David Zalben approaches his life's work not as a career, but as a way of life, where he lives to inspire and be inspired. He is fascinated with complicated simplicity, and wire as a medium allows him to be clever with just his hands and a pair of pliers.  His goal is to make unexpected sculpture that resonates beyond the aesthetic, that might evoke a sense of nostalgia, of innocence, humor or sexuality.  And with the wire he can transform verse into a visual art form that speaks of love, pain and a feeling of spiritual growth. His latest works involve creating wire sculptures at public places in Miami Beach aka ‘wire graffiti’ which has generated lots of interest.

About the Artist

David Zalben was born in Brooklyn, New York but after the age of 4 moved from city to city often, including having lived four years in Sao Paulo, Brazil. David was fascinated with photography at the age of 9, and took pictures constantly, eventually working with school newspapers and winning awards at a young age. After high school he attended a 2-year course at a photography school in Boston, where he focused on advertising photography.  He started his creative life working with photography in Boston, and later in Chicago where he established himself professionally by engineering new approaches and innovative techniques such as selective focus. After working as a photographer for many years, he went through a period of transformation and started to paint, which later included bending wire into sculpture.