Nationality
American
Artist Dates
b. 1954
Preview
Date of Work
1979
Medium
Oil on canvas
Signature
No
Height
55 3/4"
Width
71 1/4"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed: Fourth floor, across from Nokota Horse Learning Community, next to Biomedical Sciences
Location
School of Medicine & Health Sciences Building
Additional Information
David Madzo was born in North Dakota, where he was raised in Medora. In the late 1970s, he entered UND’s graduate program in visuals arts and earned his MFA. During Matzo's time at the University of North Dakota, he was a graduate teaching assistant. Afterwards, he moved to the Twin Cities and recently relocated back to his home state.
The theme of Madzo’s painting, which includes strange-looking figures, perhaps relates to the artist’s professed interest in myths and archetypes. The style of Madzo’s painting appears associated with contemporary Neo-Expressionist trends of the late 1970s.