David Altmejd

David Altmejd (born 1974) is a Canadian sculptor who lives and works in New York City. Altmejd creates highly detailed sculptures that often blur the distinction between interior and exterior, surface and structure, figurative representation and abstraction. His work has appeared in major exhibitions at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center (2011), the Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels (2010), the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2010), the New Museum (2010) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2010).

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Altmejd earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Altmejd completed his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 2001.

Since graduating with his MFA, he has taken part in many group shows, such as at Artists Space and Deitch Projects. In 2003, he was curated by Dan Cameron into the 8th International Istanbul Biennial. In 2004, he was included in the Whitney Biennial of American Art.

In 2007, he represented Canada at the Venice Biennale; his installation "The Index" (curated by Louise Déry) was subsequently purchased by the Art Gallery of Ontario.

David Altmejd's sculptures mix seemingly random objects such as decapitated werewolf heads with graffiti-style Stars of David, towers made of mirrors, plastic flowers and faux jewelry, to create sculptural systems loaded with what he calls "symbolic potential" and open ended narratives. Werewolf heads have appeared so frequently in his work that in the contemporary art world, they are widely recognized as being closely affiliated with this artist.

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