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David Middlebrook

David Middlebrook is an artist who traces his roots to ceramics and who has evolved to become a professional sculptor specializing in site- specific work, public and private commissions, and smaller sculptural elements. He was born and raised in Jackson, Michigan and went on to earn his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa in 1970. He burst into the art world and quickly became an inspiring pioneer in a ceramic art movement that was gaining momentum in the late 1970s.

He accepted a teaching position at San Jose State University in 1974, relocated to California and has maintained a studio in the hills of Los Gatos ever since. David has had several transforming experiences that have molded him into the artist he is today. For years David struggled with the instability of the ceramic material and found many of its characteristics to be limiting.

Over the last 20 years, David has evolved as an artist and has become a master of materials. His work today involves a broad range of stone, marble and bronze and dimensions from 50lbs. to 50 tons.