David Hinnebusch | Expressionistic Painter

Media-rich CV — the full CV with the pictures under the listings.

David Hinnebusch — LA artist, spending time in Montreal

Born August 2, 1964, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. West Los Angeles resident since 1968.

Education: Santa Monica College of Design, Art & Architecture — 1994 and 1997, one year each; studied with Deborah Sussman, Roland Young, George Herms, Laddie John Dill, Lisa Adams.

Solo exhibitions (highlights)

  • 2003–present — Paintings hanging on the walls of all four Hollywood sound stages — Ben Kitay Studios (2003–2019), now BLT Studios (2019–present)
Paintings hung along the top of a BLT Studios sound stage
Art hanging on the sound stage at BLT Studios
Artwork hanging at BLT Studios

Fun list of celebrities

  • 2017 — Georges Laoun Opticien, Montreal (next to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; gift shop opens into the optician shop)
Paintings hanging at Georges Laoun Opticien, Montreal, 2017
The 2017 hang at Georges Laoun Opticien, Montreal
Paintings at Georges Laoun Opticien, Montreal, 2017
  • 2006–present — Paper Scissors Rock, Venice (hair salon; paintings hanging continuously since 2006, still up — art in exchange for haircuts, 20 years)
  • 2013 — “Making Venice History”, Semi-Fine Art Gallery, 1118 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice (opening reception Thursday, February 21, 5–8pm; LA Art Party listing)
  • 2013 — Live painting, O’Gara Coach, Westlake Village (outdoor event — the Bentley painting)
David standing at his painting table outdoors under a big umbrella, the Bentley painting behind him
Close-up of the Bentley painting, paints lined up along the table in front of it
Bugatti artwork — a white Bugatti front end over one of David's paintings
  • 2014 — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles charity event, O’Gara Coach — the carousel painting shown (the sign behind the event volunteer reads Los Angeles Children’s Hospital)
An event volunteer standing with the carousel painting at the tables, the Los Angeles Children's Hospital sign behind her
  • 2013 — Live painting, O’Gara Coach, Beverly Hills — the Grand Bentley Flying Spur, painted live in the showroom
The big painting on an easel in the O'Gara Coach Beverly Hills showroom, between the Bentleys
The showroom painting with the gold O'Gara Coach mark over it
Dawne Czarny standing in front of the painting
Dawne Czarny with David, holding a copy of the O'Gara Coach showroom photo
Malibu Surfside News page, January 8, 2014, showing David in front of the painting
  • 2013 — Live painting, O’Gara Coach, Beverly Hills (June 25, 2013) — the carousel painting; $1,000 fee
  • 2012 — Georges Laoun Opticien, Montreal (Saint-Denis, July 2)
Paintings hanging at Georges Laoun Opticien, Montreal, 2012
The 2012 hang at Georges Laoun Opticien, Saint-Denis, Montreal
Paintings at Georges Laoun Opticien, Montreal, 2012
  • 2012 — Malibu Artbarn
  • 2012 — Malibu Pie Festival
  • 2011 — Whole Foods, Venice; The Otheroom, Venice; Abbot’s Habit, Venice; Point Dume Club Spring Sale, Malibu
Art show at Whole Foods Market, Venice
  • 2010 — Lévis, Quebec, Canada
The little gallery in Lévis, across from Quebec City, where David painted for a weekend in 2010
  • 2010 — Exhibit, O’Gara Coach, Beverly Hills
  • 2008 — create-a-village.org
  • 2007 — “Paintings from the Sandy Alleys of LA”, Black and Blue Boutique (Black + Blue), 2711 Main St., Santa Monica (one night only, Sunday, August 5, 3–7pm; Juice Magazine, August 2007, “HINNEBUSCH ART” notice)
  • 2003 — “20 Portraits”, Ben Kitay Studios, Hollywood
Inside the sound stage at Ben Kitay Studios — paintings hung on the wall and leaning around a central table, the hand-painted "Original Art" sign pointing the way in
Visitors standing in front of two large colorful paintings hung on the white cyclorama wall of the sound stage
Two visitors silhouetted against the white cyclorama wall, looking up at the paintings hung there
Wide view across the sound stage — paintings on the walls, more work spread over the floor in taped-down canvas
A large painting hung on the wall above three smaller portrait paintings in a row
Two paintings on the wall — a small dark red one and a large graffiti-covered canvas signed "David Hinnebusch" and dated 2000
A large framed abstract painting in red, blue, and green, signed "Hinnebusch" at the lower right
The stage floor covered in taped-down canvas sheets with painted waves and a yellow beach umbrella
The floor installation from the other side — two beach umbrellas and painted waves in front of a large painting
Three visitors standing on the white stage floor in front of a tall, colorful portrait painting
David Hinnebusch in a black tank top and paint-spattered jeans standing with a guest in the stage
Guests standing and sitting at the open back of a truck parked inside the stage, surrounded by stacked paintings
Three men looking at a painting propped against the truck, the wall behind them covered with writing
Black-and-white photograph across the sound stage — visitors sitting on the floor among the work laid out
A man posting a hand-lettered sign reading "More Art, Stage 5" on the metal gate of the studio lot
David Hinnebusch standing beside the large hand-painted "Original Art" sign with its red arrow
The table at the center of the hang — the banner spells out my coinage: "German Irish Catholic Alcoholic Addict American Abstract Expressionism with the Figurative Element and Pieces of Pop Art"
Inside the studio: a drinks table set up in a corrugated-metal room, guests gathering around it
A large collage painting — a black-and-white group photograph of a family, painted over with color and text
The show's invitation: "benKitayStudios — Saturday, May 24, 2003, 6 pm — David Hinnebusch: 20 Portraits"
  • 2002 — “$8 For Punkers”, Sponto Gallery, Venice; “On Oceanfront”, Oceanfront Walk Open Air Gallery, Venice
  • 2001 — “Brooks Crossing”, Brooks and Oceanfront Walk, Venice; “The Yard Sale”, Gallery 1840, Santa Monica
  • 2000 — “Inaccurate Paintings”, Soapbox Gallery, Venice — my first show
  • 1999 — “Disneyland on 42nd Street”, Max’s, Los Angeles
  • 1998 — “Well Hung at the Novel”, The Novel, Santa Monica
  • 1995 — “New Work”, The Novel, Santa Monica
  • 1994 — “Mathematical Figures”, Studio 18 Gallery, Santa Monica

