Florida Artists Group

Artists Bio

David Y. Chang is Frost Professor of Art at Florida International University. Classically trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition, his education includes the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, the Cambridge University, England, the Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai, China, and Florida International University in the United States.

As an award-winning artist and professor, David Chang’s paintings have been collected internationally. He has been teaching classical drawing and painting, visual arts education theories and practices, as well as visual analysis for over three decades. 

Artist Statement

Art comes from life and transcends it as it captures the transitory moments in nature through personal temperament. Such creative process manifests the true spirit of my joie de vivre.

Selected Art Awards

2011       2nd Place, Florida Artists Group Exhibition, Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture,
                West Palm Beach, Florida
2002      Best of Show, Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
2001      Best of Show, Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida
1992       Best of Show, Miami Juried Art Exhibition, Omni Art Space Gallery, Miami, Florida

Selected Teaching Awards

Selected Teaching Awards

2007       Distinguished Service in Art Education Award, Florida Art Education Association
2007       ackie Hinchy-Cipes Art Education Award, Miami-Dade County Art Education Association
2002      Florida Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award, Florida Art Education Association
1994       Professor of the Year Award, Florida International University
1993       ACE Scholar Award, Florida Department of Education Arts for a Complete Education Program

Selected Exhibitions

2013, 2012     Painting in the Gardens Exhibition, GC Art Gallery, Miami, FL
2013                Florida Professional Art Educators Exhibition, Ormond Beach Museum of Art,
                         Ormond Beach, FL
2011                Florida Artists Group Exhibition, Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture,
                         West Palm Beach, FL
2012, 2011, 1998 - Florida Professional Art Educators Exhibition, St. Petersburg Museum of Art,
                         St. Petersburg, FL
2010                National Juried Art Exhibition, Artisans Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2009, 2008    National Juried Art Exhibition at the Butler Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 - Painting in the Gardens Exhibition, Borders Art Gallery, Miami, FL
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 - International Education Art Exhibition, GC Art Gallery, FIU
2006                Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Modis Art Gallery, FL
2005                Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), FL
2003, 2002, 1997   Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art, FL
2001                Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, FL
2000                Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Ritz Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
2000                South Florida Professional Art Exhibition, Coral Gables, FL
2000                Juried Art Exhibition, Wall Street Institute Art Gallery
2000                Tropical Art Exhibition, Fairchild Tropical Garden Gallery
1999                Miami Juried Art Exhibition DASH Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1998                Painting in the Garden Exhibition, Art Works Gallery, Miami, FL
1996                Florida Juried Art Exhibition, University of South Florida Art Museum
1994                Florida Juried Art Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, FL
1994                Solo Exhibition, Jacksonville University Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
1994                Solo Exhibition, Foster-Tanner Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1993                Florida Juried Art Exhibition  at the Boca Museum of Art, Boa Raton, FL
1993                Florida Meritorious Art Exhibition, New World School of Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1993                Palm Beach Juried Painting Exhibition, Sino Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
1992                Florida Juried Art Exhibition, Ormond Beach Museum of Art, Ormond Beach, FL
1992                Miami Juried Art Exhibition, Omni Art Space Gallery, Miami, FL
1992                Solo Exhibition, Florida International University Gallery, Miami, FL
1991                Florida Juried Art Exhibition, Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
1989                Solo Exhibition and Thirty-Minute Artist Interview on Miami Television - Channel 17
1986                Solo Exhibition, Florida International University Gallery, Miami, FL

Selected Commissions and Collections

Debbie Smith Collection, Cambridge University, England
Dr. Alexander-Edynak, Coconut Grove, FL
Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Ziff Education Building and Colonnades, Florida International University
Dr. Herbert Wertheim, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Elaine Grubair Collection, Miami, FL
Founding Doctors, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University
Frost Art Museum Collection, Florida International University
Hong Kong WH Investment Group, Hong Kong.
James Eddie Collection, Brighton, England
Karen Pack Collection, Switzerland
Kentucky Art Association, Kentucky
Mary Ann Wolfe for the dedication of the Mary Ann Wolfe Theatre, North Miami
Mayor Pagliani, City Hall of Parkland, FL
Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, FL
New York Life
Patricia and Phillip Frost Collection, Chair, Smithsonian National Art Gallery Collections
Pennsylvania State University, PA
President Bob McCabe, Miami Dade Community College Miami Dade Community College
President Eduardo Padron, Miami-Dade College
President Gregory Wolf, Florida International University
President Kenneth Williams, Florida Atlantic University and Miami Dade Community College
President Modesto Maidique, Florida International University
Savoir Fair Collection, Paris, France
Senator Bob Graham, US Senate
Sennelier Collection, Paris, France
Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Simon Daro Dawidowicz Collection, Miami Beach, FL
Southeast Missouri University
Southwest Truck Insurance Company, Dallas, TX
Stanford University, CA
UCLA Arts Council, Los Angeles, CA
University of Toronto, Canada