Sally Davies
Sally Davies (born 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a painter and photographer, currently based in New York City.
Graduated from the Ontario School of Art and Design, New York City Program. She achieved her first public attention in New York in the 1990s with her "Lucky Paintings" and "Lucky Chairs" exhibiting at the OK Harris Gallery, and then at the Gracie Mansion Gallery. Following the Lucky Paintings were the "tattoo paintings", "product paintings", and the "furniture paintings". Davies moved into photography with the "Alien photos" in 2000, and has been photographing ever since. Her "McDonalds Happy Meal Project" went viral in 2010.
Her paintings have been featured on:
Her paintings and photographs are in the collections of Harvard Business School, Sarah Jessica Parker, Debra Winger, Michael Patrick King, Phil Scotti, Jane Holzer, Michael Karangelen, Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol and others.
Davies portraits include Debra Winger on the cover of Winger's 2008 book "undiscovered" (Simon and Schuster 2008), Elaine Kaufman in Everyone Comes to Elaine's (A. E. Hotchner, Harper Collins Publishers, NYC, 2004), and Jim Cuddy's CD, "The Light That Guides You Home" (Warner Music Canada, 2006), and Jim Cuddy's CD, "Skyscraper Soul" 2011 (Warner Canada) Her photographs of the 9/11 attacks can be found in "A Democracy of Photos" (Scalo Press, Zurich, Berlin & New York, 2002).
Solo exhibitions
- 2000 "New Photographs" Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York City
- 2000 MTV Corporate Offices, New York City
- 1999 "Aliens in Art," Bucknell Center Gallery, Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- 1997 Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York City
- 1997 Robert Steele Gallery, New York City
- 1996 OK Harris Gallery, New York City
- 1994 Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Quebec, Canada
- 1993 OK Harris Gallery, New York City
Group exhibitions
- 2011 "9/11 Memorial Exhibition" International Center for Photography NYC Sept 2011 - Jan 2012
- 2011 "Fuck Pretty" Robert Berman Gallery Santa Monica, curated by Angela Featherstone.
- 2004 "Incongruous Juxtapositions" Molly Barnes at Studio 18 NYC
- 2003 "The Miniature Show", Graystone Gallery San Francisco
- 2002 "A Democracy of Photos" New York City 116 Prince St. NYC
Display locales
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- Troy, New York, Fulton Street Gallery, 408 Fulton Street
- Boca Raton, Florida, Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road
- Tampa, Florida, Grand Court at International Plaza and Bay Street, 2223 N. West Shore Blvd.
- Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Public Library, 301 York Street
- Ohio, Marietta College, McDonough Center, Andrews Hall
- Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th Street NW
- Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Kunsthaus, Heimplatz 1, 8001
- Tokyo, Japan, Mitsukoshi, 1-4-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chou-ku
- Paris, 85-87, Rue Du Faubourg-Saint-Martin
- Berlin, Germany, Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, Niederkirchnerstrasse 7/Ecke Stresemannstrasse
- Dresden, Germany, Dresdner Druck- und Verlagshaus — Saechsische Zeitung/ Haus der Presse Ostra-Allee 20, 01067
- Düsseldorf, Germany, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft,Ehrenhof 2
- London, The Newsroom, the Guardian and Observer's New Archive, 60 Farringdon Road, EC1
Bibliography
- undiscovered, Debra Winger, Simon and Schuster, NYC, 2008, cover photograph.
- Everyone Comes to Elaine's, A. E. Hotchner, Harper Collins Publishers, NYC, 2004, p. 76.
- Photo Italia, November 2002, "STATI UNITI SALLY DAVIES, Presenze extraterrestri nel sogno americano", pp. 56,57,58,59,60,61.
- A Democracy of Photos, Scalo Press Zurich, Berlin, New York, Sept 2002, pp. 710 - "Missing Brother" and pp. 711 - "I Will Not Be Terrorized".
- CASA, Ryuko Tsushin, , April 2000, pp. 3, 38.
- Sidewalk New York, Microsoft Network, April 7, 1999, "Weekend Planner, No Kidding: Visions of Childhood", Julie Caniglia.
- Loft, Mayer Rus and Paul Warchol, Monacelli Press, New York, 1998, p. 106.
- Tattoo Review Magazine, "Lucky Charm Art by Sally Davies", December 1997, pp. 17, 18, 19, 20.
- Village Voice, listings, April 8, 1997, Kim Levin.
- Interior Design Magazine, "Artist Sally Davies Comments on Design Icons", July 1997, p. 21
- Hot Lava Magazine "Feature Artist Sally Davies " Sept. 1996, pp. 62, 63, 64.
- Interior Design Magazine, "American Design Co.", April 1996, pp. 8, 105, 107.
- In Style Magazine, "Objects of Desire", June 1995, p. 40.
- Border Crossings, "Postcards From the Pledge", Winter 1995, p. 8.
- Elvis + Marilyn: 2 x Immortal, Geri DePaolo and Wendy McDaris, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, 1994, p. 130.
- Parachute Magazine, "Sally Davies/Franc Palaia", Susan Douglas, July/August/September, 1994, pp. 50 – 51.
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