EDUCATION
2002 Graduate Teacher Education Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1997 Masters of Fine Art, American University, Washington, D.C.

1992 Bachelors of Fine Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

EXHIBITION HISTORY
2021 intimate, intimate (solo show), Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2020 Artists Under Quarantine, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2019 Group Show with RNOP, Sydney, Australia

2019 Temporary Fun (solo show), Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2019 The End Of An Era (group show), Corciano, Italy

2019 New Modern (group show), Five Walls, Melbourne, Australia

2018 PDX Window Project, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2018 End of the Beginning (with the Reductive Non Objective Project), University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia

2018 What Develops (with Brenna Murphy and David Trowbridge), The Floating Gallery, Portland, OR

2018 Artworks Northwest (juror: Andries Fourie), Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR

2017 Hold On Tight (group show), Nine Gallery, Portland, OR

2017 Teachers As Artists/Beyond The Demos, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA

2017 Just Like This For A Little While (solo exhibition), Oranj Gallery, Portland, OR

2017 60th Chautauqua Annual Exhibit of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua, NY

2015 Bowery Gallery Juried Exhibition (juror: Stephen Westfall), Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Transformation Chase (with Pat Boas, Brenden Clenaghen, and Michelle Ross), North View Gallery, Portland, OR

2014 Then and Now, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2014 Bowery Gallery Juried Exhibition (juror: David Cohen), Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

2013 Beyond the Demos VIII, Sisters Art Works in Sisters, OR and Franklin Crossing in Bend, OR

2013 Beyond the Demos VII, Gallery 214, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2011 Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University (Department of Agricultural​ ​Science), Corvallis, OR

2010 Distillation (Curator), Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2009 Close to Home , Gallery 114, Portland, OR​

2008 New Members Show, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2007 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

2007 Do North, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR

2006 Paintings and Drawings, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2006 Juried Show (juror: Lois Dodd), Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

2006 Art Media, Past and Present, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005 Group Drawing Show, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA

2005 Paintings and Drawings, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR

2004 Paperwork…A Summer Drawing Salon, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR

2004 Recent Paintings, L and B Viewing Gallery, Portland, OR

2001 Faculty Exhibit, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2000 Faculty Exhibit, Clackamas Community College, Clackamas, OR

PROJECTS
Semi-Finalist, Interviews with artists at www.davidscottschell.com/semi-finalist

2010 Distillation (Curator)​, Gallery 114, Portland, OR  Featuring the work of Ron Graff, Joseph Mann, Michelle Ross, and Phyllis Trowbridge

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
Le, Jason N., “Intimacy is a Two-Way Street: Thoughts on David Schell’s intimate, intimate,” Art & About, October 11, 2021 (illustrated) https://artandaboutpdx.com/blog/intimacy-is-a-two-way-street-thoughts-on-david-schells-intimate-intimate 

Terrell, Benjamin, “Remembering How to See: On the paintings of David Schell” The Semi-Finalist, 8/22/21 (illustrated) https://www.thesemi-finalist.com/notes-of-persistent-awe/7-8282021

Motley, John, “6 Must See Shows,” Oregonian Pick, The Oregonian, February, 2015, http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2015/01/february_art_gallery_preview_c.html#1

Studio Visit, Volume 24, 2013

Oregon Home, March 2005

RESIDENCIES
Art and Culture in Italy,  Corciano, Italy, June, 2019