Mel Davis

Timeline

1998
Recipient of the Mills Prize for Painting -Concordia University
1999
BFA Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec Studio Arts.
2001
Grant: Conseil des Arts et Lettres du
2002
The Slade School of Art London, United Kingdom.
2004
The Irene Pijoan Memorial Award for Painting –The San Francisco Art Institute MFA Painting Prize
2004
International Student Grant, SFAI
2005
MFA The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.
2006
Grant: The Canada Council for the Arts-travel grant
2008
Grant: The Canada Council for the Arts

Exhibitions

2008
Mel Davis ‘Sea and Sky’ New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2008
"To Be Looked at…" An exhibition of work by gallery and invited artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (group)
2008
Close Calls, Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA (group)
2007
‘In Light: Tom Benson, Mel Davis, Andrew Graham, Howard Smith’ Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (group)
2007
Aqua Art Fair/ NavtaSchulz Gallery, Miami, FL (group)
2007
Making Peace, Three Walls, Chicago, IL (group)
2007
2x2, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (group)
2007
Some’ A changing selection of work by Gallery and Invited Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (group)
2007
Polyptychs, COCA, Seattle, WA (group)
2007
Ripples, The Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (group)
2007
Artists for Artists-Playwrights Workshop, Saidye Bronfman Center, Montreal, Quebec (group)
2007
The Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA (group)
2006
Bridge Miami Art Fair/NavtaSchulz Gallery, Miami, FL (group)
2006
Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA (group)
2006
Drawn, The Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland CA (group)
2006
The Shape of Things, NavtaSchulz Gallery, Chicago IL. (group)
2006
Inscape- Oakland Art Gallery, (juried exhibition) Oakland, CA. (group)
2006
Mel Davis - Paintings, Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley CA (solo)
2006
Mel Davis - New Paintings, NavtaSchulz Gallery, Chicago, Il (solo)
2006
Berkeley Art Center 23rd Annual National Juried Exhibition (juror:Paule Anglim), Berkeley CA (group)
2006
Berkeley Civic Center Exhibition,(juried exhibition) Berkeley, CA (group)
2006
Fresh Paint 2006, NavtaSchulz Gallery, Chicago, IL. (group)
2005
Abstraction is Dead-Long Live Abstraction, Blue Tangerine, San Francisco CA (group)
2005
New Directions 05’- (juried exhibition),The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (group)
2005
Black Market Auction- The Independent School of Art, San Francisco CA (group)
2005
The Water Street Gallery, Princeton, WI (group)
2005
Contemporary Abstracts (juror: Kenneth Baker), Alameda Center For The Arts, Alameda CA (group)
2005
San Francisco Art Institute Vernissage Fort Mason San Francisco, CA (group)
2005
San Francisco Art Institute Auction Somarts San Francisco,CA (group)
2004
Snow Day, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2004
Gen Art Emerge- (jurors: Paule Anglim, Squeak Carnwath), The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA (group)
2004
2004 SFAI+CCA- (juried exhibition), Playspace, San Francisco, CA (group)
2004
The Transitional Object, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (group)
2004
Suspensions Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (group)
2003
MFA Continuing Swell Gallery San Francisco, CA (group)
2003
Fresh Swell Gallery San Francisco, CA (group)
2002
Collective Visions McClure Gallery Montreal, Quebec (group)
2002
1st anniversary Sandra Goldie Gallery Montreal, Quebec (group)
2001
New Works Sandra Goldie Gallery Montreal, Quebec (group)
2000
paint-or-die Montreal, Quebec www.paint-or-die.com (group)
2000
Denim Dreams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal,Quebec (group)
2000
Les Femmeuses-(juried exhibition), Pratt and Whitney, Longueil,Quebec (group)
2000
encyclopediapractica, Galerie Art Mûr Montreal,Quebec (group)

Literature

2008
Carte Blanche Vol 2. Painting, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
2007
Making Peace catalog, James Elkins, Threewalls, Chicago, IL,10/01/07
2007
The Philadelphia Inquirer- The Arts: “Some apt words for some work in Larry Becker’s summer show, ‘Some’”, Edith Newall, 07/10/07
2007
Contemporary Art-Rachel S. Rosen. February 4th, 2007
2007
www.sanfranciscoartmagazine.com-Art Review: Seeking Out Quality Contemporary Art-Rachel S. Rosen. February 4th, 2007
2006–2007
Art in America 2006-2007 2376 p.132
2006
The San Francisco Chronicle-August 17,2006. 96 hours.
2006
Chicago Tribune- Art Review: An Old Way Of Playing With Light, New Results- Alan G. Artner, May 19, 2006
2006
Time Out Chicago- Issue number 61 2006
2006
bridge art fair Miami 06 catalog
2006
The San Francisco Chronicle-Art Review: Inscape-Kenneth Baker August 19,2006
2005
Abstraction is Dead-Long Live Abstraction catalog-Jonathan Keats 2005
2005
Alameda Sun 07/28/05
2005
Artweek 03/01/05
2005
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Catalog 05/20/05
2004
New American Paintings-Pacific Coast Edition 12/01/04
2004
Gen Art Catalog-Ariane McLean 11/01/2004
2002
The Westmount Examiner 01/06/2002
2001
The Montreal Gazette 06/23/ 2001
2000
The Montreal Mirror 12/14/ 2000
2000
The Montreal Gazette 11/18/ 2000
2000
Paint-or-die catalog -Jody Pauline Patterson 2000
2000
The Montreal Gazette 10/16/ 2000
2000
Les Femmeuses Catalogue-Pratt and Whitney 2000
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