David Tycho was born in Vancouver, Canada, and attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied painting under renowned Canadian artist Gordon Smith. After graduating, David moved to Asia for four years, an experience which had a deep and lasting effect on his sensibilities and on his art.

Tycho had his first solo show in Vancouver in 1993, and has exhibited often and regularly ever since. Over the past three decades, David’s art has explored the genres of abstraction and representation, at times more experimental and intuitive and at other times more reflective of his surroundings. His works are inspired by subjects ranging from pristine wilderness to urban sprawl, to the people he encounters in his daily life. In addition to painting, in 2020 Tycho began working with photography and digital media, resulting in digital composite images printed on aluminum.

David has exhibited his work in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Winnipeg, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Geneva, Brussels, Zürich, Singapore and Manila, and his paintings and digital images are collected worldwide. His work has been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, and he is often interviewed on radio and television.