Kerry Davis

He works with a variety of mixed media, especially photography. He studied photography & filmmaking at PSU, PCC and Oregon College of Art and Craft. He works in many photographic formats such as pinhole, photograms and digital, using contact printing and alternative processes. His works have shown at 12×16 Gallery, Portland Art Center, and other galleries in Portland and the Pacific Northwest.

My artwork takes a critical and often humorous view of political, religious and cultural content. Frequently referencing art history, philosophical perspectives and utilizing religious symbols, my work delves into the relationship between mainstream culture and images and fine art, creating challenging commentaries on our society. Often combining old technology with contemporary digital media, my work transforms familiar visual images into complex layered installations. Though I use a variety of mediums, materials and processes on each project, there is a consistent procedure and order anchored by specific themes, ideas and inspiration. Throughout the process of inquiry and experimentation with each project, new ideas form and can contain the catalyst for the next conceptual endeavor.

1989-90 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Photography
1982-86 Northwest Film Center, filmmaking and time-lapse photography
1982 Mentee/volunteer crew member on the film, The Journey, by Peter Watkins
1979-82 Portland State University, Film studies
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SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Indexing and Interference, with Anna Daedalus, Roll-Up Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 Bas-Relief, with Anna Daedalus, Roll-Up Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Leaping Darkness, with Anna Daedalus, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR - Invitational
2014 Religio, Glyph Arts Space, Portland, OR - Invitational
Columbia River Shadows, with Anna Daedalus, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
Shadows: Hiroshima to Hanford, with Anna Daedalus, Arts & Communication Magnet Academy, Beaverton, OR
2013 Shadows, with Anna Daedalus, Hamersly Library, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR - Invitational
Shadows, with Anna Daedalus, Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland, OR
2012 Precessions 1-8, Mother Foucault’s, Portland, OR
2011 Objects Immobiles, 12 x 16 Gallery, Portland, OR
Precessions, Luke’s Frame Shop Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Four, Contemporary Photography, 12x16 Gallery, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 River Arts: Reimagining the Columbia Across Borders, Selkirk College, Castlegar, BC, Canada - Invitational
2017 Make America Create Again, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2016 In Scene, The Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR - Invitational
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