[2] After completing his studies, Saunders was appointed to a teaching post at Newport College of Art in 1965, where he first met the painter Jeffrey Steele.

[4] In 1968, at the Arts Council of Great Britain Thirtieth Open Exhibition for Painting and Sculpture in Cardiff, Saunders and Steele won the Purchase Prize.

[5] This event began a long collaboration between both artists and, one year later, Saunders was one of the founding members of the Systems Group,[2] following a 1969 exhibition in Helsinki.

In 1989 he also co-initiated (with Richard Bell and Nicole Charlett) the exhibition Complexions which opened at Galerie L'Idee, Zoetermeer, Holland and toured to Dean Clough Contemporary Art Gallery, Halifax with support from the British Council.

[1] In 2013, Saunders and British artist Justin Jones established The Mercus Barn space based in the Ariège, Pyrénées.

The Eye and Mind project (2014-2018) was directed by David Saunders in collaboration with selected artists, writers, musicians, and gallerists.

[7] Saunders is also mentioned in Alastair Grieve's 2005 book "Constructed Abstract Art in England After the Second World War: A Neglected Avant-Garde".