C.J. Davis

A local Dallas-based artist, born in Concord, North Carolina, in 1967. Davis studied at the University of Texas at Arlington, graduating Summa Cum Laude and earning a BFA in Sculpture. Inspired by post-minimalism and informal aesthetics, C.J.'s common mediums include sculptures, drawings, and paintings that embrace imperfection and irregularity, while remaining deliberate and intuitive.

C.J. has been a part of the contemporary art community in Dallas for over the past two decades, his work has been shown in solo shows to group exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Goss-Michael Foundation, and various galleries across the United States and internationally.

His solo exhibitions include: “Ages”, Plush Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2018; “One, Two, Free”, Plush Gallery, Dallas, 2023; “Hang Your Colors Up Inside”, Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas, 2013; “A New Kissed Out Red Float Boat”, Plush Gallery, Dallas, 2012; “Calm Manufacturer”, Plush Gallery Pop-Up, Santa Fe, NM, 2011.

Selected group exhibitions include: "I and You and We", Plush Gallery, Dallas, 2023; "Sundowner", Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX; Gallery Reunion, Zurich, Switzerland; Hiroshima, Japan, 2015; “Boomtown”, curated by The Art Foundation, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2013; "PLAYGROUND", Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, 2013; "Monument to Berezovsky", Owens Art Center, SMU, Dallas, 2012; "Chain Letter", Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2011; "Group Lithography Show", Proyecto'ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009; "Colorline/Shapetexture", curated by Vance Wingate, Commerce Street Arts Warehouse, Houston, 2006; “100 Drawings”, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, 2004; Beaux Arts Ball, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2003; "42nd Annual Invitational", Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, 2003.