SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg SC
7th Annual Artists’ Collective Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
“Contrasts,” Juried Exhibition, Thornback Gallery, Greenville, SC
2024 Art Fields 2024, Lake City, SC
Artisphere Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition, Greenville, SC
CraftForms 2024, 29th Annual Juried Exhibition, Wayne Arts Center, PA
2023 50th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
5th Annual Artists’ Collective Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
2022 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Art of the Lathe, Solo Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
4th Annual Artists’ Collective Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
2021 48th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
3rd Annual Artists Collective Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
2020 ArtFields 2020, Lake City, SC
47th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Artists’ Collective Juried Exhibition 2020, Spartanburg, SC
2019 46th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Artists’ Collective Juried Exhibition 2019, Spartanburg, SC
2018 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO
2017 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO
Out of Australia- Solo Exhibition, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC
44th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2016 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO
43rd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2015 The Salon Show - Carolina’s Got Art, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Southern Highland Craft Guild Members’ Exhibition, Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington DC
42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2014 41st Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2013 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Salon Show - Carolina’s Got Art, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
40th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2012 39th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Members’ Award Show, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2011 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Art of Wood - Outside the Box, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
2010 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Teapot, 4th Annual POP Invitational Exhibit, American Association of Woodturners, Hartford, CT
National Art Encounter 2010, The vonLiebig Center, Naples, Fl
From Wood to Paper, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC
2009 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Focus Gallery Exhibit, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
Art of Tea, VisArts Center, Rockville, MD
Piedmont Arts Classic Crafts Exhibit, Piedmont Arts Center, Martinsville, VA
36th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2008 Exhibition of Woodturners, The Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC
35th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2007 American Craft Council - Southeast Region Annual Juried Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
34th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
The 4th Biennial Hub City Art Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
2006 The Spartanburg Museum of Art Annual Art Show, Spartanburg, SC
Beyond the Bowl - Woodturning by David Datwyler, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
33rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Transboreal, The Brezler Gallery, Roswell, GA
2005 Of Hearth and Home, Woolworth Walk, Asheville, NC
Spartanburg Regional Outpatient Center - Healing Arts, Spartanburg, SC
2004 QS/1 Data Systems - The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
DEMONSTRATIONS
2020 Virtual Art Walk - Facebook Live, Spartanburg, SC
2015 Spartanburg Artists’ Guild, Spartanburg, SC
2013 Carolina Mountain Woodturners, Asheville, NC
2010 Georgia Association of Woodturners, Atlanta, GA
South Metro Turners, Atlanta, GA
2009 North Carolina Woodturning Symposium, Greensboro, NC
Southern Piedmont Woodturners, Concord, NC
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Southern Exposure Art Group
Tryon Painters and Sculptors
Southern Highland Craft Guild
The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg
GALLERIES AND REPRESENTION
Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC
Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Tryon, NC
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC
ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Datwyler is an artist who lives in Spartanburg, SC. His work is inspired by historical and modern vessels, especially pottery and blown glass. Although often based on utilitarian items such as baskets, vessels and tea pots, his pieces are purely ornamental celebrations of craft as an art form. A lathe, a power tool that spins wood as it is being carved, is used as a basis for his work. He then enhances his pieces by carving, sculpting, deconstructing and reconstructing different components.
He discovered woodturning as an art form 20 years ago. Captivated by the forms that could be produced on a lathe, he began turning in 2004. His work has been in galleries, exhibitions and museums throughout the country. He has won multiple awards including many best of show awards.