David Decesaris
Contemporary artist
Figurative Painting and Sculpture
Meet the Artist
David DeCesaris is a Chicago-based artist creating psychologically driven figurative paintings and sculpture. His work explores the tension between structure and emergence, where images are not predetermined but discovered through the act of painting itself.
Working in acrylic on birch panel, DeCesaris constructs flattened, restrained environments in which the human figure, animal forms, and symbolic space coexist in quiet tension. Color functions beyond description, carrying emotional and psychological weight, while repeated structural elements create subtle divisions between interior and exterior worlds.
His compositions often feel suspended, as if time has paused at a moment of emotional consequence. Rather than telling a fixed narrative, the work invites reflection, offering images that feel both familiar and unresolved.
Figurartive
Painting
David DeCesaris’ contemporary paintings trace the evolution of a visual language shaped through experimentation with form, narrative, and symbolic imagery. The work moves toward integration, where composition, color, and figure generate meaning through the structure of the painting itself.
Figurative Scuplture
David DeCesaris’ figurative sculpture isolate the body as a vessel for psychological presence. Working in resin, plaster, and wood, he creates tactile, symbolic forms that emphasize vulnerability, structure, and the body as a psychological sign.
Stations of the Cross
A Fairytale
The exhibition Stations of the Cross presents a unified series of figurative works that translate a historical narrative into a psychologically charged visual language. Designed as a cohesive installation, the work invites exhibition in gallery, institutional, and sacred spaces interested in exploring the intersection of ritual, symbolism, and contemporary figurative art.
