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James Davis
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Exhibition - CV
Shower, 2007
Hole-punched black velour, white velour backing, grommets, PVC, shower curtain hooks, fan
108” x 134” x 216” (installation dimensions)
Pine, 2005-07
One-half million staples on cork board
48" x 72"
Sunset, 2008-09
Heavy duty fiber-reinforced polyethylene tarps, fluorescent bulbs, polycarbonate light tubes,
poly-fil, metal pipe, blackball bungees
76” x 10” x 170”
untitled (Holsingers Football), 2006-07
Melted plastic wrap, NFL football, wood pedestal
54" x 24" x 44"
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James Davis
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EDUCATION
[2003]
MFA in Sculpture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
[2001]
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
BFA in Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SOLO EXHIBITION
[2009]
Full Spectrum, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis, TN
[2008]
Another Time’s Forgotten Space, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
[2004]
Spectrum, RARE PLUS, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
[2003]
MFA Thesis Show, Sherman Studio, Columbus, OH
[1999]
Waterworks, Bradford Gallery, Richmond, VA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
[2009]
Midnight Snacks II, No Globe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Midnight Snacks, Ghost Print Gallery, Richmond, VA
Retractions, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA
[2008]
Crude, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
[2007]
Wide Open, McCaig-Welles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
[2006]
Scope Art Fair, ADA Gallery, Hamptons, NY
Affordable Art Fair, ADA Gallery, New York, NY
Thread, ArtSpace Gallery, New Haven, CT
[2005]
Scope Art Fair, RARE Gallery, Miami, FL
Christ, I Lost My Place in Line, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
ADA Annex, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Relativity, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Scope Art Fair, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
[2004]
Scope Art Fair, RARE Gallery, Miami, FL
Gallery Artists: Works on Paper, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
Pulse 2004, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Fuck Mother Nature, King Fisher Projects, Ridgewood, NY
[2003]
Speech/Pattern, Standard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Crossing Borders, Goldfarb Center for the Arts, Toronto, ON
[2001]
Ohio Art League Fall Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Lo Country Boil, 1 West Marshall Street, Richmond, VA
[2000]
We Assume Art Exists, Blue Bottle Gallery, Richmond, VA
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Biennial 2000, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
[1999]
Small Works, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
AWARDS
[2006]
Harp Research Fellow Grant, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
[2003]
Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Award, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
[2001]
Mary Lou Chess Award, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
Graduate Fellowship, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Skowhegan Matching Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Jose Puige Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture Department, Richmond, VA
[2000]
Peachtree Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture Department, Richmond, VA
[1999]
Harold North Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Sculpture Department, Richmond, VA
PUBLICATIONS
Buuck, David. “Retractions” at Root Division, Artweek, March 2009
Ryan, Dinah. “Reviews: Richmond,” Art Papers, November/December 2005, p.52
Lombardi, Dominick. “Relativity,” NY Art Magazines, August 2005
Coates, Jason. “In With the New,” Style Weekly, July 20, 2005
Hume, Peter. “Theory of Relativity,” Richmond Times, June 26, 2005, p. H1
Adam, Georgina. “The Other Fairs,” Art Newspaper, December 2, 2004, p. 8
Kasper, Chris. “Mother Nature,” NY Arts Magazine, July/August 2004, p. 65