January 2011
PLENITUDE
January 7 - March 5, 2011
January 7 - March 5, 2011
Gavin Perry; "Mother do you wanna bang heads with me"; 2008-10; pigmented resin, vinyl, spray paint, resin on board; 80 x 64 in. (203.2 x 162.6 cm)
Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to announce the forthcoming group exhibition Plenitude, featuring the works of emerging and established national and international artists.
The exhibition will include painting, sculpture, and works on paper from: Joe Davidson, Gustavo Godoy, Annie Lapin, Donald Lipski, Robert Longo, Daniel McFarlane, Julie Mehretu, Julie Ann Nagle, Mie Olise, Gavin Perry, Danny Rolph, Yehudit Sasportas, Todd Williamson, and Jason Yates. This will be the Houston debut for Los Angeles-based artists Joe Davidson, Gustavo Godoy, Annie Lapin, Todd Williamson, and Jason Yates.
Plenitude will be on view Friday, January 7, 2011 through Saturday, March 5, 2011 with an artist reception on Friday, January 7, 2011, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm.
The exhibition will include painting, sculpture, and works on paper from: Joe Davidson, Gustavo Godoy, Annie Lapin, Donald Lipski, Robert Longo, Daniel McFarlane, Julie Mehretu, Julie Ann Nagle, Mie Olise, Gavin Perry, Danny Rolph, Yehudit Sasportas, Todd Williamson, and Jason Yates. This will be the Houston debut for Los Angeles-based artists Joe Davidson, Gustavo Godoy, Annie Lapin, Todd Williamson, and Jason Yates.
Plenitude will be on view Friday, January 7, 2011 through Saturday, March 5, 2011 with an artist reception on Friday, January 7, 2011, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm.
About the Artists:
Joe Davidson was born in Milford, Massachusetts, in 1969, and lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his MFA from The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA and received his BFA from The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. He has exhibited throughout North America and Europe including Canada, Italy, and Great Britain. Davidson received the C.O.L.A. Fellowship from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA., in 2009. He has been reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Artillery Magazine, Artscene, and THE Magazine.
Donald Lipski was born in 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, and lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his BA from the University of Wisconsin and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1973. His solo exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; The Brooklyn Museum, New York; P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York; Capp Street Project, San Francisco, California; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida; American Academy, Rome, Italy; and Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria. Lipski's group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota;and the Hudson Museum, Yonkers, New York. His work has been acquired by private and museum collections including the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney, The Menil Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Chicago Art Institute, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), among others. His awards and honors, include The Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Awards, The Academy Award of the American Academy of Arts & Letters, the New York Foundation on the Arts Fellowship, and The Rome Prize.
Daniel McFarlane was born in Houston, Texas, where he currently lives and works. He earned a BFA from Sam Houston State University and his MFA from the University of Florida. He has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution and JFK Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. His work has been featured in two consecutive years of New American Painting, first in the MFA Annual no. 87, 2010, and most recently, the West Edition no. 96 in 2011. He recently completed the Lawndale Art center Residency Program. 2011 marked his inaugural solo-exhibition with Barbara Davis Gallery.
Mie Olise was born on the Island of Mors, Denmark, in 1974. She received her MFA from the Central St. Martins School of Art, London in 2007. She recently had solo exhibitions at Skive New Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark, with accompanying catalog; Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles; and the Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. She was a finalist in the Saatchi Sensation Show, Saatchi Gallery, London and her work has been included in exhibitions at Ystad Museum of Art, Ystad, Sweden; Whitstable Biennale, Kent, United Kingdom; and Bloomberg Space, London. In addition to completing a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Olise has also completed residencies at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, and the NES Artist Residency in Iceland. She has received awards from the Danish Art Council, the Rockwool Foundation, and the Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation. Her work has been reviewed by ArtForum, Art Review, FlashArt International, and Magazinet Kunst.
Gavin Perry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1971, and currently lives and works in Miami. Perry's exhibitions include Frederic Snitzer, Miami, Florida; Galerie Sultana, in Paris France; Art Basel, Basel, Swizerland; White Box, New York; and Buamet Sultana Gallerie in Mexico City and Paris, France. Perry was awarded the prestigious South Florida Cultural Consortium which included an exhibition at the University Galleries of FAU. His work has been reviewed by Flash Art, Art in America, Art Papers, and, in 2011, The Art Economist named Perry an Artist to Watch.
