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Jean Davis

San Jose, CA, United States

Jean Davis is based in San Jose, Ca, and has drawn and painted since childhood. She works primarily ...

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Jean Davis

Joined In 2013

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About the artist

Jean Davis

Joined In 2013

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(48 Followers)

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Jean Davis is based in San Jose, Ca, and has drawn and painted since childhood. She works primarily in oil, using reference photos she takes of her model, often in motion. This enables her to relinquish control over her subject's narrative, and allows her to work intuitively with the medium. Her work is an exploration of ideas of place and permanence, as well as the emergence of ideas and patterns that are not consciously initiated.

Awards include the Clyde & Co San Francisco Community Art Award, First Place (2014) and Academy of Art University Spring Show, First Place award in abstract painting (2013).

MFA, Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (2014)

Post-baccalaureate studies, University of California Berkeley extension

2018
Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Works on Paper, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Best Face Forward, Bankhead Theatre, Livermore, CA
2017
Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Art for AIDS 21st Annual Charity Auction
The Metreon, San Francisco, CA
New Works (Juror's Choice Award)
SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bluets
GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
Women in Art
Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2015
The Blue Show, Linus Gallery, linusgallery.com/art-gallery
Curves and Lines, Linus Gallery, linusgallery.com/art-gallery
Annual Faculty + Alumni Fine Art Auction, Academy of Art University Galleries at the Cannery, San Francisco, CA
Art for Aids Auction, UCSF Alliance Health Project, San Francisco, CA
Works San Jose Performance and Art Center Benefit Art Auction, San Jose, CA

2014
Real and Surreal, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Community Art Project, Hang Art with Clyde & Co LLC, San Francisco, CA (To June 2015)
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Expand, 18th Annual New Generations Student Showcase, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Works San Jose Performance and Art Center Benefit Art Auction, San Jose, C...

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