Dave Caudill is an American sculptor who creates artworks for public, corporate and private collections. His larger public works may be found at Louisiana's Rip Van Winkle Gardens, East Tennessee's Horizon Center park, the University of Kentucky's Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Louisville School of Music, and the Louisville Zoo. Corporate collections include Brown-Forman Corporation and Fire King International. Individual collectors across America have acquired his work.

He is also one of the few sculptors in the world who have created an environmental undersea sculpture. Caudill's artwork was placed on the seabed near Nassau, The Bahamas.

Recent commissions include development of the Spirit of Peace Award, presented to former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and renowned singer Judy Collins, in recognition of their efforts to support mental health.

His medium is welded stainless steel, used to create a wide variety of structures and images.

Caudill attended the University of Kentucky and the Louisville School of Art. Current professional affiliations include the International Sculpture Center, the Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen and the Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design, of which he is a board member.

In 2000, he initiated a project for rural libraries called "Sparking Creativity," an ongoing series of workshops, exhibits and presentations. To promote innovative capacity in everyone, these events present a greater understanding of creativity, how to enhance it and how to recognize obstacles. They were supported in part by the Kentucky Arts Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Born in Corbin, Kentucky in 1950, he maintains his home and studio in Louisville.

City of Louisville
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee,    Oak Ridge, TN
Lexington Arboretum,    Lexington, KY
Louisville Free Public Library at Crescent Hill
Rauch Planetarium,    Louisville, KY
The Louisville Zoo
Singletary Center for the Arts,    University of Kentucky,    Lexington, KY
St. Francis School,    Louisville, KY
University of Louisville School of Music
Brown-Forman Corporation    Louisville, KY
Fire King International    New Albany, IN
Maryhurst Residential School    Louisville, KY
Republic Bank    Louisville, KY
Rip Van Winkle Gardens    New Iberia, LA
Underwriters Group    Louisville, KY
Waterfront Development Corporation    Louisville, KY
Women’s Health Care    Louisville, KY
2003 Cerlan Gallery,    Lexington, KY
2000 Promenade Gallery,    Berea, KY
2000 Cathedral of the Assumption,    Louisville, KY
2000 Artopia,    Louisville, KY
1999 Louisville Free Public Library
1995 Jefferson Community College
1992 Deemer Gallery,    Louisville, KY
2002 Mid-States Art Exhibition Evansville Museum of Art, History & Science    Evansville, IN
2002 Common Wealth Bernheim Forest Arboretum    Clermont, KY
2002 &1 several exhibitions Kentucky Art & Craft Foundation    Louisville, KY
2001 Water Tower Annual Louisville Visual Art Association
2001 Capitol Arts Alliance    Bowling Green, KY
2001 & 2000 Gallery on the Square    Danville, KY
1997 Artists Rendezvous Kennedy Gallery    Nassau, Bahamas
2001, 2000 Anderson Ranch    Snowmass, CO
1970-73 Louisville School of Art    Louisville, KY
1968-70 University of Kentucky    Lexington, KY
2003 Visiting Artist, The Arboretum,    Lexington, KY
2001 Scholarship, Anderson Ranch
2001 Early Times Scholarship, Kentucky Art & Craft Foundation
2001, 2000 Best of Show, Louisville Craftsmens Guild
2000, 1998 Kentucky Arts Council
2001 Initiated “Sparking Creativity” educational workshop project at rural Kentucky libraries
Board member, Kentucky Museum of Arts & Design
Member, International Sculpture Center
Member, Kentucky Guild of Artists & Craftsmen
Member, Louisville Artisans Guild
Hand Artes Gallery,    Truchas, NM
Jeffry Mann Gallery,    Basalt, CO
Cerlan Gallery,    Lexington, KY
Promenade Gallery,    Berea, KY