My Brief Meet With Sculptor David Kaufman
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Ni Oggie Medina
It was my first time to meet in person David Kaufman, or popularly known as David Kaufman Stone, who is a contemporary mixed-media artist, abstract painter, photographer, and sculptor of Filipino-Spanish descent.
Schooled at De La Salle University’s College of Saint Benilde in Manila and the University of Oxford, David leads a 30-year career founding an architectural stone and marble company in the Philippines.
Known for his expressionistic, high-energy portraits and abstract works inspired by street culture and human resilience, David describes his physical, multi-layered mark-making—using brushes, pouring, splattering, and full-body movements—as a “performance in paint”.
He expanded into stone sculpture, notably collaborating with renowned glass artist Ramon Orlina on a 500-kilogram marble-and-glass masterpiece titled “Rebirth”.
He maintains active art studios in both Manila and Madrid, exhibiting widely across the Philippines, Spain, Germany, and Indonesia. His work has been featured locally at venues like the Ortigas Art Festival and Altro Mondo Creative Space.
He is one of the featured artists in the 22nd Annual Sculpture Review currently on view at The Art Center, SM Megamall. Recognized as the Philippines’ largest and most enduring gathering of Filipino sculptors, this year’s exhibition features over 80 of the country’s leading sculptors and runs until October 13, 2026.