Newsrooms and commissions

  • Children’s illustrations for the Wall Street Journal (commissioned)
  • Paintings hanging in Sam’s office, Wall Street Journal newsroom, New York
David Hinnebusch's paintings on the walls of the Wall Street Journal office in New York, staff working at their desks
  • Paintings hanging in Sam’s office, Los Angeles Times newsroom
David Hinnebusch's paintings on the walls of the Los Angeles Times newsroom

Murals

  • 2024 — Mural at Jody’s house
The mural at Jody's house, 2024
One section of the mural at Jody's house
David painting the mural at Jody's house
David painting the mural at Jody's house
David painting the mural at Jody's house
David painting the mural at Jody's house
David painting the mural at Jody's house
  • 2023 — Alley mural, Montreal
The alley mural in Montreal
  • 2020 — Downtown Los Angeles, small mural / mirror painting with my son (January 2, 2020; storefront mirror at the DTLA gift shop, 719 S. Spring St.)
The small mural / mirror painting in downtown Los Angeles, done with David's son
The mirror painting at the DTLA gift shop, 719 S. Spring St.
  • 2011 — Westwood, California, wall-painting party (living room painted wall to wall)
A living room painted wall to wall — the Westwood wall-painting party
A living room painted wall to wall — the Westwood wall-painting party
A living room painted wall to wall — the Westwood wall-painting party
A living room painted wall to wall — the Westwood wall-painting party
A living room painted wall to wall — the Westwood wall-painting party
A living room painted wall to wall — the Westwood wall-painting party
  • 2010 — Lévis, near Quebec City
  • 2006 — Venice wall mural, 957 Pacific Ave., signed “Art by HINNEBUSCH”, dated on the wall 06-16-06 (destroyed 2010); Brooks Crossing 2006; Burning Man 2006
Panorama of the Venice wall mural at 957 Pacific Ave.
Detail crops of the Venice wall mural
The Venice wall mural
The Burning Man mural, 2006
The long Venice wall mural
  • 2005 — Painting walls with Jody’s kids
Painting the walls with Jody's kids, 2005
  • 2004 — WallHall#09, Hollywood (painting the walls / filling the space with art)
Painting the walls at Wall Hall, 2004
  • 1999 — Brooks Construction Wall
  • 1994 — School mural; school project
  • 1971 — First-grade mural, airport scene (my first mural)
David's first-grade mural — an airport scene, 1971

