David Kassan - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
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Updated on January 06, 2026
Explore David Kassan net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Artist and painter, who is famous for his portraits in oil. He has been given the Gold Medal of Honor from the Allied Artists of America in 2017. He is also known for his solo and group shows in galleries all the way from New York to London to India. He posts his work on Instagram to his more than 270,000 followers. In this article, we will discover how old is David Kassan? Who is David Kassan dating now & how much money does David Kassan have?
| Name | David Kassan |
| First Name | David |
| Last Name | Kassan |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Birthday | February 25 |
| Birth Year | 1977 |
| Place of Birth | Little Rock |
| Home Town | Arkansas |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
David Kassan Biography
David Kassan is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on February 25, 1977 in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Bradley Walker Tomlin and Tom Lovell are fellow painters who also attended Syracuse University. and Tom Lovell are two of their fellow artists who both were students at Syracuse University.
David Jon Kassan (born February 25, 1977 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an internationally recognized contemporary American painter best known for his life-size representational paintings, which combine figurative subjects with abstract backgrounds or “tromp l’oeil texture studies,” Of this dual representation strategy Kassan notes, “my effort to constantly learn to document reality with a naturalistic, representational painting technique allows for pieces to be inherent contradictions; paintings that are both real and abstract.” Kassan’s work is best classified as Social Documentary Painting, due to the importance and relevance of the subjects he chooses to represent.
David Kassan received his B.F.A. in 1999 from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. He continued his studies at The National Academy, and the Art Students League of New York, both in Manhattan
He was was raised at Little Rock and often shares pictures with his girlfriend as well as fellow artist Shana Levenson.
His artworks and paintings have been featured in a variety of news publications, like The Times of London for his participation in the BP Portrait Prize as and on The Philadelphia Daily News in June of 2015.
Over the past six years, David has taught, demonstrated and lectured at a wide variety of art schools and universities around the world as well as in the United States: Scottsdale Artists School Scottsdale Artists School; Art Students League New York; National Academy Design School of Fine Art, New York; Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland; La Figurative Academy, LA; Korpus School, LA; JSS Italy Abroad program, Italy; Ta Hatahana, Tel Aviv; Whidbey Island, Seattle, WA; Gage Academy, Seattle, WA; Private Workshop, Byron Bay. Australia; Art Academy, Adelaide Australia; University of Alaska, AK; Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ; Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ; Finger Lakes Community College, Rochester, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; Southern Atelier, Sarasota, FL; Savannah College of Art and Design. GA; Studio Argenta, Little Rock, AR; Myndlistaskólinn, The Reykjavík School of Visual Arts, Iceland; Bay Area Artists Atelier, SF, CA; 72nd Street Studio, Bayridge, Brooklyn; Salmagundi Club, NY; Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NYC; The Teaching Studio, Brooklyn Oyster Bay.; Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati OH; Akron Artists Society, Akron, OH; Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga, TN; Faro Portugal; MNAC Romania; Centre College, Danville, KY; Syracuse University, NY
David Kassan Net Worth
David is one of the richest Painter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Kassan's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
He graduated with a BFA in Fine Art from Syracuse University and went on to pursue studies in the National Academy in 2001. He graduated in 2003. enrolled in his first class of the British Institute of Florence and in 2007 he graduated in 2007 from his school, the Art Students League of New York. The first major solo exhibition was held on the 25th of May 2005, at the Louise & Bernard Palitz Gallery in New York.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Painter |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Kassan is a much sought after drawing and painting instructor because of his steadfast commitment to the age old discipline of working from life and creating compelling expressions of the human condition. He has given painting/drawing seminars and lectures at various institutions, and universities around the world. In 2013, he founded the Kassan Foundation in hopes of giving grants directly to underprivileged talent in both the visual and musical arts.
He was one of three shortlisted for the 2014 BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London, with his painting “Letter to my Mom”.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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In 2013, Kassan founded the Kassan Foundation in hopes of giving grants directly to underprivileged talent in both the visual and musical performance arts.
Who is David Kassan Dating?
According to our records, David Kassan is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, David Kassan’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for David Kassan. You may help us to build the dating records for David Kassan!In 2014, Kassan turned his attention to painting and documenting Survivors of the Holocaust, with the development of the EDUT project )-“edut” being Hebrew for “living witnesses” as a way of connecting with his grandfather’s traumatic history of escaping ethnic cleansing on the border of Romania and Ukraine to come to America in 1917. The EDUT project’s mission is to meet with as many living Survivors to the Shoah as possible and to document them in filmed video portraits and in paintings and drawings.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
David Kassan height Not available right now. David weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
His Newington-Cropsey Foundation Travel Grant allowed him to study and sketch in Italy in the summer of 2003. There he conducted sketch studies of various masterworks, which are source of inspiration to his own work. These experiences were recorded in a self-published book “Lentemente Italia”.
In 2017, David Kassan partnered with the USC Shoah Foundation and the USC Fisher Museum of Art to develop the EDUT project into a Resilience Exhibition which will open at the Fisher Museum in the fall of 2019 in Los Angeles.
Facts & Trivia
David Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Kassan celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.
Kassan’s technical mastery of oil paint combined with adept draftsmanship enables him to fluently represent what he sees. This is evident in the stunning flesh tones Kassan achieves. Transparent layers of oil paint are built up, forming an intricate lattice of veins, blood and skin. Through this light enters and is reflected back.
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