David Six (artist)

David Armstrong VI (born 1968) is a Canadian artist, living and working in Montreal, Quebec. His work has been exhibited widely, including shows at White Columns (NY), The Power Plant (Toronto), Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal, Kunsthal Nikolaj (Copenhagen), Night Gallery (LA), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). He is represented by Bradley Ertaskirin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Life and education
David Armstrong VI was born in 1968 in Belleville, Ontario, and studied Fine Arts at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario (BFA 1987–1991). He lived in Toronto from 1993 to 2005, and has been working in Montréal since 2006. The Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec awarded Armstrong VI residency scholarships at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (2012) and the Rome International Studio (2017). He was also invited as artist in residence at AIRAntwerpen in 2015.

Work
Armstrong Six' work draws upon a wide range of references and materials, resulting in a practice encompassing sculpture, drawing and video. Whether it be the use of fluorescent light fixtures to articulate a minimalist form, leaking liquids from a false ceiling onto a gallery floor, or the unruly and humorously vitriolic performance of an original rap song, one may see in his body of work as a strategy for infecting culture through the tenuous nature of its prototypes.

Armstrong Six's first solo exhibition, Depth Sounding, in Toronto (1996) was a pivotal point in the beginning of his artistic career. The artist has since participated in numerous exhibitions including Leak into Space at Mercer Union, Toronto (2000), Dog Leg Room at blanche, Paris (2001), The Cave and the Island at Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna and White Columns, New York (2004), Teorias de Resistencia at la Casa Encendida, Madrid (2004), I Wanna Be a Popstar at Loop-raum fur aktuelle kunst, Berlin (2004), If Not for Today, Tomorrow at State Projects, New York (2005), Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (2008), Two Flies Later at Hunter & Cook, Toronto (2009), The Dry Salvages at Parisian Laundry, Montreal (2010), La Biennale de Montréal (2011), Civil Elegies From the Vacuum State at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2012), Brown Star Plus One at Parisian Laundry, Montreal (2013), Three Known Points at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2013) and International Women's Day at Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2014).

His work has been exhibited widely throughout Canada, the US, Europe and New Zealand and is included in various collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.

Prizes

 * Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec, 2010
 * Canada Council for the Arts, 2009
 * Canada Council for the Arts, 2002
 * Toronto Arts Council, 2001
 * Ontario Arts Council, 2001