Group and charity exhibitions

  • 2026 — 8th Expo-don silent auction, Fondation du Collège de Maisonneuve, Montréal (lot #68); Venice Art Crawl (Mar 19-20, June 19, Aug 21); Abbott Kinney street-selling (Saturdays, June-Aug)
  • 2025 — Venice Art Crawl (June 19, Aug 21); Abbott Kinney street-selling (Aug 29–31); Main Street Summer Solstice Festival, Santa Monica (June 21, booth 84)
  • 2024 — Beverly Hills Art Show (May 18–19, space #302; October); Venice Art Crawl (June 20–21, Aug 15); Venice Beach boardwalk test (didn’t make money)
David's booth at the Beverly Hills Art Show
  • 2023 — Beverly Hills Art Show (October); Venice Art Crawl (Aug 17 — new art at 495 Carroll Canal, with steps and succulents); Mosaic show, not shown on Instagram
  • 2022 — Pop-up show, 8483 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles (Nov 17, 5–8pm; time-lapse of the available paintings)
  • 2019–2020 — Staples Design Services boutique / DTLA gift shop, 719 S. Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles (art on the walls of the shop)
  • 2017 — A.I.R. Exhibition, B&B&Co Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles (March)
  • 2014 — Starbucks, Manhattan (window show, May)
  • 2013 — LA Art Show (January); Malibu Fine Art Show, Malibu Country Mart (May 18; presented by MKL Productions, now Grants Gallery; Suzanne Price rep.)
  • 2012 — Starbucks, Malibu (art hanging in the store)
  • 2011 — Downtown Artwalk, Los Angeles; Venice Art Crawl (incl. Whole Foods, Lincoln — the Crawl’s 1st anniversary)
  • 2010 — Venice Art Crawl, Fig Tree & Aardvarks, Venice (Sept–Oct); Abbott Kinney Arts Festival, side-walk sale (Sept 25–26)
  • 2009 — Bonsall Drive house, Malibu (party/exhibition; art hung in the house for two years; 11 paintings sold for $11,000 to the buyers of the house); Next Models
  • 2008 — Allen Pacheco Salon, 175 Pier Ave., Santa Monica (work taken down after customer complaints about a gay couple using a drinking fountain)
  • 2007 — Auction for the Arts, Education Foundation of Santa Monica–Malibu; “Summer of Love”, South Boston
  • 2006 — Claudia Milan Art Series, Venice
  • 2004 — “WallHall#09”, Hollywood; “All Seven”, Venice
Wall Hall #9 poster reading “Contemporary Art Does Not Exist,” with the dates August 23 – September 19, 2004
The main room of the Wall Hall space, empty, with large colorful paintings hung in a row along the wall
A man in a white t-shirt and glasses standing in front of a large colorful painting of a room interior
Four life-size figure paintings in a row, each signed "Esenherz — Wall Hall"
A corner room at Wall Hall with paintings covering the walls, lit by fluorescent tubes, a visitor walking through
A narrow corridor at Wall Hall lined with paintings on both sides, with visitors walking through it
The Wall Hall fence at night with a large hand-painted banner reading “Artist Reception, Thursday September 16, 8 PM”
A group of reception guests standing and talking in a room hung with colorful paintings at Wall Hall
Visitors standing on patterned rugs in the main room at Wall Hall, looking at the paintings along the wall
A group of guests standing and talking outside the Wall Hall space during the reception
A DJ in a red cap working turntables on a table inside the Wall Hall space, paintings on the wall behind him
A band playing at the reception: a singer with a harmonica at the microphone, a drummer and a bass player
Black-and-white photograph of the band playing at Wall Hall while a woman dances in the foreground
A woman in a floral dress dancing on the rugs at the reception while band members play behind her
A figure in a blonde wig, fur-trimmed jacket and pink gloves standing inside a white mesh cube at Wall Hall
A figure in a dark outfit with tall dark hair seen through the white mesh of the cube at Wall Hall
A woman in a lace dress posing outdoors at night beside a tall lit floor lamp at Wall Hall
A film being projected on a large screen inside the Wall Hall space, with paintings on the walls around it
The printed Wall Hall #9 schedule flyer listing events on September 10, 15 and 16, 2004, at 7000 Melrose Avenue
  • 2003 — “Judy Preminger Presents”, Santa Monica
  • 2000 — Rock The Vote @ Squeak Pictures, Los Angeles
  • 1999 — Trade City, Santa Monica
  • 1999 — Santa Monica Pier — Christmas banner, part of the citywide “Joy” banner exhibition around Santa Monica
  • 1998 — “Save the Malibu Day”, Surfrider Foundation, Malibu; “Abstract Synergism”, Rico Gallery, Santa Monica
  • 1995–2000 — “Joy”, Citywide Christmas Banner project, Santa Monica (cur. Laddie John Dill)
  • Venice Art Walk Silent Auction, 2001–2011

