David was born in 1972 in Escanaba, Michigan and spent his formative years in Minneapolis, Minnesota. David attended North Park College, in Chicago, Illinois and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Finance in 1994. In 1996 he relocated to the Boston, Massachusetts area. In 2003, David began showing his work as part of Brookline Artist's Open Studios and later as part of Somerville Open Studios. In addition to participating in open studios David has also shown his work at various regional and local institutions including: the AIB Gallery at University Hall of Lesley University, the Little Compton Community Center, Ilex Designs, Bromfield Gallery, the Gallery 1581 at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, The Center for the Arts Natick, Trestle Gallery, The Washington Street Arts Center, and the Nave Gallery.