David Servoss, founder and CEO of Three Gold Tree is an artist, facilitator, and creative universalist with over 30 years of experience. David’s fluency in producing creative projects in multiple industries has led him to facilitate work in some of the most prestigious galleries, large budget films, and blue-chip private collections, both domestic and international.
His focused and inventive approach to art making, expression, and collaboration placed him in the private and public sectors of the fine arts early in his career. David’s hands on involvement includes restoration in the antiques industries, assisting sculpture houses, facilitation of work in galleries such as Barbara Gladstone and Deitch Projects, blue-chip art fabrication, and individualized support to artists such as Matthew Barney, William Kentridge, Tom Sachs, Mona Hatoum, and Bruce Nauman, as well as overseeing large scale exhibitions, such as India’s ICON Pavilion in the 2005 Venice Biennale and the Latin American Pavilion in the 2000 Kwangju Biennale. David’s own work has been exhibited in Chicago’s Walsh Gallery, the Renaissance Society, and the Proposition Gallery in NYC.
David’s varied expertise and spectrum of sensibilities has also come to serve the entertainment industry. From realizing artistic visions in film and television on projects such as Terminator: Salvation, The Avengers, The Lone Ranger, Cowboys and Aliens, Independence Day: Resurgence, and Stranger Things, to translating the creative vision of fashion campaigns such as XOXO, Gucci, and Victoria’s Secret.
After three decades of working directly with artists, collectors, curators, decorators, designers, directors, and producers, David has found that the tensegrity between ideation, fabrication, and momentum within any creative endeavor can make or break a project, a concept, or even a career, and should be handled with a nuanced approach.
Three Gold Tree was born out of respect for the artist’s flow in these pivotal moments. Not by taking away all the obstacles, or spitting out multiple solutions, but by taking a holistic approach to understanding a creator’s individual “perfect conditions”, and deliberating methods that feed a sustained creative ecosystem.
Three Gold Tree is an Art House Production Company, providing consultation and services focused on the quality and methods necessary to enhance the realization of artistic expression.
curriculum vitae
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2005 Venice Biennale/Icon India Pavilion. Venice, Italy. Project Director / Installation coordinator
Bose Pacia Gallery. NY, NY. Art Facilitation installation coordinator
Studio EIS. Brooklyn, NY. Sculpting Assistant / Mold maker
2000 Kwangju Biennale/ Latin American Pavilion. Kwangju, Korea. Project consultant / Producer
MCN Designs. NY, NY. Product fabricator / Construction
Barbara Gladstone Gallery. NY, NY. Archival handling / Construction / Installation coordinator
Dietch Projects. NY, NY. Archival handling / Architectural modifications / Installation
Leimon Mopin Gallery. NY, NY. Archival handling / Architectural modifications/ Installation
Site Santa Fe. Santa Fe, NM. Archival handling/ Construction / Fabrication / Installation coordinator / Artist support
2006 Art Basel Miami. Miami, FL. Archival handling / Construction / Installation coordinator
San Francisco Art Expo. San Francisco, CA. Archival handling / Construction / Installation coordinator
Navy Pier Art Expo. Chicago, IL. Archival handling / Construction / Installation coordinator
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Miguel Rios Studio. Lead fabricator / Sculptor / Installation coordinator
Mathew Barney Studios. Prop maker / Art fabricator / Installation coordinator
Michael Tong Studios. Metal Fabricator
Tania Bruguera. Installation coordinator
Yolanda Gutierrez. Lead fabricator / Sculptor / Installation coordinator
Sergio Vega. Lead fabricator / Installation coordinator
Juan Munoz. Construction / Fabrication / Installation coordinator
Sam Taylor Wood. Installation coordinator
Ghada Amer. Lead fabricator / Sculptor / Installation coordinator
Massimo Bartolini. Construction / Fabrication / Installation coordinator
Cornelia Ann Parker. Lead fabricator / Sculptor / Installation coordinator
Mona Hatoum. Lead fabricator / Sculptor / Installation coordinator
Tom Sachs. Sculpture fabrication / Installation coordinator
Cai Guo-Qiang. Lead fabricator / Sculptor / Installation coordinator
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Independence Day: Resurgence. Key Set Dresser / 20th Century Fox / Roland Emmerich
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Set Dresser / Paramount Pictures / Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. Key Set Dresser / 20th Century Fox / Wes Ball.
A Million Ways to Die in The West. On-Set Dresser / High Noon-ish, LLC. Seth MacFarlane
The Lone Ranger. Key Set Dresser/ Fabricator/ Silver Bullet Productions, Inc. / Gore Verbinski.
Lone Survivor. Set Dresser / Georgia Film Fund Seventeen, LLC / Peter Berg
The Last Stand. Set Dresser / Last Productions, Inc. / Kim Jee-Woon
The Avengers. Key Set Dresser / Fabricator / Marvel Eastern Productions / Joss Whedon.
The Reunion. Lead Man / Set Decoration / WWE/ Nola, LLC / Micheal Pavone.
Cowboys & Aliens. Set Dresser / Sci-west Productions, LLC / Jon Faveau
Knockout. Lead Man / Set Decoration / Five Continents Imports / Steven Soderbergh
Due Date. Set Dresser / Classic Films, Inc. / Todd Phillips.
Book of Eli. Set Dresser / Eli Productions, LLC / Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes.
The Spy Next Door. Set Dresser / Spy Next Door, LLC / Brian Levant
Crazy Heart. Set Dresser / FRB Productions / Scott Cooper.
The Year One. Set Dresser / Garden Films Productions / Harold Ramis
Terminator: Salvation. Set Dresser / T-Salvation Productions / McG
Brothers. Set Dresser / Brothers Productions / Jim Sheridan
Hamlet 2. On-Set Dresser / Bona Fide Productions / Andrew Fleming
Cremaster III. Prop Builder / Art Fabricator / Glacier Field Productions / Matthew Barney
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Stranger things season 4. Set Decoration Gang boss / Netflix productions.
Outer Range. Set dresser / Amazon productions.
Better Call Saul: Season 3. Set dresser, Shopper-Buyer / Woodridge productions.
Better Call Saul: Season 1. Set dresser / San Vicente productions.
Hieroglyph. Key Set dresser / TCFTV
Night Shift. Key Set dresser / San Vicente Productions, Inc.
Breaking Bad. Set dresser / Topanga Productions.
Crash: Season 2. Set dresser / Crash 2 Television Productions.
Murder in Sin City. Set dresser / San Vicente Productions.
The Bachelor: NY. New York. Lead prop maker / ABC
The Bachelorette. NY. New York. Lead prop maker / ABC
MTV 2004 Video Music Awards. Lead prop maker [special segments] Viacom productions
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Wired Magazine. [pop up] New York, NY. / Design Consultant / Facilitator
Microsoft. [pop up] Miami, FL. / Design Consultant / Facilitator
Studio Management. [private art production-recording studio] Brooklyn, NY. / Project Consultant -Coordinator - General Contractor
Boehringer Ingelheim. [internal content] New York, NY. / Production Designer - Coordinator
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Bed Bath & Beyond Catalog. Set fabricator / Art Director
XOXO Campaign. Set fabricator / Art Director
Victoria’s Secret Catalog. Set fabricator / Art Director