Davis Mclane Connelly

Davis McLane Connelly is an emerging artist whose realistic, highly textured drawings often contain a playful and surreal surface narrative, with a visual subtext based on internal conflict, subconscious psychic growth, and the construction of semantics.

Davis holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology (2004) from SUNY Cortland, and attended residencies in Drawing and Painting in Corciano, Italy (2006), and the Chautauqua Institution (2007). He is currently developing educational programs and partnerships to benefit youth in public and charter schools as a Senior Director for a youth non-profit in four of New York's boroughs.

While his academic training in the field of psychology is an evident influence in his work, Davis is also a noted scholar in unexpected arenas such as archetypes in mythology and horror cinema, such as Joseph Campbell’s stages of monomyth and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film The Shining. He currently resides and works in Bushwick, Brooklyn, where he evenly commits his time to his research, studio work and youth programs.

BA in Psychology (2004) State University of New York at Cortland
Residencies:
Post Graduate residency (2006) American University at Corciano, Italy
The Chautauqua Institute (2007); full merit scholarship in Drawing

Solo Exhibitions:
2013 Individuation, The Fridge; Washington, DC

Select Group Exhibitions:
2015 Domestic Space Travelers, Gallery Project; Brooklyn, NY
2013 Whimsicality, Albany Center Gallery; Albany, NY
2012 Chelsea's Exhibition of RTS Art Stars, Muelenstein Gallery; New York, NY
2012 Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, View Gallery; Old Forge, NY
2010 Uncle Cory's Art Show, The Fridge; Washington, DC
2010 Come Out and Play, LITM Gallery; Jersey City, NJ
2008 I'm Still Here, Papa B Studios; Brooklyn, NY
2007 VACI Resident Exhibition, Chautauqua Institute School of Art; Chautauqua, NY
2006 Esibizione di Autunno, Town of Corciano; Umbria, Italy
2006 The People's Choice Exhibition, Upstate Artists Guild; Albany, NY
2006 Pretty Girls and Robots, Upstate Artists Guild; Albany, NY