about

Don’t ask what it means or what it refers to.
Don’t ask what the work is.
Rather, see what the work does.
- Eva Hesse

STATEMENT

A multi-media artist and educator, Grace Davis primarily works in acrylic, gouache, watercolor, pencil, and charcoal. Presenting the duality of lasting and ephemeral mark-making, Davis' work considers the visual proximity of organic shapes. However, the work often only allows the viewer only a window into the process, obscuring the totality; a mere window into the life of the work. Her work is inspired by her human-made environments, as well as, the natural landscape.

BIO

Grace Davis (b. Charleston, SC 1988) is a multi-media artist and educator currently residing in Reno, Nevada. She has received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MA, with an emphasis on Teaching and Learning in Art and Design, from Rhode Island School of Design.

Davis has extensive experience facilitating public programs and educational opportunities at art museums, non-profit organizations, and government entities. She has taught introductory art classes, printmaking, and textile dyeing at the University of Nevada, Reno, NV; Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston SC; The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia PA; AS220, Providence RI; The Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX; and The Art Association, Jackson WY. She has taught Visual Foundations at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is currently adjunct faculty in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV.

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EDUCATION

2014
Master of Arts, Art and Design Education
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island

2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

EXHIBITION HISTORY

*denotes solo exhibit

2019
12” x 12”
Sierra Arts Foundation Gallery
Reno, Nevada

Faculty Show
Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, Nevada

2016
Wallpaper
Teton Art Lab
Jackson, Wyoming

2015
Whodunnit?
Art Association
Jackson, Wyoming

2014
Jackson Rising
Art Association
Jackson, Wyoming

Roving Room
Habersham Mills
Demorest, Georgia

2013
*This Land Is Your Land Raspa Company
Alpine, Texas

2012
*Chromophobia At the Drive-in
Marfa, Texas

2010
Senior Thesis Exhibit
Sullivan Galleries
Chicago, Illinois

2009
Meet Meat
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago, Illinois

Imaginary Planets
Student Union Galleries
Chicago, Illinois

Young Contemporaries
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Charleston, South Carolina

RESIDENCIES + APPRENTICESHIPS

2014
Teton Art Lab
Jackson, Wyoming

2013
Los Talleres
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2010
The Fabric Workshop
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania