Diane Davis
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 FROM CHAOS TO THE SUBLIME Curator: Leslie Wasserberger, chashama 461 Galleries, New York, NY
2008 URBAN COMPOSITION chashama 461 Gallery, New York, NY
2005 The ABSTRACTED SOUL Bronxville Public Library, Bronxville, NY
2002 PAINTINGS BY DIANE DAVIS Oresman Gallery, Larchmont Public Library, Larchmont, NY
1996 PAINTINGS BY DIANE DAVIS Countee Cullen Library, New York, NY
1995 THE NEW HARLEM GALLERY Curator: Anne Tally, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 THE UNAMBIGOUS LINE Curated by Jennie Booth, Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 VALORES ESTETICOS / AESTHETIC VALUES Curated by Dianne Hebbert, Chashama Gallery, NYC
2018 ORGANIC/INORGANIC Curated by Deborah Oster Pannell, TheYard, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 MEMENTOS Curated by Lisa Lebofsky, Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ
2015 HOT OR COLD Guest Curators: Laura James and Eileen Walsh, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY
2014 CHASHAMA STUDIO ARTIST Curated by Katie Fischer Cherry and Janusz Jaworski, Lobby Gallery 4 Times Square
2014 I KAN DO DAT Curated by Danny Simmons and Oshun Layne, Salena Gallery LIU, Brooklyn, NY
2012 SCOPE NYC 2012 ART FAIR Curated by chashama, New York, NY
2012 SHIFT: ART & SPIRIT Curated by Kristin Reed, Knox Gallery, New York, NY
2011 POINT OF ABSTRACTION Curated by Paula Coleman, RFA Gallery, New York, NY
2009 461 GROUP EXHIBITION chashama Gallery 42nd Street, New York, NY
2009 NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS SHOW Curated by Averlyn Archer, Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2008 NEW POWER GENERATION 2008 Curated by Vanessa D. Thaxton Ward, Hampton Museum, Hampton, VA
2007 LONGWOOD ART GALLERY Curated by Edwin Ramoran, Bronx, NY
2005 CLINTON HILL ART GALLERY Curated by L.B. Brown, Brooklyn, NY
2004 MOMENTUM Sponsored by The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts; The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2002 NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS SHOW Curated by Loris Crawford, Savacou Gallery, New York, NY
1998 BLACK NEW YORK ARTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY Curated by Victor N. Smythe, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
COMMISSIONS
My public arts commissions include:
2016 - Children’s book illustration Elijah Muhammad Builder Of A Nation, by Yusef Salaam, NYC
2015 - Williamsbridge Early Childhood Development Center NAACP, facilitated art project for a large mural painted by 4 year olds in school lobby, Bronx, NY
1996 - Children’s Village, painting for school corridor, Dobbs Ferry, NY
1996 - Riverbank State Park, Mural for backdrop for outdoor performance
1996 - Bridgefield Civics League, 30’ painted mural on building exterior, Bronx, NY
1996 - The Bronx Health Plan Offices, 3 three painted murals, Bronx, NY.
NEWS ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS/FILM
2014 HUFFINGTON POST
2009 365 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY; IN PRAISE OF WOMEN ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR; 2009 ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR
2007 FOUR SHOWS IN ONE CELEBRATION ETHNIC DIVERSITY Benjamin Genocchio, New York Times Art Review,
2006 WINTER PRINT SALON 2005 Journal of the Print World, Inc.
2006 NINE BY FIVE DOCUMENTARY Directed by Harlan Whatley, Skyfilms
2006 ARTIST DIANE DAVIS SPEAKS ABOUT HER ART AND INSPIRATION Charles Baillou, Caribbean Life Newspaper
2005 FROM AN ART GALLERY ON CLINTON HILL Shane Miller, The Greenpoint Star
2002 ESSENTIALS OF SOCIOLOGY: A DOWN TO EARTH APPROACH James M. Henslin
2001 EROTIC WORKS BY BLACK WOMEN ON EXHIBIT AT DOWNTOWN GALLERY The Daily News
1997 LOCAL ARTISTS AT LONDEL’S Al Tuit, Uptown Express
1996 A TREE GROWS ON LACONIA AVE Al Tuit, Uptown Express
COLLECTIONS
SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, New York, NY
THE ROBERT BLACKBURN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, New York, NY
MOCADA MUSEUM, Brooklyn, NY
AWARDS/HONORS
2019 EILEEN S. KAMINSKY FAMILY FOUNDATION Residency
2019 SPACE TO CONNECT, Chashama Residency
2017 THE BEAD PROJECT, URBAN GLASS, Brooklyn, Scholarship
2007 CHASHAMA VISUAL ARTS STUDIO AWARD, Residency
2004 ORA LERMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, Residency
1998 BLACK NEW YORK ARTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY SELECTIONS FROM THE SCHOMBURB CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, Honor
1998 ROBERT BLACKBURN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, Scholarship