Joe Davidson
Biography
EDUCATION
1995 MFA Sculpture San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA
1992 BFA Sculpture University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 White Dust Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston, TX
2013 Elements and Waves Garboushian Gallery. Curated by Homeira Goldstein. Los Angeles, CA
2011 Barbara Davis Gallery Houston, TX
Beauty Salon site specific installation as part of Convergence of Souls exhibition, Sponsored by the City of West Hollywood and Walgreens Corporation. West Hollywood, CA
Daf Na Gallery Naples, Italy
2010 Arte 1307 Associazione Culturale Cynthia Penna, curator. Naples, Italy
2009 Jill Thayer Fine Art Bakersfield, CA
Gallery 825 Los Angeles Art Association. Los Angeles, CA
landscape Phantom Galleries LA. Long Beach, CA
2008 Lawrence Asher Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2005 Tatar Gallery Toronto, Canada
Compulsive Repetition: (Re)Reading the Object in Space 18th St Art Center. Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Alma Ruiz, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
scopeNY Represented with Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004 Haus Gallery Pasadena, CA
2002 The Justice Ball Benefit for Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Park Plaza. Los Angeles, CA
2001 Off the Floor Studio Z. San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2023 Verve Scape Gallery. Corona del Mar CA
kunsthalle b – Mary Little and Joe Davidson Bulthaup. Los Angeles CA
2022 Too Much Fun bG Gallery. Curated by Kate Stern. Santa Monica CA
Currents FP Contemporary. Los Angeles CA
The Deeper the Blue Imago Galleries. Palm Desert CA
Black and White Casoria Contemporary Art Museum. Naples, Italy
Crossing Point Durden and Ray. Los Angeles CA
Tieze Durden and Ray. Los Angeles CA
2021 The Sun is the Same Collaboration between Assembledge+ and GrossArt. Studio City CA
Coming into Focus Loiter Galleries. Long Beach CA
2020 In Color Quotidian. Los Angeles CA
Xmas ’20 Galleri Christoffer Egelund. Copenhagen, Denmark
We Are Here / Here We Are Durden and Ray. Los Angeles CA
How long do you mean to be Laundromat Art Space. Miami FL
2019 small things, Big Ideas Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston TX
Figura: Micro Macro Abbaye de Neimenster, Luxembourg
Collapse Quotidian. Curated by jill moniz. Los Angeles, CA
Disclosure Durden and Ray. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Extant Quotidian. Curated by jill moniz. Los Angeles, CA
Dragnet 825 Durden and Ray. Los Angeles, CA
Odd Convergences: Steps/Missteps Korean Cultural Center, LA CA
Los Angeles is, Once Again Temple University Gallery, Rome, Italy
2017 Diverted Destruction 10 The Loft at Liz’. Los Angeles, CA
2016 Safe at Home Bedford Gallery. Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts. Walnut Creek, CA
Obfuscate Curated by Jenny Hagar and Steven Wolkoff. Durden and Ray. Los Angeles
2014 Liquid Gold Curated by Eric Johnson. PØST. Los Angeles
Diverted Destruction 7 Curated by Jill Moniz. The Loft at Liz’. Los Angeles, CA
Summer Solstice Fresh Paint Gallery. Culver City, CA
Across the Difference Los Angeles CA. Organized by Khalifa Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2013 Pieces and Parts Fullerton College Art Gallery. Fullerton CA
2012 Material Manifestation Curated by Hoojung Lee. L2kontemporary. Los Angeles, CA
Landscape and Architecture Curated by Carl Berg. Irvine Fine Arts Center. Irvine, CA
2011 Mile Marker: Barbara Davis Gallery – Celebrating Three Decades of Contemporary Art Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston, TX
Joe Davidson×Donald Lipski×Mie Olise Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston. TX
Dream Skipper Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston, TX.
Plenitude Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston, TX
Los Angeles Art Show Art project space. Represented with George Billis Gallery
Plenitude Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston, TX
Los Angeles Art Show Art project space. Represented with George Billis Gallery.
