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Shows

2025

Artists In Our Midst: West of Main Art Walk open studio, Vancouver, BC

Long term installation of Up, Up and Away – Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, BC

2024

Sculptors’ Society of BC – group show celebrating SSBC’s 50th anniversary, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Artists In Our Midst: West of Main Art Walk open studio, Vancouver, BC

2023

MAD (Mechanical Art & Design) Museum – commissioned piece Hyperglide for Museum’s permanent collection, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK

Sculptor’s Society of BC – Best of 3D, group show sponsored by City of White Rock, Landmark Uptown Gallery, White Rock, BC

Science World – commissioned refurbishing and grand reopening of Tower of Bauble outdoor rolling ball sculpture, Vancouver, BC

Artists in Our Midst: West of Main Art Walk, Vancouver, BC

UBC Department of Engineering – permanent installation of commissioned rolling ball sculpture, Vancouver, BC

2022

Sculptors’ Society of BC – exhibitors at Art Vancouver International Art Fair, Vancouver, BC

Objects of Desire? – Outsiders and Others Art Society Group Show, Vancouver, BC

2021

ReVision x Sculptors’ Society of BC Pop-Up Pre-Xmas Art Sale, Vancouver, BC

Long term installation of Gear Wall – Science World, Vancouver, BC

Spirituality, Art and Community – Outsiders and Others Art Society group show, Vancouver, BC

2020

Long term installation of Cycle 3 – Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, BC

Long term installation (2020-present) of Are We There Yet? – Miniature World, Victoria, BC

2019

The Mechanics of Motion: Inside an Automaton – as part of Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, BC

Sculptors’ Society of BC group show – Art Vancouver International Art Fair, Vancouver, BC

Hot Metal Love – Vancouver Metal Arts Association group show, Vancouver, BC

2018

Long term installation of A Turn for the Worse – TELUS World of Science in partnership with WorkSafe BC, Vancouver, BC

The Mechanicals: The Art of Automata – as part of Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, BC

A Cache of Kinetic Art: Curious Characters – Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ

2017

Long term installation of Are We There Yet? – Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, BC

25th Annual West of Main Art Walk studio tour – Vancouver, BC

Sculptors’ Society of BC exhibition: New Forms Matter – CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver, BC

Mechanical Curiosities: The Art of Automata – VisualSpace Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2016

Sculptors Society of BC Exhibition – Sculpture Northwest Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Eclectic and Kinetic – Sculpture Northwest Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Artists in Our Midst: The Roundhouse Exhibit and Studio Tour, Vancouver, BC

2015

Artists in Our Midst: The Roundhouse Exhibit and Studio Tour, Vancouver, BC

Sculptors Society of BC Summer Exhibition, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC

2014

Artists in Our Midst: The Roundhouse Exhibit and Studio Tour, Vancouver, BC

Lab Art Show, Vancouver, BC

Media

Global News segment “This Is BC”

Global News segment This Is BC: “David Dumbrell is raising the bar for automata designs” Jay Durant, January 24, 2023

Spiel und Kunst mit Mechanik II 2013-2017

Speil und Kunst Mechanik II blog – 5 featured posts, Falk Keuten, January 2013 – December 14, 2017

DZine Trip

DZine Trip “British Columbia Artist Continues the Automata Tradition”John Thomson, September 30, 2015

Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Sun “5 Reasons to Check Out… BC Sculptors Society Summer Exhibition” Shawn Conner, July 3, 2015

Kitsilano.ca

Kitsilano.ca “Creative Kitsilano Neighbors Come Together For A Salon” Mary Bennett, May 26, 2015

Sculptures Pacific

Sculptures Pacific “Fascinated by Mechanical Movement”2014/2015 Issue 10

The Permanente Journal

The Permanente Journal “Soul of the Healer”Fall 2014, Vol. 18 No. 4

Sculptors’ Society of BC 50th Anniversary Exhibition – Pendulum Gallery May 13-June 7, 2024

Posted May 13, 2025

I was honoured to be one of the 27 artists whose work was featured in the Sculptors’ Society of BC’s 50th Anniversary exhibition, which was held at the Pendulum Gallery in the HSBC building atrium lobby, downtown Vancouver in 2024. A diverse range of artistic techniques and fabrication processes was showcased in the creations of sculptures in ceramics, bronze, wood, stone, metal and mixed-media.

The Sculptors’ Society of BC is a non-profit organization and registered charity of professional sculptors dedicated to promoting sculpture in British Columbia. Visit ssbc.ca for more information about this organization.