Born in Detroit, David Marion Campsmith (DMC) was adopted at one month of age and was given the name James George Puntigam. He began painting seriously in 1986 when he quit his job with the Department of Social Services. Since then he has exhibited extensively in the Detroit area and has shown his work in Zacatecas, Mexico and Paris, France. He has been curator of the Zeitgeist Gallery since October, 2001. Puntigam currently lives in Detroit with his wife, artist and potter Diana Alva.
