David Gilhooly

[3] He was raised in Los Altos, California;[5] Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico.

[5] Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic Movement of the San Francisco Bay Area.

[6] David left TB-9 for one semester to become Manuel Neri's assistant and started making art out of lumber, fur, neon lights and asbestos shingles.[when?]

[7] In 1969, Gilhooly met ceramicist Victor Cicansky at UC Davis and, at his suggestion, he took a teaching position at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada (1969 to 1971).

Bathing with the Beavers (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia), might contain imperfections to mimic hobby work.