Born 1972 in Indianapolis, IN. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
2005 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Residency & Fellowship, Skowhegan, ME
1994 B.F.A., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
2nd Dark Age, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Expert Advice, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014
Rituals, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2012
Jewel Sermons, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2010
Faith in the Future, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2009
Strange Geometry, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2007
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2006
The Great Divide, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998
Eight Million Stones, New School for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Majeure Force, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Ten Years at Josh Lilley, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
We Contain Multitudes, curated by Ali Banisadr, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India
2017
Apocalypse Summer, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
True Lies, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
50 Gifts for 50 Years, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Peekskill Project V, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Hudson, NY
2012
Collapse, RH Gallery, New York, NY
Oppenheimer@20, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Corporations Are People Too, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Streams of Consciousness: The Histories, Mythologies, and Ecologies of Water, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
2009
I Thought Our Worlds Were The Same, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008
The Freedom Centre, Hales Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Maritime: Ships, Pirates, and Disasters, The Contemporary Art Galleries, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Utopia/Dystopia, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, NY
The Colonial Show, The Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2007
Works from the Permanent Collection, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Sheldon Survey: An Invitational, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Block Party II, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
25 BOLD MOVES, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
Reality Effect, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana CA
2005
Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2004
Miscegenation, The Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, AZ
Merry/Peace, Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY
Born in the U.S.A., Galerie Art One, Zurich, Switzerland
2003
GRA Gallery, New York, NY
Fugitive Art Space, Nashville, TN
2002
GRA Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Above Ground, Dam, Stuhltrager, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Horror, 381g, San Francisco, CA
Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Three Painters, 381g, San Francisco, CA
1998
Whole Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Four, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Artworks Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995
Transitions, Arizona State University West Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1994
Painting and Sculpture, Step Gallery 9999, Tempe, AZ
aJoe Robbins, Ian Davis, Matthew Kruse, Step Gallery 709, Tempe, AZ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
“All the Right People,” cover illustration, The New York Times Magazine, accompanying
“How One Conservative Think Tank Is Stocking Trump’s Government” by Jonathan Mahler, June 20 issue
2017
Antoine, Juliette. “Perspectives of Power”, Panta , Autumn “Narcissists”, Harpers Magazine, October
Steer, Emily. “New Establishment- Ian Davis”, Elephant , Spring
2014
“California”, Harpers Magazine, December
2012
Massara, Kathleen. “Art Corporations People? Winkleman Gallery Weighs In,” The Huffington Post, January 6
2010
Packham, Chris. “The Kemper at the Crossroads Finds Hidden Depths in Ian Davis’ Paintings,” The Pitch, http://www.pitch.com/2010-03-25/culture/the-kemper-at-the-crossroads-finds-hidden- depths-in-ian-davis-paintings/, March 25
Thorson, Alice, “Ian Davis Paints a Grim, Ambiguous Present in ‘Faith in the Future’,” The Kansas City Star, March 19
Cole, Suzanne P. “A Golden Opportunity To See A Future Talent,” The Kansas City Star Magazine, April 11
Creyts, Maria, “Concerns of Men,“ Review, May 20
2009
“The Approval Matrix,” New York Magazine, March 23, 2009
Sudarsky, Noah Marcel. “All The Art That’s Fit to Drink,” Artscape, June/August 2009
2008
Catlin, Roger. “Pirates, Wrecks and Storm-Tossed Seas,” The Hartford Courant, October 30
Cochran, Samuel. “Ian Davis,” Elle Decor, October
Larkin, Daniel. “On Climate,” ArtCal, http://zine.artcal.net/2008/08/on-climate.php, August 26
Krainak, Michael J. “Sheldon Survey: An Invitational,” www.ereview.org, February
“Art Miami,” New York Post, September 18
2007
“Ian Davis,” Flavorpill, February13-19, 2007, Issue #349
“The Disappearance of the Spiritual Thinker,” Tricycle, Spring, p. 62-67
The New York Times Magazine, May 20, p. 52
Amy, Michaël. “Ian Davis at Leslie Tonkonow,” Art in America, October
Baker, R.C.. “Best in Show: Ian Davis,” The Village Voice, February 14- 20, p.57 Hudson, Suzanne.
“Ian Davis,” Artforum, May
Kathman, Ryan. “Sheldon Survey,” Omaha City Weekly, November 21-27
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Ian Davis –Paintings, “ The New York Times, March 2
OTHER MEDIA
2010
Spencer, Laura. Interview with Ian Davis, “Ian Davis at Kemper at the Crossroads.” Interview 89.3 KCUR-FM, Kansas City, MO, March 26