Born: Toledo, Ohio 1945
B.S. Whitewater State University, Whitewater, WI 1967
M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1968
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1969
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, 1967-69, painting and drawing
Instructor of Art, University of Illinois, 1969-72, painting and drawing
Assistant Professor of Art, University of Illinois, 1972-77, painting and drawing
Associate Professor of Art, University of Illinois, 1977-2003, painting and drawing
Materials Allocation Grant, University of Illinois Research Board, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1994
Summer fellowship, University of Illinois, 1972
Equipment Grant, University of Illinois, 1972
Appointment as Associate in the Center for Advanced Study, Chicago, IL, 1973-74
Material Allocation Grant, Ford Foundation, University of Illinois 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
Sabbatical Appointments, University of Illinois, 1975, 1982, 1989, 1996
Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Illinois, 1991, 1993, 1995
Leave of Absence for research, paid, semester II, 2004
Sterlingworth Hotel, Elkhorn, WI, 1966
Milton College, Kohler Gallery, Milton, WI, 1968
University of Wisconsin Fine Arts Gallery, Madison, WI, 1969
USUW Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI, February 1971
B.K. Smith Gallery, Whitewater, WI, February 1971
Bissel, Chicago, IL, April 1972
Louisville Art Center, Louisville, KY, March 1973
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, June 1973
George Peabody University, Nashville, TN, October 1973
Levis Faculty Center, University of Illinois, July 1975
Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD, November 1975
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, February 1976
Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, May-June 1978
Performing Arts Center, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL, April 1980
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, February 1981
Lakeview Museum of Art, Peoria, IL, February 1982
Kirkland Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, IL, November 1983
Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, IL February 1984
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, August-October 1985
Levis Faculty Center, University of Illinois, September-October 1986
Bicentennial Art Museum of Edgar County, Paris, IL, May-June 1989
John Doyle Gallery, 1989
Drury College, Springfield, MO, August-October 1993
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL May-September 2001
Drury College, Springfield, MO, November-December 2003
Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL, September 2004
Faculty Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL, 1969-2003
23rd Illinois Invitational, Springfield, IL, July 1970
Chicago and Vicinity Artists—The Hyde Park Group, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL,October 1970
Hilson, Nichols, Bushman, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park, IL, November 1970
New College Art Association, Conrad Hilton, Chicago, IL, January 1971
Invitational Watercolor Exhibit, University of Illinois, Illini Union, Urbana, IL, February 1971
Invitational Print and Drawing Show, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, September 1971
Invitational Circulating Print and Drawing Show, Extension of Visual Arts, University of Illinois, September 1971-September 1973
Art For People, traveling exhibition in the US, 1971-1972
Illinois Drawings, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, December 1971
Chicago and Vicinity Artists, John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, IL, February 1972
Pornography and Obscenity in American, traveling exhibition organized by Grove Press, New York, NY, March 1972
More Chicago Artists, Highland Park, IL, April 1973
Illinois Artists, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL, May 1975
National Drawing Invitational, Southern Illinois University Gallery, Carbondale, IL, May 1975
David Bushman, Pat MacLaughlin, Susan Senseman, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL, October 1975
Paintings and Sculpture by Midwest Faculty Artists, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL, April 1976
Paintings and Drawing by Midwest Faculty Artists, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN, May 1976
Illinois Invitational 1976, State Museum, Springfield, IL, June 1976
Artists, Joy Horwich Gallery, Glencoe, IL, October 1976
Drawings and Painting by Illinois Artists, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL, October-November 1976
Invitational Small Picture Exhibition, Illini Union, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, November 1976
Recent Work by Eight Young Artists, Leis Faculty Center, Univ.of Illinois, Urbana, IL, November 1976
Watercolors by Illinois Artists, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, February 1977
Figurative Painting by Contemporary Midwest Artists, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, February-April 1977
David Bushman, Frank Gunter, Doug Hilson, Jerome Savage, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, June-July 1997
Gallery Artists, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, June-September 1977
Paintings by Faculty of the University of Illinois
Paducah Art Guild, Paducah, KY, Feb-March 1978
Sheldon Swope Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, August 1978
Southern Illinois University Gallery, Carbondale, IL, January-February 1979
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, March-April 1979
Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN, June-July 1979
Gallery Artists, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, April 1978
Group Show, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, May-July 1978
Works on Paper, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, November 1979
Central and Southern Illinois Artists, sponsored by Illinois Bell Telephone, Chicago, East St. Louis, Danville, Park Forest, Rockford, and Springfield, IL, November 1978-August 1980
Washington Art ’80, National Armory, Washington, DC, May 1980
Art 1980-Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, May 1980
Champaign Artists, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Champaign, IL, April 1980
Art 1980-Toronto, Exposition Center, Toronto, Canada, June 1980
% for the Arts – Illinois Capital Development Board, Eastern Illinois University, Paul Sargent Art Gallery, Charleston, IL, July-August 1980
Illinois Consortium of Artists, traveling exhibition, organized by Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, August 1981
Gallery Artists, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, August-September 1980
University of Illinois Print and Drawing Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, IL, October-November 1980
Bushman, Briggs, Chen, Moskowitz, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, October 1980
Inaugural Exhibition, Martens-Hess Gallery, Champaign, IL, May 1981
Work by Faculty of the University of Illinois
National Museum Taipei, Taiwan, October-November 1981
Hwa Kang Museum, Chinese Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan, November-December 1981
Fung King Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January-February 1982
Edition 12, Reicker Gallery, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL, November-December 1981
Art Reunion Ala Carte, Sargent Art Gallery, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, April-May 1982
Central Illinois Art Consortium
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, August-September 1982
