Davide Prete is an artist and educator specializing in sculpture, digital fabrication, and new technologies in art and architecture. Prete’s work, focused on 3D modeling and public art, has earned him multiple grants and awards, including the 2024 MFA Small Wonders Award and the 2023 Conley Award. He has presented his research internationally and is involved in public art projects, such as the 2023 D.C. Commission for the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Grant.
Experience
Education
Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Fontbonne University, 2011 Master of Art in Art, Fontbonne University, 2010 Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University Iuav of Venice, Venice Italy, 2004
Roles
Associate Professor of Art, UDC, 2018-Present Faculty Senate Member, UDC, 2018-Present Art Committee, UDC, 2018-Present Curriculum Committee, UDC, 2018-Present Accreditation Steering Committee, UDC, 2018-Present Instructor, Verizon Innovative Learning Summer Program, 2020-21 Instructor, Celebrating the Creative Spark, 2021 Professional Lecturer, George Washington University, 2014-19
Courses Taught
Art and New Technologies Digital Imaging Figure Drawing and Advanced Figure Drawing Introduction and Advanced Ceramic Interdisciplinary Art I and II Introduction and Advance Sculpture Advanced Computer Simulation and Graphic Introduction to Drawing Additive Manufacturing Processes Additive Manufacturing Systems Metals and Metalsmithing Augmented Interior & Architecture Architecture Foundation Introduction to Digital Fabrication
Expertise
Sculpture Public Art Ceramics Digital Fabrication Digital Imaging Additive Manufacturing Digital Modeling
Research Focus / Works in Progress
New technologies for art and architecture; sculpture, additive manufacturing; digital fabrication; digital imaging
Impact
Selected Presentations
Prete, D. (2024). An exploration of AI text-3D generators: Latest developments and applications on 3D printing.Generative Art International Conference, Venice, Italy.
Prete, D. (2024).Noble woman and Hercules. SCULPT.
Prete, D. (2023). Lattice structures in design and art fabrication. CUA Physics.
Prete, D. (2023). Aesthetic of period, non-periodic, stochastic, and TPMS in digital sculpture. Generative Art International Conference, Rome, Italy.
Prete, D. (2023). Panelist. Commemorative Works Technical Assistance Program (TAP) Conference.
Prete, D. (2022). Generative design of lattice structures for 3D printed sculptures.Generative Art International Conference, Rome, Italy.
Prete, D. (2021). From digital to physical: Best practices to 3D print digital models in large scale physical models.Generative Art International Conference, Sardinia, Italy.
Selected Grants
(2024). Shelter bus sculpture project. (2024). Endangered animal art project. (2023). Adams Morgan Christmas lights. (2023). Covid memorial. (2023). Public art competition Brownsville project. D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities. (2023). Art bank. D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities. (2020).
Recognitions
MFA Small Wonders Award, 2024 Conley Award, MFA Winter Member Show, 2023 Honorable Mentions, MFA Winter Member Show, 2023 Certificate on Additive Manufacturing for Innovative Design and Production MIT xPRO, 2020 Diploma Fab Academy, MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, 2014 Best Design Object or Element for Home Decoration, 2002 Best Design Object or Element for Home Decoration, 2001 First Prize, International Exposition of Stia, 1995 First Prize, Art Group Show La Roggia, 1995 Diploma in Applied Arts Metalsmithing and Jewelry, Institute of Art of Venice, 1994 First Prize, Biennial of the art of the Blacksmith, 1994
