David Polka

July 2014 | 21st & Pearl, Boulder, CO

David Polka is a visual artist and graphic designer currently based in Oakland, CA. Originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico, he is a graduate of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and has been exhibiting work professionally since 2006. Drawing inspiration from abandoned and neglected places, stories and people, Polka’s work distills the ephemeral nature of human experience into a visual record of accumulated memories and emotions. Flowing, abstract forms envelop figures weary from loss and hardship in an exploration of transitory connections, revealing the lines connecting different facets of our existence with irrevocable patterns of life and death, destruction and rebirth.

This project was funded in part by the Awesome Boulder Foundation.