2010 Even Better than the Real Thing Curated by Jennifer Frias. Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art. Chaffey College. Rancho Cucamonga, CA
On the Trail of Luca Giordano Curated by Marco di Mauro. Villa Bruno, S. Giorgio a Cremano, Naples, Italy
On Paper George Billis Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Layer Cake Curated by Jeff Rau. Grand Central Art Center. Santa Ana, CA
Step 09 Art Fair Represented by Art 1307. Milan, Italy
Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle City of Brea Art Gallery. Brea, CA
Salon No. 4, Works 092-140 Marine. Marina del Rey, CA
Origins + Intersections Brand Library Art Galleries. Brand Library. Glendale, CA.
Solstice/Equinox Look Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2009 C.O.L.A. 2009 Department of Cultural Affairs. Barnsdall Art Center. Los Angeles, CA
OZ: New Offerings from Angel City Regional Museum of Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Mexico
dreamSCAPE Look Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California Carl Berg Projects. Los Angeles, CA
Upcycling: Recuperating Past Lives Architecture + Design Museum. Curated by Tatar Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2008 Drawing Los Angeles Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock. Los Angeles, CA
Hokum Curated by Lauri Firstenberg, LA><ART. Gallery 825. Los Angeles, CA
Venice Art Walk Supporting the Venice Family Clinic. Venice, CA
Penumbra Curated by James Panozzo, Lawrence Asher Gallery. Gallery 825. Los Angeles, CA.
2007 Haus Guests Haus Gallery at the Brewery Project. Los Angeles, CA
2006 From America Museum of Contemporary Art. Minsk, Belarus
The Great Indoors sideSPACE Gallery. Pasadena, CA
Spaces in Between Tatar Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2005 Reconception Tatar Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2004 scopeMiami Represented with Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
FADA Art Exhibition Represented with Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Art Chicago Represented with Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Milton Hershey School Art Museum Hershey, PA
Brevard Museum of Art and Science Melbourne, FL
McColl Center for Visual Art Charlotte, NC.
2003 Icons Transport Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Tactile Transport Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
The Curatorial Eye Sonoma Museum of Visual Art. Santa Rosa, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Cultural Narratives Juried Exhibition. Korean Cultural Center. Los Angeles, CA
J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries College Station, TX
Ellen Noel Art Museum Odessa, TX
2001 Traywick Gallery Berkeley, CA
2000 Annual Juried Exhibition Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA
MinimalPop Traywick Gallery. Berkeley, CA
1999 Structural Elements Transamerica Pyramid. San Francisco, CA
Playpen Traywick Gallery. Berkeley, CA
Hover 118TH Annual Exhibition. San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA. “Washroom” project.
Needle Art Bedford Gallery. Dean Lesher Center for the Arts. Walnut Creek, CA
1998 Anti-Pesszimizmus Nador Galleria. Budapest, Hungary
1997 The Shoe Show Bedford Gallery. Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts. Walnut Creek, CA
Made in San Francisco Show N Tell N London. Coins Gallery. London, England
You Are Here: Bay Area Artists Cesar Chavez Center Art Gallery. San Francisco State University. San Fransicso, CA
1996 Event 2451 Harrison Street. San Francisco, CA
Soft Show and Tell Gallery. San Franciso, CA
Event 2451 Harrison Street. San Francisco, CA
Graduating MFA Exhibition Fort Mason Center. San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA
One Day Show 65 Capp Street. Curated by David Ireland. San Francisco, CA
Donco Presents Commodities at Collision Collision Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Sequence Push Gallery. San Francisco, CA
1995 Diego Rivera Gallery San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA
Continuing Graduate Exhibition Walter/McBean Gallery. San Francisco Art Institute
1994 Open Studios Exhibition San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Studios. San Francisco, CA
Texts of Critics
Questione di ”plastica” di Cynthia Penna
pubblicato su Catalogo della mostra: “Scotch Tape Affair”
Scotch Tape Affair di Tiziana Tricarico
pubblicato su Testo in mostra: ‘Scotch Tape Affair’
Video
Intervista a Joe Davidson
In questo video girato a Napoli a Villa Di Donato in occasione della Mostra ” Scotch Type Affair “, Joe Davidson spiega la sua opera.