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David Askevold
1940-03-30 – 2008-01-23
Life & Legacy
David Askevold (30 March 1940 – 23 January 2008) was born in Montana and was an experimental artist who lived in Nova Scotia.
Askevold studied art and anthropology at the University of Montana. In 1963, he won a Max Beckmann Scholarship to study painting for a year at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York. In 1966, he enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, in Sculpture. Askevold went to Halifax and joined the faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1968, where he worked on and off until 1992.
Occupation & Career
artist, university teacher, video artist, photographer, television producer, visual artist, painter
Education
University of Montana; Kansas City Art Institute
Legacy Highlights
Employer
California Institute of the Arts · University of California, Irvine
Education & Institutions
Kansas City Art Institute · University of Montana
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q5230889 — wikidata View source
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