Press

  • 2026 — VoyageLA, “Check Out David Hinnebusch’s Story,” Local Stories, August 3, 2026 (interview) (instagram.com)
  • 2014 — Malibu Surfside News, “A different stroke” by Chris Bashaw, January 8, 2014 (clipping)
  • 2010 — Journal de Lévis, “Des toiles qui parlent” by Marie-Michelle Gagné, July 19, 2010 (clipping)
  • 2010 — Le Peuple, Lévis, article on David and his ArtSPAM gallery, 40 Côte du Passage, 2010 (clipping)
  • 2009 — Santa Monica Observer, “Local Artist Goes International: The Venice Boardwalk to Indonesia” by Kat Thomas, January 5–11, 2009 (clipping)
  • 2008 — LA Weekly, “The Outsider” by Rena Kosnett, May 14, 2008 (clipping)
  • 2008 — Long Beach Press-Telegram, “Art to help build a village” by Andy Franks, July 10, 2008 (clipping)
  • 2006 — LA2DAY, artist interview, November 2006 (clipping)
  • 2003 — Malibu Monthly, “20 Portraits: If God Made You, How Can You Not Be Great,” compiled by Mia Dinelly, May 2003 (clipping)

The clippings themselves are at the bottom of this page.

Publications

  • My 280-page monograph, The ART of DAVID HINNEBUSCH, was published by Blurb in 2008.
  • HFN The Lost Angels Guide To Psychic Awareness Vol 1, 80-page full-color trade paperback (bookandcomics.com)

Film / television rentals

Work featured on: Cedric the Entertainer (Fox Television), Sabrina the Teenage Witch ep. 147 (Viacom), Snoop’s House, The Real “L” Word.

  • 2026 — NFL Hometown Eats (Roku Channel, premiered Aug 24, 2026): Rebel Wilson + Davante Adams episode at Sunday’s Gravy, Inglewood
  • How I Met Your Mother — episode, via Alley Cats Art Rentals (paperwork to find).
  • 2002/03 — Hollywood Cinema Arts (art placed there).

Service

Create-a-village.org; Venice Art Walk; Surfrider Foundation; Education Foundation of Santa Monica–Malibu.

Private collections & affiliations

Black and Blue Clothing, Santa Monica; Guess Jeans; Los Angeles Times; Pamela Barish; Claudia Milan; Squeak Pictures; Cote de France, New York; Tina Kerekes, New Jersey.

Collectors list

Art Hanging Around the World

Work hanging around the world, including photos of buyers with the work they bought.

The rest of it

I ran fakeart.net for about 30 years. I’ve been painting and selling since 1994, selling full-time from 2001 on the Venice Beach boardwalk. I still sell on the street in Venice and on Abbott Kinney.

Press clippings

Press clipping: Malibu Surfside News, January 8, 2014
Malibu Surfside News — Jan 8, 2014
Press clipping: Journal de Lévis, July 19, 2010
Journal de Lévis — Jul 19, 2010
Press clipping: Le Peuple, 2010
Le Peuple — 2010
Press clipping: Santa Monica Observer, January 5–11, 2009
Santa Monica Observer — Jan 5–11, 2009
Press clipping: LA Weekly, “The Outsider,” May 14, 2008
LA Weekly — May 14, 2008
Press clipping: Long Beach Press-Telegram, July 10, 2008
Long Beach Press-Telegram — Jul 10, 2008
Press clipping: LA2DAY, November 2006
LA2DAY — Nov 2006
Press clipping: Malibu Monthly, May 2003
Malibu Monthly — May 2003
Alexander Eliot note, July 2002
Alexander Eliot note — Jul 2002
Press clipping: Santa Monica Mirror, August 24–30, 2006
Santa Monica Mirror — Aug 24–30, 2006
Press clipping: Argonaut, August 2, 2007
Argonaut — Aug 2, 2007
Press clipping: Art Bulletin Board, November 2014
Art Bulletin Board — Nov 2014
Press clipping: Perreault Magazine cover, February 2014
Perreault Magazine — Feb 2014
Press clipping: Wall Street Journal, October 2013
Wall Street Journal — Oct 2013
  • Malibu Surfside News — Jan 8, 2014
  • Journal de Lévis — Jul 19, 2010
  • Le Peuple — 2010
  • Santa Monica Observer — Jan 5–11, 2009
  • LA Weekly — May 14, 2008
  • Long Beach Press-Telegram — Jul 10, 2008
  • LA2DAY — Nov 2006
  • Malibu Monthly — May 2003
  • Alexander Eliot note — Jul 2002
  • Santa Monica Mirror — Aug 24–30, 2006
  • Argonaut — Aug 2, 2007
  • Art Bulletin Board — Nov 2014
  • Perreault Magazine — Feb 2014
  • Wall Street Journal — Oct 2013

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