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      Adam Davis      
   

 

     
      Education      
      1999
  University of Arizona - Tucson
  MFA, Department of Art
   
      1995
  University of Wisconsin- Madison
  BS, Department of Art, Deans List
   
      Residencies      
      2009
  Sculpture Space
  Utica, New York
   
      2008
  Svenska Konstskolans Vänner
  Nykarleby, Finland
   
      2004
  Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder
  Trondheim, Norway
   
      2003
  The Clay Studio-Guest Artist in Residence
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
      1999   The Archie Bray Foundation
  Helena, Montana
   
      Solo Exhibitions      
      2008
  Binding With Briars
  Washington State University Art Gallery, Pullman, Washington
   
      2006
  Take Out Your Hammers And Loosen Their Belts
  Milledgeville, Georgia     Leeds, Alabama     Vicksburg, Mississippi          
  Waco, Texas     Bossier City, Louisiana
   
        Losing Race
  New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
   
      Group Exhibitions      
      2008
  Incognito (Exhibition/Benefit)
  Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
   
     
  The Axe and the Spade
  Ruby Green, Nashville, Tennessee
   
     
  This Land Is My Land
  The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
   
      2006
  Turning The Lens Back: 5 Artists, India, and the U.S.
  The Museum at Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia
   
      2005
  Race (Enter Personal Politics)
  ATHICA- Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
   
     
  On and Off the Wall: Installations by Jennifer Angus,
  Adam Davis, John Hitchcock, and Cathleen Lewis
  University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens
  Point, Wisconsin.
   
     
  Faculty Exhibition
  Georgia College and State University, Blackbridge Hall Gallery,    
  Milledgeville, Georgia
   
      2004
  GC&SU Art
  Middle Georgia Art Association Downtown Gallery, Macon, Georgia
   
      2003
  Made at The Clay Studio:  Guest Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
  2002–2003”
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
      2002
  Table of Contents
  San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, California
   
      2001   40th Anniversary Faculty Exhibition
  San Diego Southwestern College Art Gallery, San Diego, California
   
        2001: Clay Odyssey
  Helena Civic Center, Helena, Montana
   
      2000   Beyond Borders
  San Diego Southwestern College Art Gallery, San Diego, California
   
        Mesa Faculty Exhibition
  San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, California
   
        Wisconsin Goes West
  Sunrise Artworks Gallery, Aurora, Colorado
   
        Trophies, Icons, and Fetishes
  Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, California
   
        Regional Artists
  San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
   
      1999
  Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
  1999 Annual Resident Artist Exhibition", Warehouse Gallery, Helena,
  Montana
   
        MFA Thesis Exhibition
  University of Arizona Museum, Tucson, Arizona
   
        Just the Three of Us
  Shane House Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
   
        Bodies and Boundaries
  Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
   
      1998   From the Ashes: All AZ Clay
  Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
   
        Low Land Horizon
  Cullity Gallery, Perth, Australia
   
        Abject Lands: Personal Horizons
  Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
   
        University of Arizona Student Ceramics
  Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
   
      1995   From the Ashes: All AZ Clay
  Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
   
        67th Annual Student Art Show
  Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
        Go
  University Art Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
   
        Wood Show
  University Art Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
   
      Curatorial      
      2009
  Wearing It On Your Sleeve: Sympathizers, Empathizers,
  Provocateurs
  65th Scripps Ceramic Annual
  Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
   
      Galleries      
      1997-1999   Art One Gallery
  Scottsdale, Arizona
   
      Public Lectures      
      2008
  Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
   
      2007
  Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
  "Human Rights In Contemporary Art,"
   
      2006   
  University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
   
     
  Camp Afflerbaugh-Paige (Juvenile detention camp), La Verne,
  California
  "Contemporary Art"
   
      2005
  ATHICA- Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
  Panel Discussion
   
        University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin    
      2004
  Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
   
      2002
  The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
      1999
  Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
   
      Awards and Honors      
      2007
  Faculty Research Award
  Scripps College
   
      2004
  Community Arts Assistance Grant
  City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois
   
      1999   Graduate Student Final Project Fund
  University of Arizona
   
   
  Publications and    
  Reviews
     
      2008
  Judith S. Schwartz, Confrontational Ceramics, A & C Black Publishers Ltd,
  2008
   
     
  Jonathan, Mark.  "Three Male Artists Explore Gender and Sexuality,"
  The Tennessean, April 19, 2008
   
     
  Motlani,Aisha.  "Place, Ritual and Memory," Milwaukee Express, January
  24, 2008
  www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-624-place-ritual-and-memory.html
   
     
  Mård, Caroline.  “Kreative Miljöombyte,” Osterbottens Tidning, June 29,  
  2008
   
      2005
  Phillips,Julie. "Stereotypes Found," Marquee, August 25, 2005, p.4
   
     
  Sale, Beth.  "Blank: Fill It In?," Flagpole, September 14, 2005, p. 12
   
     
  Phillips, Julie.  "Color culture: ATHICA enters the 'Race'," Marquee,
  September 8, 2005, p.8, 9
   
     
  Derbecker, Krista.  "ATHICA battles racial barriers with race-themed art
  exhibit,"
  The Red and Black, August 26, 2005, p. 9
   
      1999
  Choi, Eun-Kyong. "Archie Bray Foundation," Ceramic Art Monthly,
  September 1999, p.26
   
     
  Tift, Meghan. "Back to Nudity and Self Identity," Arizona Daily Wildcat,
  April 15, 1999, p.9
   
     
  Tucson Weekly, Volume 16, Number 5, April 8-14, 1999, p.24
   
        Tift, Meghan. "Un'bound' Art," Arizona Daily Wildcat, March 8, 1999, p.12    
      Teaching Experience      
      2006-Present
  Scripps College
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Claremont, California
   
      2004-2006
  Georgia College And State University
  Assistant Professor of Art, Milledgeville, Georgia
   
      2001-2002
  Southwestern College
  Ceramics Instructor, Chula Vista, California
   
      2000-2002
  San Diego Mesa College
  Ceramics, 2-D Design, Drawing Instructor, San Diego, California
   
      1999-2002
  Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
  Ceramics Instructor, San Diego, California
   
      1996-1999
  University of Arizona
  Ceramics Instructor (TA), Tucson, Arizona
 
   
 
 
     
 
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