About

In 2017, I walked into a hardware store looking for a structure that could house an idea I had for an interactive sign. In the electrical aisle, I discovered pull boxes - sturdy metal enclosures designed to protect wire connections. They were perfect: industrial, durable, and built for modification. Their metal construction allowed for drilling, cutting, and powder coating, offering both creative control and longevity.

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I purchased one, altered it, had it powder-coated, and paired it with a 12-volt LED indicator light, a toggle switch, an antenna, and a custom panel label titled RELIGION. The concept was simple: an interactive device that invited participation and choice. By flipping a switch, viewers could turn a light on of off, registering a preference through a tangible act.

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When I first exhibited the piece during an art walk at my studio, I was struck by how people engaged with it. They laughed, debated, hesitated, and reflected - all in response to a single switch. That experience clarified my artistic direction. Soon after, I began incorporating push buttons and control knobs to expand the range of choices available.

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Since then, I've continued creating these devices - some politically charged, others playful, abstract, or enigmatic. Each work transforms a small, deliberate action into a moment of engagement, prompting curiosity, decision-making, dialogue, self-reflection, and expression.

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Studio

Open: First Thursdays, 5-9 pm, or by Appointment.

312 S. Washington St., Seattle, WA 98109

Email: onoff0100@davideweed.com

Phone: 206-605-3152

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David Weed
Seattle, WA (current)
Flagstaff, AZ (lived)
San Diego, CA (lived)
Tucson, AZ (grew up)
Chicago, IL (born)

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 Education 
2008 MFA in Painting
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

2001 BS in Art Education
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

1995 MA in Sociology
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

1991 BA in Sociology 
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

 

Select Juried Exhibitions
2024 San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild
Spring Exhibition, San Diego, CA
Accepted: Ice Cream Making Machine

2023 Purdue University
Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society, West Lafayette, IN
Accepted: Arbitrary Connection, Functional Result, Structural Indifference, Innocent System

2023 Valdosta State University
Change of Weather, Valdosta, GA
Accepted: Global Warming

2020 Hera Gallery
Right to Vote, Wakefield, RI
Accepted: Vote

2020 Drury University
Fear, Pool Art Center Gallery, Springfield, MO
Accepted: Alarm, Vote, ICBM

2020 Shock Boxx Gallery
Intergalactic, Hermosa Beach, CA
Accepted: America Postwar 1950s, Ideology

2020 Monmouth University
Access, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion, Pollock Gallery, West Long Branch, NJ
Accepted: Gender, Immigration, Religion

2019 Albright College
Social Justice in the Misinformation Age, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
Accepted: Lethal Injection

2019 Florida State University
Combined Talents, Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
Accepted: Sunshine, Immigration 

2019 Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
47th International Exhibition, Brownsville, TX 
Accepted: Sunshine, Cotton Candy, Religion

2018 East Tennessee State University 
Fletcher Exhibit, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Accepted: Global Warming

2018 California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks
Power, Thousand Oaks, CA
Accepted: Sunshine, Shark Alarm, Cotton Candy, Vote, ICBM, Religion

2018 Center on Contemporary Art
Creativity Persists, Seattle, WA
Accepted: Global Warming