Lisa Corinne Davis

Lisa Corinne Davis
Born
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationHunter College, Pratt Institute, Cornell University
Known forPainting, drawing, writing, curating
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Pollock-Krasner, Louis Comfort Tiffany, National Endowment for the Arts
WebsiteLisa Corinne Davis
Lisa Corinne Davis, Psychotropic Turf, oil on canvas, 54.25" x 40", 2015.

Lisa Corinne Davis is an American visual artist known for abstract paintings and works on paper that suggest maps and other encoded forms of knowledge.[1][2][3] She employs abstraction as a means of rendering the complexities of contemporary experience—including her own as an African-American woman—often questioning preconceived notions about identity, classification, and rationality versus subjectivity.[4][5][6] Her densely layered, colorful work merges contrasting schemas, visual elements and formal languages, blurring distinctions between figuration and abstraction, real and fictive spaces and concepts, and microcosmic or macrocosmic reference.[7][8] Brooklyn Rail critic Joan Waltemath wrote, "The urban experiences of space and time that Davis presents are subtle distillations of moment and coincidence ... Her attempt to map the shattered terrain of contemporary life points both to an awareness of other times and a belief in navigating the present one."[5]

In 2022, Davis was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[9] She has also received awards from institutions including the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[10] Pollock-Krasner[11] and Louis Comfort Tiffany foundations,[12] and National Endowment for the Arts.[13] Her work belongs to the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and Victoria and Albert Museum (London), among others.[14][15][16][17] She lives and works in Brooklyn and Hudson, New York and is a professor of art at Hunter College.[18]

  1. ^ Wei, Lilly. "Lisa Corinne Davis at June Kelly," Art in America, February 2008.
  2. ^ Yau, John. "Lisa Corinne Davis Critiques Corporate America Through Abstract Art," Hyperallergic, October 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Lawrence, Alexi. "Lisa Corinne Davis," ARTnews, May 2015.
  4. ^ Wayne, Leslie. "Fluid Interpretations: Lisa Corinne Davis Interviewed by Leslie Wayne," Bomb, September 30, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Waltemath, Joan. "Theory Mapping in the Interregnum: Lisa Davis, New Paintings," The Brooklyn Rail, April 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  6. ^ Epstein, Johanna Ruth. "Lisa Corinne Davis," ARTnews, September 2007.
  7. ^ Wilkin, Karen. "At the Galleries," The Hudson Review, Winter 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  8. ^ Wei, Lilly. "Lisa Corinne Davis: Interview," Studio International, August 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  9. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Lisa Corinne Davis, Fellows. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  10. ^ American Academy of Arts and Letters. "2021 Art Award Winners." Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  11. ^ Artforum. "Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards $3.35 million in Grants to Artists and Nonprofits," News. June 22, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  12. ^ Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. "Lisa Corinne Davis," Award Winners. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  13. ^ National Endowment for the Arts. National Endowment for the Arts 1995 Annual Report. Washington: National Endowment for the Arts, 1995, p. 76.
  14. ^ Moynihan, Colin. "Eviction Battles Imperil a Queens Art Haven," The New York Times, June 7, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  15. ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art. Willfully Whimsical, 2006, Lisa Corinne Davis, Collection. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  16. ^ Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Lisa Corinne Davis, Collection. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  17. ^ Victoria and Albert Museum. Birthmark, Item. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  18. ^ Hunter College. Lisa Corinne Davis, Art Faculty. Retrieved April 12, 2022.