David Dunn 650-557-0408


QUALIFICATIONS:

Member IATSE local #800 formerly #816

21 years experience as a scenic painter.

Trained in traditional theatrical tromp l’oeil painting.

EMPLOYMENT:

Current and seasonally since 1998 Scenic Artist San Francisco Opera. Most recent work includes Don Giovanni, and Heart of a Soldier (2011).

Current and seasonally since 1998 Scenic Artist San Francisco Ballet. Most recent work includes Don Quixote, Guide to Strange Places and Beaux(2012)

2012 Scenic on Outside Lands Vendors Facades, Acme Scenery.

2012 Painter at Lexus Event, Metreon.

2011 Scenic Painter on Hemingway and Gelhorn, HBO under Dale Haugo.

2011 Scenic Painter on Alcatraz(pilot) working at ACME Scenery.

2010 Scenic Painter on Capital One Vikings in San Francisco Commercial, ACME Scenery

2008 Scenic Artist on Eli Stone (TV pilot) ABC San Francisco.

2007 Painter Franco Sarto Shoe Store Mural San Francisco.

2007 Touch-up Painter on Legally Blonde Curran Theater San Francisco.

2006 Scenic Artist on Zodiac, David Fincher Film.

2005 Touch-up Painter, Mambo Kings Golden Gate Theater San Francisco.

1997 Scenic Artist on the film The Rainmaker–Great Benefit Productions under B. J. Frederickson.

1996 Lead Painter/Designer for four 12′ x 10′ backdrops for Bay Meadows party–Event Technologies, San Francisco.

1996 Scenic Artist on The Game–DDF Films, Inc. Tony Palone (Charge).

1996 Lead Scenic Artist on Coca Cola marketing display Event Technologies, San Francisco scenic painted flats.

1996 Lead Scenic/Designer Mattel Media Display –New York Toy Convention Delphi Productions, Oakland. Prepared color designs, supervised paint crew, painted scenic flats, performed touch up in New York, hired local scenics.

1995 Scenic Artist on the film Phenomenon under Teresa Nielsen.

1995 Wet Studios, Painted Tower Records billboards. Airbrush, lettering and backdrop for Smithsonian.

1995 Dancing to the Fossil Record -California Academy of Sciences. Painted two large backdrops and 200 feet of wall graphics.

1995  Scenic Artist on Linda Evans Video for Studio Seven, San Rafael.

1995  Lead Painter on Jaguar Commercial for Scene II, San Francisco.

1994 Artist at Spaeth Design, New York, worked on projects for American Bible Museum, Lord & Taylor Christmas window displays.

1993 Scenic Painter at Acadia Scenic, Jersey City, NJ. worked on productions for NY Public Theater, H.B.O., M.T.V.

1992 Scenic Artist for Summer Season at Old Globe Theatre, San Diego.

1992 Worked at the San Diego Opera Scenic Shop under Davis West.

1991 Scenic Artist at Sea World Scene Shop, Sea World, San Diego, CA.

EDUCATION:

MFA Painting, (studied scene painting with Harry Feiner), Queens College, CUNY, NY, 1994.

BA Art, U.C. Santa Cruz, 1989.

Certificate Scuola Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy, 1987.

Certificate Otis Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles 1984.