About

“Art can be both intellectually rigorous and conceptually accessible without compromising either value—I think it comes closest to its purpose when it is.”

Dave Cole grew up working with iron in his grandfathers blacksmith shop, on the family farm in New Hampshire.  He attended Brown University, graduating with honors in 2000.

Cole has had solo exhibitions at Mass MoCA, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and The Norton Museum of Art, among others.

Cole’s work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Brown University, where his work is on permanent display. 

He lives and works in Hudson, New York.