Lisa Corinne Davis
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Solo Exhibitions
2007
"Facts & Fiction", June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.
"person, place or thing?", June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.
2002
"New Work", June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.
2001
"Index", Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY. (catalogue with essay by Franklin Sirmans)
2000
"Ontologies", June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.
1998
"Chartings", June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
1998
"Indirection", ALJIRA, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ.
1997
"Essential Traits", Project Room, Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Gallery, Bronx, NY
1994
Dell Pryor Galleries, Detroit, Michigan.
"Transparent Brown", Halsey Gallery, School of the Arts, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.
"Layered", Municipal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1993
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville,VA
"Mixed Media", Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2009
"The Black and White Show", Collective Hardware, NYC. Curated by AMP Tracks , featured artists: Kara Walker, Vic Muniz, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Barbara Kruger, among others.
" Gallery Selections", Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
"Lisa Corinne Davis, Edward Evans & Pinkney Herbert", Allen Projects, New York, NY
2007
"Art of Collecting", Flint Institute of The Arts, Flint, MI
" Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"Five Contemporary Voices", Delta Arts Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"Universe of Art", Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, NY.
"Rhythm of Structure: The Mathematical Aesthetic", Wilbur Jennings Gallery, New York, NY.
"Glasgow School of Art/Hunter College Art Department Works on Paper by Painting Faculty", The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY.
"Works on Paper: Variations and Themes", Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY.Curated by Linda Gottesfeld
"High and Inside", Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Maurice Tuchman, (catalogue with an essay by Judd Tully)
" On The Record", Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2002
"Cultural Collaging: Lisa Corinne Davis and Apo Torosyan", Corridor Gallery, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
" Paper Remix", Dieu Donne Workspace Program: 1995-2000", curated by Edwin Ramoran, New York, NY.
"Buying Time", New York Foundation for the Arts, Sotheby's Galleries, New York, NY.
2000
"Book Art 12: Artist's Books from the Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Wash., D.C.
1999
"Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America", The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, travelling to the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville,
TN.
1998
"Black New York Artists of the 20th Century: Selections from the Schomburg Center Collection", Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY.
1997
"Generations", A.I.R. 25th Anniversity, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY.
1996
"Artist in the Marketplace Benefit Exhibition", Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.
"Prints", Dell Pryor Galleries, Detroit, Michigan.
1996
"Allegory and Identity", Visceglia Art Center, Caldwell College, Caldwell,
NJ.
"With All Deliberate Speed: Revisiting Race and Education", ALJIRA, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ.
1995
Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY.
1994
"Resisting Categories, Finding Common Ground", City Without Walls, Newark, NJ.
Gallery Annext, New York, NY.
"Identity and Culture, African-American Heritage Exhibition, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY.
1993
"Artist's Books", curated by Tom Butter, Butters Gallery, Portland OR.
"AIM Artists", curated by Lydia Yee and Marisol Nieves, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Bronx NY.
"Child's Play", curated by Holly Block, Art In General, New York, NY.
"Nancy Bowen, Rosann Berry, and Lisa Corinne Davis , curated by Rosann Berry, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY.
"Emerging Artists" curated by Corinne Jennings, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY.
Granary Books, New York, NY.
1992
"Utopia/Distopia", curated by Kathleen Edwards, Print Club, Philadelphia, PA.
1992
Pyramid Atlantic Workshop, Washington, D.C.
Okeanos Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
1991
Artist's Space, New York, NY.
1990
Artist's Space, New York, NY.
Awards and Honors
2006
American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Yaddo residency
2001
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 2001 Biennial Artists Awards
2000
New York Foundation For The Arts, Artists' Fellowship
Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Master Printer Residency
1997
New York Foundation For The Arts, Artists' Fellowship
Dieu Donne Papermill, Workspace Program
1996
Bronx Council on the Arts, Project Room
1995/6
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship
1994 to 1999
Art In General, Board Member
1994 to1996
The College Council, Parsons School of Design
Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts
1993, 1994
Art In General, Advisory Committee for Exhibitions
1993
Faculty Development Grant, Parsons School of Design
1992
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Regional Fellowship
Education
1980-1983 Hunter College, New York, New York. MFA in painting.
1978-1980 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. BFA in painting.
Graduated with highest honors.
1976-1978 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Apprenticeships
1979-1982 Jennifer Bartlett, painter
1982 Jack Tworkov, painter
1981-1982 Elizabeth Murray, painter
Public Collections
Philadelphia Museum
Togolese Republic Embassy
Time Warner, NY, NY
Art in Embassy, Cameroon
Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
J. Paul Getty Museum
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Wash., D.C.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
New York Public Library, NY, NY.
Yale University, Beinecke Collection, New Haven, CT
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Goldman Sachs and Co., New York, NY.
Visa Corporation
Harvard University Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
School of the Art Institute, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago,
University of Rhode Island
University of California Los Angeles NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, NY, NY.
Stanford University
The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Auchenback Foundation, San Francisco, CA
University of Chicago
Mills College, Oakland, Ca.
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Public Collections
Alexander Sterling Calder Rower, Woodstock & NY,NY.
Marvin Sackner,Miami FL.
