Mel Davis
Education
2005 MFA The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
2002 The Slade School of Art London, United Kingdom
1999 BFA Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec Studio Arts
Exhibitions
Individual
2008
Octl-Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2006
September- Mel Davis-Paintings, Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley CA
April - Mel Davis-New Paintings, NavtaSchulz Gallery, Chicago, Il.
2004
March-Snow Day, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group
2008
Sept-Introductions-Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Jan-Close Calls-Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito,CA
2007
Dec- Group show, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelpia, PA
Dec- Aqua Art Fair/ NavtaSchulz Gallery, Miami, FL
Oct- 3 Walls, Chicago, IL
Oct- 2x2, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
June- Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
May- Ripples, The Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland CA
April- Artists for Artists-Playwrights Workshop, Saidye Bronfman Center, Montreal, Quebec
Jan- The Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2006
Dec- Bridge Miami Art Fair/NavtaSchulz Gallery, Miami, FL
Dec- Cecile Moocknek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Nov- Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Oct- Drawn, The Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland CA
Sept-The Shape of Things, NavtaSchulz Gallery, Chicago IL.
Aug- Inscape- Oakland Art Gallery, (juried exhibition) Oakland, CA.
July- Berkeley Art Center 23 rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley CA
July- Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley CA
June- Berkeley Civic Center Exhibition, (juried exhibition) Berkeley, CA
Feb- Fresh Paint 2006, NavtaSchulz Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2005
Nov- Abstraction is Dead-Long Live Abstraction, Blue Tangerine, San Francisco CA
Oct- New Directions 05'- (juried exhibition),The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Sept- Black Market Auction- The Independent School of Art, San Francisco CA
Aug- The Water Street Gallery, Princeton, WI
Aug- Contemporary Abstracts- (juried exhibition), Alameda Center For The Arts, Alameda CA
May-San Francisco Art Institute Vernissage Fort Mason San Francisco, CA
April-San Francisco Art Institute Auction Somarts San Francisco,CA
2004
November-Gen Art Emerge- (juried exhibition), The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA
October- 2004 SFAI+CCA- (juried exhibition), Playspace, San Francisco, CA
July-The Transitional Object, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
February-Suspensions Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
February-Platform Mezzanine San Francisco,CA
2003
September-MFA Continuing Swell Gallery San Francisco, CA
January-Fresh Swell Gallery San Francisco, CA
2002
May-Collective Visions McClure Gallery Montreal, Quebec
May-1 st anniversary Sandra Goldie Gallery Montreal, Quebec
2001
October-New Works Sandra Goldie Gallery Montreal, Quebec
2000
November-paint-or-die Montreal, Quebec www.paint-or-die.com
October-Denim Dreams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal,Quebec
April-Les Femmeuses-(juried exhibition), Pratt and Whitney, Longueil,Quebec
July-encyclopediapractica, Galerie Art Mûr Montreal,Quebec
Awards
Grant: The Canada Council for the Arts (2008)
Grant: The Canada Council for the Arts, travel grant(2006)
The Irene Pijoan Memorial Award for Painting (2004)
International Student Grant, SFAI (2004)
Grant: Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec Section 3 Type B (2001)
Recipient of the Mills Purchase Prize (1998)
Collections
Greenfield Partners, Chicago,IL
Hyatt, Santa Clara, CA
Capitol Group Los Angeles, CA
Wellington Management Boston, MA
Apulent, Seattle, WA
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Publications
The Philadelphia Inquirer- Galleries, “Deep Blue”,, Edith Newall, 10/26/2008
University City Review- Art For October’s First Friday, RB. Strauss, 10/01/08
The Philadelphia Inquirer- Arts and Entertainment, “Gobs of Galleries”, Edith Newall, 09/07/08
Carte Blanche Vol 2 Painting, Magenta Foundation, Canada, 2008
Making Peace catalog, James Elkins, Threewalls, Chicago IL
The Philadelphia Inquirer- The Arts: “Some apt words for some work in Larry Becker’s summer show, ‘Some’”, Edith Newall, 07/10/07
bridge art fair Miami 06 catalog
www.sanfranciscoartmagazine.com Art Review: Seeking Out Quality Contemporary Art-Rachel S. Rosen. February 4 th ,2007
The San Francisco Chronicle-Art Review: Inscape-Kenneth Baker August 19, 2006
Art in America Annual 2006-2007 2376 p.132
The San Francisco Chronicle-August 17,2006. 96 hours.
Chicago Tribune- Art Review: An Old Way Of Playing With Light, New Results- Alan G. Artner, May 19, 2006
Time Out Chicago- Issue number 61 2006
Abstraction is Dead-Long Live Abstraction catalog-Jonathan Keats 2005
Alameda Sun 07/28/05
Artweek 03/01/05
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Catalog 05/20/05
New American Paintings-Pacific Coast Edition 12/01/04
Gen Art Catalog-Ariane McLean 11/01/2004
The Westmount Examiner 01/06/2002
The Montreal Gazette 06/23/ 2001
The Montreal Mirror 12/14/ 2000
The Montreal Gazette 11/18/ 2000
Paint-or-die catalog -Jody Pauline Patterson 2000
The Montreal Gazette 10/16/ 2000
Les Femmeuses Catalogue-Pratt and Whitney 2000
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