David Kaarsemaker holds a BFA from Concordia University and an MFA from the University of Ottawa. He was a finalist in the 2017 RBC Painting Competition and his work is included in the collections of Global Affairs Canada, the City of Ottawa, the City of St John’s, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, and the Newfoundland Provincial Art Bank.

David’s paintings over the past few years come from ideas and images that arise from the quiet mental states achieved after several days of walking alone on long backpacking trips. The constants in his paintings are a love of light and the play of spatial illusion.

Kaarsemaker gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council during the creation of Thru in 2020 and for exhibition assistance for Portage in 2017, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec for support during the creation of Scrim in 2015-2016, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council for support in 2011.