santa Ana, CA
2008
Cusp • Crussell Fine Arts, Orange, CA
Alumni Exhibition  • CSUF Main Gallery, Fullerton, CA
Flat Land • @space • Santa Ana, CA
Drawing Extended • Coastline Community College, Huntington Beach, CA
Evolutionary Refinement • Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
About Abstraction • Chapman's Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA
Group Love • Back Room • Santa Ana, CA
Faculty Exhibition • Orange Coast College • Costa Mesa, CA
2007
Group Show • Sabina Lee  • Los Angeles, CA
Subset • Crussell Fin Art • Orange, CA
Local Motion • GCAC • Santa Ana, CA
Voyage • @space contemporary, Santa Ana, CA
Tales of the South Pacific • Saddleback College • Mission Viejo, CA
Something's Brewing, • CO-OPs Mid-manifestation • Sonnenborgh Museum and
    Sterrenwacht, Utrecht, the Netherlands,
PlayitGround • Don O'Melveny Gallery • Los Angeles, CA
Winter Button Up • Tense Forms • Chicago, IL
2006
Oscene II • Laguna Beach Museum of Art • Laguna Beach, CA
3 Diety • Koo's Cafe • Long Beach, CA
The Enthusiastic Eye • Guggenheim Gallery • Orange, CA
2005
The Bird Show • Grand Central Art Center • Santa Ana, CA
SA7 Strikes Again • Fullerton College • Fullerton, CA
Genesis • San Luis Obispo Art Center • SLO, CA
Problem with Authority • Grand Central Art Center • Santa Ana, CA
POP • The Office • Huntington Beach, CA
2004
Secondennial • Square Blue • Costa Mesa, CA
In-between Flight • The Wine Room • Irvine, CA
Art Department Biennial • Fullerton College • Fullerton, CA
The War Ascetic • Pece/Arieas Gallery • Santa Ana, CA
Free Range Artist • Legacy • Santa Ana, CA 04
Critique • East/West Gallery • Fullerton CA
2003
Beefcake Cheesecake 2 • OCCCA • Santa Ana, CA
Waiting for Fame • Memphis/Santa Ana 7  • Santa Ana, CA
Velvet Dreams • Lava Lounge • Seattle, WA
Abstracted Four • SCA Gallery • Pomona, Ca
Eight Case of Santa Ana Seven • Henley Galleria • Orange, CA
A Remembrance of things Past • East/West Gallery • Fullerton, CA
Pigment to Dye • The Shed • Newport Beach, CA
Choices • Exit Gallery • Fullerton, CA
Mustache/Mistache for Peace • Memphis/Santa Ana 7 • Santa Ana, Ca
4th Street Mural Project • Santa Ana, CA
F.L.Y. • Bob Pece/Jones • Santa Ana, CA
2002
Rock Hard Abs Tractions • Memphis • Santa Ana, CA
The Gun Show • Soil Gallery • Seattle, WA
4th Street Mural Project • Santa Ana, CA
Uncomfortably Comfortable • Exit Gallery • Fullerton, CA
Charting The Paths of Color • GCAC • Santa Ana, CA
New Voices • Suburban Fine Art Center • Highland Park, IL
2001
Ray Guns and Declarations • GCAC • Santa Ana, Ca
Fresh • Glass Curtain Gallery • Chicago, IL
Creativity With A Conscience • Hokin Gallery • Chicago, IL
2000
50/50 • Glass Curtain Gallery • Chicago, IL • October 2000