Born: 1966, Tiffin, Ohio

Lives and works in Houston, TX

EDUCATION

1989-1991	Artist in Residence (Core Fellow), Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1989	B.F.A. Kent State University, Kent, OH

AWARDS

2000	First Prize, The Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2000
1995	First Award, The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX, catalogue
1992	Purchase Award, Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival Exhibition, Alexandria, LA, Included in permanent collection, catalogue
	Merit Award, Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival Exhibition, Alexandria, LA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006	David Aylsworth, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004	David Aylsworth, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2003	David Aylsworth: Recent Paintings, Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2001	So Elsa Maxwellish, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, travelling to  Texas A&M/Commerce, Commerce, TX, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1999	The Difference Between Narrative and Portrait, Inman Gallery, Houston TX
1998	Paintings, S.M.U. School of Engineering and Applied Science, Houston, TX
1997	Show Tunes, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1994	Recent Paintings, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1993	In The Viewing Room: Drawings, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1992	Recent Paintings, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1989	Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Gallery Two, School of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005	Inaugural Exhibition, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002	Hard Core, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
	Petcentric, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
	Labyrinths, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
2001	The Armory Show, Inman Gallery, New York, NY
	Art Chicago 2001, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
	Our Crowd Collects, Jewish Community Center, Temple Beth Israel, curated by Clint Willour
2000	Meat Market Art Fair, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
	Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
	Art Chicago 2000, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL,
	First Blush: New Painting in Houston, The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, NY
	The Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2000, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
1999	X.C.X.L: eXquisite Corpse eXtra Large, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
	Size Matters, GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY, curated by Mike Weiss
	Five Artists: New Work Diverseworks, Houston, TX (catalogue, essay by Walter Hopps)
1998	The Texas Show, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
	Organic Produce, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
	41st Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
	New Work: Gallery Artists, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
	Lemonade, Wells Fargo Plaza Lobby Gallery, Houston, TX
1997	New Work: Gallery Artists, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
	Buttered Side Up, Koffler Gallery, North York, Ontario, Canada (catalogue)
1997	Critics' Choice, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Jurors: Charles Dee Mitchell and Suzanne Weaver, catalogue
	Spring Sampler: Three Houston Galleries, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, curated by Sally Sprout
	12th Annual Festival Exhibition, Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival, Contemporary Arts Center Forth Worth, Juror: Charles Wylie
1996	Buttered Side Up, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY, curated by Giles Lyon
	Five Year Anniversary Exhibition, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
	National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Schoharie, NY: Juror Allan Hacklin, Chair, Department of Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
	Color! Form. Mark.: A Selection of Houston Abstract Paintings curated by Sally Sprout, BP Gallery, Houston, TX
	David Aylsworth, Donald Baechler, Carroll Dunham, Paul Francis Forsythe, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (essay by Bill Davenport)
	Buttered Side Up, three person exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, TX
	Texas Art ‘96, Cullen Center, Houston, TX sponsored by the Assistance League, : Juror Jock Reynolds
	The Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, Curated by Dana Friis-Hansen, Mary Miss and Luis Jimenez
	Proof Of Love, Invitational Exhibition, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, TX organized by Alison de Lima Greene and DIFFA
	Texas Modern and Post Modern: From the Collection of The Museum Of Fine Arts Houston, Curated by Alison de Lima Greene, Houston, TX
1995	The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX: Juror Paul Schimmel, chief curator, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (cash award)
	Confluence 1995, 23rd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Hill County Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX: Juror Peter Doroshenko, (cash award)
1994	Buttered Side Up, three person exhibition, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX; catalogue
	New Painting, Museum of Agenda and Transgression, Dallas, TX
	Texas Art Celebration '94, sponsored by the Assistance League of Houston, Cullen Center, Houston, TX; Juror Ned Rifkin
	Exquisite Corpse, invitational exhibit, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1993	Texas Biennial Exhibition, sponsored by DARE, juried by Chris Cowden, Al Harris, Benito Huerta and Marti Mayo, Texas State Fairground, Dallas, TX
	For Members Only, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
	Art in Motion, group exhibition, Deutser Gallery, The Jewish Community Center of Houston, Houston, TX
1992	The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Juror, Annegreth Nil
	Group Exhibition, Riverway Bank Lobby, Houston, TX
	Small Works, group exhibition, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
	Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival Exhibition, First United Methodist Church, Alexandria, LA; Juror, Gael Stack
	Inaugural Exhibition, group show, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1991	Core Fellows Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, catalogue
1990	David Aylsworth, Giles Lyon & Kristin Musgnug, Treebeard's Gallery, Houston, TX
	Core Fellows Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, catalogue
1989	Group Show, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
	Group Show, Gallery One, Kent State University, Kent, OH

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX