David Phelps is a critically acclaimed, internationally collected contemporary sculptor.

David grew up on a family farm in California. He attended elementary school in a one room schoolhouse on Roberts Island where his elementary teacher, Mrs. MacIntosh, taught him first through eighth grade. Both she and Katie Feck, his oil-painting neighbor, encouraged David to explore his artistic talent from a young age.

After graduating from Humboldt State University with a BA David moved to Norman, Oklahoma in 1980 to attend graduate school and received his MFA in sculpture in 1984. He was awarded a regional NEA Fellowship in 1985 and a six-month residency in the Kohler Arts/Industry program in Wisconsin in 1987. After finishing at Kohler, he was awarded his first large-scale commission from Triad Development Co. in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has been creating both large and small bronze sculptures ever since.


David's work can be seen at Hahn Ross Gallery
in Santa Fe, Gallery M, in Denver, CO as well as
JRB Gallery in Oklahoma City, Mainsite Gallery
in Norman, OK and Denise Roberge Gallery in
Palm Desert CA. His most recent large-scale commissions have gone to Minneapolis,
Kansas City, Tulsa, the University of Oklahoma
and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in OKC.

His work is in the Sandor Family Collection, Chicago, IL, The Beretta Foundation, San Antonio, TX and many more institutional collections. (see resume)

Some notable private collectors of his work are Burt Reynolds; Connie Sellecca and John Tesh; as well as
Barbie Benton and her husband George Gradow. His works are represented in many other public and private collections across the United States, as well as in Europe, Canada, Mexico, and South America.

David shares his life with his wife Patty Phelps. When not spending time with Patty or working in the studio, David can usually be found riding his old motorcycle, practicing yoga or rollerblading around Lake Hefner.