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, February-March 1983
Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, IL March-April 1983
Inaugural Exhibition, Byre Museum of Arts, Evanston, IL, September 1982
Selection V, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, November-December 1982
Selected Faculty Work by Members of the School of Art and Design
Institute of Technology MARA Shah Alam, November 1982
National Gallery of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November-December 1982
National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, February 1983
American Embassy, Kuala Lumpur, July 1983
Illinois Image, Danville Community College, Danville, IL, October-November 1982
Gallery Artists, Gilman Gallery, Chicago, IL, April-May 1983
Illinois Artists, Suzanne Parke Gallery, Champaign, IL, April 1983
Selected Faculty Work by Members of the School of Art and Design, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, June-July 1983
New Talent—New Work, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, December 1983-January 1984
South of I-80, N.B.A. Gallery, Chicago, IL, December 1983-January 1984
Illinois Images: 21 Painters, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL, December 1983-January 1984
David Bushman—Figurative Etchings, Gilman Galleries, Chicago, IL, January-February 1984
University of Wisconsin Invitational Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI, March-April, 1985
Inaugural Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Champaign, IL, January 1986
Figurative Work, Anderson Gallery, Champaign, IL, April-May 1986
Selected Work by Faculty of the School of Art and Design, Chinese National Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China, April 1987
Whitewater Invitational, University of Wisconsin Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI, May-June 1987
Proposition, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY, July-August 1987
Evansville Museum Invitational, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN, December 1988-January 1989
Western Kentucky National Drawing Invitational, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, eptember-October 1989
Coming of Age—21 Year of Collecting, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, September-November 1989
Partners in Purchase, State of Illinois Art, Chicago, IL, September-November 1989
42nd National Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Duxbury Museum, Boston, MA, November 1989-January 1990
Midwest Drawing Invitational, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, January-February 1990
Partners in Purchase, Lakeview Museum of Art, Peoria, IL, February-May 1990
Survey of Contemporary Illinois Watercolor, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL, September-October 1991
12th University of Dallas National Print Invitational, Haggerty Art Center, University of Dallas, Irving, TX, November-December 1991 – 1993
National Contemporary Still-Life Exhibition, Louisville Art Center, Louisville, Kentucky, February-March 1994
Major Miniatures, Cox Gallery, Drury College, Springfield, MO, November-December 1996
Artists Invite Artists, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL, December 1996
Students of Thomas Parker 1956-2000, Drury College, Springfield, MO, April-June 2001
Cash Award, National Merit Exhibitions, Washington, DC, 1966
Cash Award, Burpee Art Center, Rockford, IL, 1967
Purchase Award, Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors, Milwaukee, WI, 1967
Purchase Award, Platteville State University, Platteville, WI, 1967
Purchase Award, Oshkosh State University Oshkosh, WI, 1967
Cash Award, Milwaukee Art Center, Friends of Art, Milwaukee, WI, 1967
Cash Award, Madison State Journal, Madison, WI, 1968
Cash Award, Wisconsin Salon of Art, Madison, WI, 1968
Cash Award, University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, Madison, WI, 1968
Purchase Award, New York University, New York, NY, 1969
Cash Award, Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL, 1970
Cash Award, 14th Midwest Biennial Exhibition, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 1976
Purchase Award, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, June 1976
Purchase Award, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, 1977
Purchase Award, 15th National Bradley Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL, February 1979
Purchase Award for Eastern Illinois University, Capital Development Board, Springfield, IL, Aug 1980
Purchase Award, 38th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, March 1982
Cash Merit Award, 35th Mid-States Exhibition, Evansville, IN, November 1982
Purchase Award for Danville Area Community College, Capital Development Board, Springfield, IL November 1982
Cash Award, 14th Annual Union League of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 1983
Purchase Award, Mid-American Biennial, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY, June 1986
Purchase Award, Mid-State Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, October 1986
Purchase Award, 43rd Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, October 1986
Third Place Cash Award, 37th Annual Spiva Annual, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO, March 1987
Purchase Award, Open Spectrum Competitive Exhibition, David Alder Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL, April-May 1987
Cash Merit Award, 1987 Watertower National Exhibition, Watertower Art Association, Louisville, KY, March-April 1987
Second Place Cash Award, 1987 Charlotte National, Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC, May 1987
First Place Cash Award, 8th Annual CIAC Visual Arts Touring Exhibition, Illinois Arts Consortium, Peoria, IL, Touring Exhibition
Purchase Award, 13th National Small Painting, Drawing, and Print Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Art Gallery, Hays State University, Hays, KS, February-March 1988
Kauffman Cash Award, 1st Annual Northern Juried Exhibition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI, July-August 1988
Juror Merit Award, 1988 Mid-American Biennial, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY, August-October 1988
Jurors Cash Merit Award, 7th Biennial Watercolor Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, January-February 1989
Third Place Cash Award and Purchase Award, 39th Spiva Annual National Exhibition, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO, March 1989
First Place Purchase Award, 7th Annual Realism Today, American Artists Magazine, June-August 1989
Cash HM Award, 13th Biennial Southern Illinois Exhibition, Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL, October-November 1989
Museum Purchase Award, 42nd National Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Duxbury Museum, Boston, MA, November 1989-January 1990
Purchase Award, Dakota 100, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, and Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND, September-December 1989
Honorable Mention, 34th National Print Exhibition, Payne Art Gallery, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, March-April 1990
Jurors Cash Merit Award, 8th Biennial Watercolor Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, December 1990-January 1991
Best of Show Cash Award, 11th National Small Painting Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, March-April 1991
Purchase Award, 12th National Print and Drawing Exhibit, University of Dallas, Irving, TX, November-December 1991
Jurors Award, 1992 Pacific States International Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, March-April 1992