Alonzo
Davis - Artist's Statement
I work in series, which includes woven paintings and prints.
The creative springboards for these are elements of quilts,
hides and indigenous textiles. The bamboo "Power Poles" and
sculptures, my most recent series, are paintings in the round
that I embellish with color, wax, copper, leather, twine
and burned-in patterns.
My art choices and world views have been inspired by
travel. Through travel, I seek influences, cultural centers,
energies, new terrain and the power of both the spoken and
unspoken. The magic of the Southwest United States, Brazil,
Haiti and West Africa has penetrated my work. Southern California,
home for thirty years, has also had an indelible impact and
the colors and rhythms of the Pacific Rim continue to infiltrate.
Resume Highlights
| Education: |
Master
of Fine Arts, 1973, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles,
CA
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| Selected
Site Specific Installations: |
2006
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“Gateway” Maryland Zoo, Baltimore,
MD
“Bamboo Expressions” East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI |
| 2005 |
" Power Pole Installation", Philadelphia
International Airport |
| 2001 |
“Butterfly
Flight,” Nashville International Airport,
Tennessee |
| 1997 |
"Butterfly
Flight", Cline LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe,
NM |
| 1996 |
“Winged
Spirits,” Independence Bank, Chicago,
Illinois |
| 1994 |
"Medicine
Wheel for Memphis", Memphis College of Art,
Memphis, TN |
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Public Art: |
| 2006 |
“Come This Way” U.S. Embassy,
Lome, Togo, West Africa
“Judicial Balance” Marbury Wing, Prince George’s County Courthouse
Upper Marlboro, MD |
| 2001 |
Shelby
County/Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN |
| 1998 |
Hartsfield
International Airport, Concourse E8, Altanta,
GA |
| 1997 |
Wolfchase
Galleria, Memphis, TN |
| 1995 |
Revere
Beach Subway Station, Boston, MA |
| 1984 |
Olympic
Mural Series, 3rd Street at the Harbor Freeway,
L.A., CA |
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Selected Exhibitions: |
| 2007 |
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
Art In the Atrium, Morristown, NJ
International Visions: The Gallery, Washington,
DC
Perry-Nicole Fine Arts, Memphis, TN |
| 2006 |
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Delaplaine Visual Art & Education Center, Frederick,
MD
Old Dillard Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, OR
Art at the Atrium, Morristown, NJ
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA |
| 2002 |
Tobey
Gallery, Memphis College of Art, TN
Louisiana Technical University, Ruston, LA |
| 2001 |
Lagerquist
Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 2001 |
Tennessee
Arts Commission, Nashville, TN |
| 1992 |
Partial
Retrospective: Lawrence University, Appleton,
WI |
| 1989 |
Gorman Museum, Davis, CA |
| 1987 |
Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA |
| 1984 |
Voter
Series, Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1979 |
Modern
Nordisk Konst, Gothenberg, Sweden |
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Selected Commissions:
U.S. Embassy, Lome, Togo, West
Africa
Marbury Wing, Prince Georges County Courthouse,
Upper Marlboro, MD
Restoration: 1984 Olympic Murals, Los Angeles,
CA
Memphis/Shelby County Public Library, Memphis,
TN
Margaret Polk, Memphis, TN
Peter Formanek, Memphis, TN
Plaza Club, Memphis, TN
Trish Cooper & Associates, Washington, DC
Metris, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Wolfchase Galleria, Memphis, TN
Atlanta International Airport, GA
Boston Subway Blue Line, Revere Beach Station,
MA |
Awards, Artist Residencies & Lectures: |
| 2006 |
"Excellence in Celebrating Bamboo"
Arts & Crafts
Competition, American Bamboo Society |
| 2002 |
Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar |
| 1995 |
School
of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1994 |
Portland
State University, OR |
| 1988-89 |
East-West
Center, Honolulu, HI |
| 1984 |
Arkansas
Art Center, Little Rock, AR |
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