avid Hochbaum has never been a man to follow any popular, idealistic political views. David Hochbaum has never been a man to believe in any institutional faiths or religions. David has never been a boy to fit in the crowd or be "one of the boys". Yet his works evoke both a social and spiritual emotion that is universal.

David Hochbaum's art is the construction of paintings built on photographs and images that are not only the contemplation of human behavior, but also a reaction to history, astronomy, sex, and iconoclastic symbols. While maintaining dialogue with his own behavior, each picture produces a vision from his private world bound to elements and symbols. An exposition of women and men caged in a world constructed by natural elements and surrounded by foreign symbols. Artistic craftsmanship of the captured image married with the depositions of alienation war with archetypal roles of gender, age, and reason. The figures in David's work seek a balance between the static and kinetic forces of a very surreal and psychosexual environment in which they dwell.

David's interests have always leaned towards fine arts and with the motivation of his mother's encouragement and inspiration of his father's disregard for conventional lifestyle, David decided to pursue a career in art. At the Boston Museum School, David had finally found an outlet for his ideas of emotion and relationship with his peers and himself. He found his mediums by not being tied to one medium and found his connection to everyone through a voice that is unique and confident in its presentation. He found his commonality between himself and others by exposing his views on history, sexuality, and human course of action in his paintings.

David moved to his familiar city of Manhattan in 1995 and continues to explore his relationship with his mediums and ideas of behavior and religion. His images continue to be dark, harvesting the visions of his youth and still holding on to the inspirations, which led him in this direction.