Artist: Enrico David

VeneKlasen, New York presents Enrico David: Works on Paper 1995-2026. The exhibition is the first dedicated solely to the artist’s works on paper.

“I have come to think of drawing as something that emerges from God knows where, prompting the question, ‘How can I help you?’ In that sense, all I can do is honor it and respond with the utmost gratitude, acceptance, and wonder. Through drawing, I am once again confronted by my own inadequacy in the face of something that requires so little to exist, and yet has the capacity to bring me so much hope.”

Enrico David, 2026

Enrico David (born 1966, Ancona, Italy) was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2009. Institutional solo exhibitions have been held at Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2025), which will travel to Kunsthaus Zürich, opening in February 2027; KW Institute for Contemp orary Art, Berlin (2023); Hirshhorn Museum and Garden, Washington , D.C. (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2018); Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2016); The Hepworth Wakefield (2015); UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013); New Museum, New York (2011); Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2011); Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (2009); Seattle Art Museum (2008); and ICA London (2007). In 2019, David was included in Neither Nor: The Challenge to the Labyrinth at the Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale. He lives and works in London and Turin.