Danny Rolph was born in London, in 1967, where he continues to live and work. Rolph holds an MA in painting from the Royal College of Art. Recent solo exhibitions have included Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp; Poppy Sebire, London; AR / Contemporary, Milan; Hales Gallery, London. Group exhibitions include Around the World in 80 Days, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles (2012, touring); Galerie Fruehsorge, Berlin; Drawing Room, London; Contemporary Art Space, Riverside, CA;University of Leeds Gallery, Leeds and Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire. Rolph's works have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tate, London. A monograph entitled Happenstance was published by Broken Glass in 2007.
Jason Yates was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1972, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BFA from the University of Michigan and his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. His solo exhibitions have included Circus Gallery, Hollywood, California; 2445 Caesar Chavez, Los Angeles, California; Fingered Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; The Main Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Del Mar Gallery, Art Center, Pasadena, California; and Urban Park Gallery, Detroit, Michigan. He has been included in group exhibitions in Galleria Mexicali Rose, Mexicali, Mexico; Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits (LACE), Los Angeles, California. His work has been reviewed in The L.A. Times and ArtReview, among others.
Joe Davidson was born in Milford, Massachusetts, in 1969, and lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his MFA from The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA and received his BFA from The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. He has exhibited throughout North America and Europe including Canada, Italy, and Great Britain. Davidson received the C.O.L.A. Fellowship from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA., in 2009. He has been reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Artillery Magazine, Artscene, and THE Magazine.
Donald Lipski was born in 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, and lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his BA from the University of Wisconsin and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1973. His solo exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; The Brooklyn Museum, New York; P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York; Capp Street Project, San Francisco, California; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida; American Academy, Rome, Italy; and Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria. Lipski's group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota;and the Hudson Museum, Yonkers, New York. His work has been acquired by private and museum collections including the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney, The Menil Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Chicago Art Institute, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), among others. His awards and honors, include The Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Awards, The Academy Award of the American Academy of Arts & Letters, the New York Foundation on the Arts Fellowship, and The Rome Prize.
Daniel McFarlane was born in Houston, Texas, where he currently lives and works. He earned a BFA from Sam Houston State University and his MFA from the University of Florida. He has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution and JFK Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. His work has been featured in two consecutive years of New American Painting, first in the MFA Annual no. 87, 2010, and most recently, the West Edition no. 96 in 2011. He recently completed the Lawndale Art center Residency Program. 2011 marked his inaugural solo-exhibition with Barbara Davis Gallery.
Mie Olise was born on the Island of Mors, Denmark, in 1974. She received her MFA from the Central St. Martins School of Art, London in 2007. She recently had solo exhibitions at Skive New Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark, with accompanying catalog; Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles; and the Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. She was a finalist in the Saatchi Sensation Show, Saatchi Gallery, London and her work has been included in exhibitions at Ystad Museum of Art, Ystad, Sweden; Whitstable Biennale, Kent, United Kingdom; and Bloomberg Space, London. In addition to completing a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Olise has also completed residencies at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, and the NES Artist Residency in Iceland. She has received awards from the Danish Art Council, the Rockwool Foundation, and the Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation. Her work has been reviewed by ArtForum, Art Review, FlashArt International, and Magazinet Kunst.
Gavin Perry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1971, and currently lives and works in Miami. Perry's exhibitions include Frederic Snitzer, Miami, Florida; Galerie Sultana, in Paris France; Art Basel, Basel, Swizerland; White Box, New York; and Buamet Sultana Gallerie in Mexico City and Paris, France. Perry was awarded the prestigious South Florida Cultural Consortium which included an exhibition at the University Galleries of FAU. His work has been reviewed by Flash Art, Art in America, Art Papers, and, in 2011, The Art Economist named Perry an Artist to Watch.
Danny Rolph was born in London, in 1967, where he continues to live and work. Rolph holds an MA in painting from the Royal College of Art. Recent solo exhibitions have included Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp; Poppy Sebire, London; AR / Contemporary, Milan; Hales Gallery, London. Group exhibitions include Around the World in 80 Days, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles (2012, touring); Galerie Fruehsorge, Berlin; Drawing Room, London; Contemporary Art Space, Riverside, CA;University of Leeds Gallery, Leeds and Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire. Rolph's works have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tate, London. A monograph entitled Happenstance was published by Broken Glass in 2007.
Jason Yates was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1972, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BFA from the University of Michigan and his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. His solo exhibitions have included Circus Gallery, Hollywood, California; 2445 Caesar Chavez, Los Angeles, California; Fingered Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; The Main Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Del Mar Gallery, Art Center, Pasadena, California; and Urban Park Gallery, Detroit, Michigan. He has been included in group exhibitions in Galleria Mexicali Rose, Mexicali, Mexico; Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits (LACE), Los Angeles, California. His work has been reviewed in The L.A. Times and ArtReview, among others.