Art Book Publications
2008
Who Am I? What Am I? Where Am I?
by Aura Rosenberg
(Erschienen, Ostfildern, Germany
1992
Birthmark
art by Lisa Corinne Davis, poems by Simon Perchik
(Flockophobic Press, One Hudson Street, NYC)
1990
The Red Coat linocuts by Lisa Corinne Davis, text by Jean McGarry
Publications
2008
365 Days of Black History, in Praise of Women, 2009 Engagement Calendar, Pomegranate Communications, Inc., 2008
2006
100 New York Painters, by Cynthia Maris Dantzic, Schiffer Books, 2006
100 Creative Drawing Ideas, edited by Anna Audette, Shambala Publications, Inc., 2004
Published Writings
2010
"Railing Opinion: Batman, Bernini and the Young Romantics", The Brooklyn Rail, Dec. 9 – Jan 10,
Film
2003
From the Ashes – Epilogue, premiers in The Tribeca Film Festival (3/03). Directed by Deborah Shaffer and Michael Berz. Included interviews with artists Shazia Sikander, Jane Hammond and Laurie Anderson
2002
From the Ashes – 10 Artists , premiered Sept. 11th on cinemax reel life. Directed by Deborah Shaffer and Michael Berz. Included interviews with artists Shazia Sikander, Jane Hammond and Laurie Anderson
Teaching Experience
June 2009 to present
HUNTER COLLEGE, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK,
New York, NY.
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Associate Professor
January 2005 to present
HUNTER COLLEGE, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK,
New York, NY.
Associate Professor
June 2007 to January 2008
HUNTER COLLEGE, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK,
New York, NY.
Acting Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
January 2005 to December 2006
THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, Baltimore, MD.
Visiting Critic
September 2002 to December '04
HUNTER COLLEGE, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, New York, NY.
Assistant Professor
September 2002 to May 2004
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
Critic
July 1998 to August 2002
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT.
Assistant Professor of Painting/Printmaking
July 1997 to June 1998
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT.
Visiting, Assistant Professor of Painting/Printmaking
Summer 1997
CENTER FOR ADVANCED DESIGN in affiliation with Parsons School of Design, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Visiting Professor
Summer 1996
YALE UNIVERSITY, Norfolk, CT.
Norfolk Summer Program
Visiting Artist
September 1995 to May 1998
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NY, NY.
Foundation Department, Drawing
Special Part-time Faculty
Summer 1995
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT.
Drawing Instructor
October 1993 to May 1994
COOPER UNION SCHOOL OF ART and ARCHITECTURE, NY, NY.
Drawing Instructor, Outreach Program
September 1993 to May 1997
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NY, NY.
Coordinator, Design Studio
October 1992 to June 1993
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NY, NY.
Academic Advisor
January 1992 to May 1995
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NY, NY.
Foundation Department, Drawing and 3-D Design
Part-time Faculty
Bibliography (*Reviews)
*Lily Wei, Art in America, February 2008
*Johanna Ruth Epstein, ArtNews, September, 2007
*Nadelman, Cynthia, ARTnews, Ocotber 2005
*Wesley Young, "Light Fantastic, Winston-Salem Journal, 2005
Tom Patterson, "Fine Art in a New Home", Winston-Salem Journal, 2005
Layla Farmer, "At Last! The New Delta Fine Arts Center Opens its Doors", W-Times , 2005
Dianne Caesar, "Five Contemporary Voices in a New Space", Delta Arts Center, January 2005
*Jonathan Goodman, Art In America, June 2003
*David Cohen, "High and Inside", The New York Sun, June 2003
*Doug Ashford, " Off the Record", Time Out New York, May 2003
*Holland Cotter, "Off the Record", The New York Times, May 2003
*Holland Cotter, The New York Times; May 2001
Franklin Sirmans and Susan Hoestzel, "Index", exhibition catalogue, Lehman College, Lehman College Art Gallery, February 2001
Gail Stavitsky, "Waxing Poetic, Encaustic in America", The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, 1999
* Dan Bischoff, Star Ledger, Sept. 1998
*Ken Johnson,The New York Times; May 1998
*Frances Riccard, Cover, Vol. 12, #3, May 1998
Stuart Miller, "Soho Style, Show and Tell", The New York Observer;
May 1998
"Artists' Pages", Art Papers, March/April 1997*Abby Goodnough, "Personal Responses to A Page of History", New York Times; June 1996
*Nicholas Drake, " 'Transparent Brown' requires some thought", The Post and Courier ; November 1994
*Joy Hakanson Colby, "Quiet 'Brown' asserts itself in rich shadings of culture", The Detroit News; October 1994
*Jerry Cullum, " ' Layered ' shows complex quest for identity, individuality", The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution; August
1994
*James G. Shine, "Art Beat", Daily Freeman; January 1994
Bibliography (*Reviews)
*Sarah Stack, "review/art"; taconic newspapers, January 1994
*Florence Schetzel, "Enjoy!"; Poughkeepsie Journal, January 1994
*Edward J. Sozanski, "Galleries", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1993
*Robin Rice, "Foggy Bottoms", Philadelphia City Paper, November 1993
Rosann Berry, "Selections From The Slide File", Organization for Independent Artists Newsletter, Spring/Summer 1993
Marysol Nieves and Lydia Yee, "Artist In The Marketplace", Thirteenth Annual Exhibition Catalog, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 1993
Susan Tallman, "Utopia/Dystopia", The 67th Annual Competition: Prints Catalog, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA., 1992
Lectures & Artist Talks
Maryland Institute College of Art, 2008
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 2006
Complex Collisions, with John Bowman, artist, Phoebe Hoban, journalist and art writer, Carter Ratcliffe, art critic and poet, and Katherine Chapin, private art dealer, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY.
Abstraction as Description, Transcribing not Transmitting, College Art Association, New York, NY., 2000
Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT. 1999
Carnegie Mellon, School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. 1999
Center for Advanced Design, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1997
Yale University, Norfolk Summer Program, Norfolk, CT., 1996
Allegorical Painting and Identity Politics, College Art Association, Boston, MA., 1996
Art in General, (with Al Loving), New York, NY, 1995
College of the Arts, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., 1994
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994