David Onri Anderson

{{Short description|American painter}}

{{Infobox artist

| name = David Onri Anderson

| image = Artist and musician David Onri Anderson at his solo painting show "Apple Core Peace Temple" at Patrick Painter Gallery in Santa Monica, California 2019. Photo by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpg

| caption = Anderson in 2019 at the opening of his exhibition "Apple Core Peace Temple", at Patrick Painter Gallery in Santa Monica, California

| birth_date = 1993

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, United States

| death_date =

| field = Painting, Music, Curating

| awards = 2016 Anny Gowa Purchase Award (Watkins College of Art, Nashville),{{cite web|url=https://www.davidluskgallery.com/artists/david.onri.anderson|title=David Onri Anderson|website=David Lusk Gallery|accessdate=2 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.patrickpainter.com/REDZ/artists/2018/plastic_fantastic/pr.html|title=Patrick Painter Gallery - Carlson Hatton & David Onri Anderson - Plastic Fantastic|website=Patrickpainter.com|accessdate=2 April 2019}} 2017 Best Emerging Painter (Nashville Scene{{cite web|url=https://local.nashvillescene.com/event/elephant-gallery/earthbound-a-solo-exhibition-by-david-onri-anderson|title=Earthbound: A Solo Exhibition by David Onri Anderson|website=Nashville Scene|accessdate=2 April 2019}}

| website = {{url|davidonrianderson.com}}

}}

David Onri Anderson is a Tennessee-born painter, musician and curator of French/Algerian ancestry, who emerged from the Nashville arts community in the mid-1990s. His large scale paintings are heavily influenced by nature, eastern Tantra artwork and Cosmic Philosophy and are sometimes accompanied by installation elements such as raw earth. His works frequently explore the spaces between oneness and variation. In 2016, he was awarded the Anny Gowa Purchase Award from Watkins College of Art, Design & Film and in 2017 considered by the publication Nashville Scene as Best Emerging Painter.{{cite web|url=https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/david-onri-anderson/|title=David Onri Anderson|first=Laura Hutson|last=Hunter|date=1 September 2018|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/5-shows-by-emerging-artists-to-see-in-nyc-before-mercury-is-out-of-retrograde|title=5 Shows by Emerging Artists to See in NYC Before Mercury Is Out of Retrograde|website=Artspace.com|accessdate=2 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/arts/2017/03/30/first-saturday-art-crawl-dozen-exhibits-not-miss/99704854/|title=First Saturday Art Crawl: A dozen exhibits not to miss|website=The Tennessean|accessdate=2 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/arts/2016/07/21/top-6-cultural-events-nashville-week/87290878/|title=Top 6 cultural events in Nashville this week|website=The Tennessean|accessdate=2 April 2019}}

In early 2019, the artist's musical project, the metal-influenced Dream pop band called Onri (with fellow members Aaron Harper and Zack Rafuls), released their sixteen-track debut album, "Bed Bop".{{cite web|url=https://onri.bandcamp.com/|title=Bed Bop, by ONRI|website=Onri.bandcamp.com|accessdate=2 April 2019}}