Christopher Davison is a New York-based painter with an MFA from the Tyler School of Art. 

His first solo exhibition in New York was in 2009 at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery and his most recent two-person exhibitions were at Horton Gallery, NYC and Harpy Gallery, New Jersey. He has been included in exhibitions in New York, Miami, Copenhagen, Philadelphia, Boston, Rome, Los Angeles and Brussels. His work can be seen in the public collections of the Rose Art Museum (MA), University of Alabama (AL) and Museum of the Hague (Netherlands). In addition to creating works of art, Christopher is a part-time professor of art in Philadelphia at the University of the Arts, and Moore College of Art. 

A collection of his work can be seen at ChristopherDavison.com

EDUCATION 

2006 MFA, Printmaking. Tyler School of Art 

2002 BFA, Drawing. University of Central Florida 

SELECTED ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 

2019 Recent Work (with Sara Anstis). Harpy Gallery, Rutherford, NJ 

2017 Body-dwellers. Horton Gallery, New York, NY 

2010 Tall Tales. Fred Torres Collaborations, New York, NY 

2009 Tabernacle. Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY 

2008 Had. Jenny Jaskey Gallery Project Space, Philadelphia, PA 

2006 Land of Milk & Honey. Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2019 

Animal Idealism. Harpy Gallery, Rutherford, NJ 

2017 

Shindig. YUI Gallery, New York, NY 

2016 

Alumni Exhibition. SVAD, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 

2015 

Drawing First + Last. Hamilton/Arronson Galleries, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

Rumpus Room. Four A.M., New York, NY 

Lesser Deities. Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

Their Mouths Filled With Earth. Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA 

Instar. Gallery 817, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

2014 

Chaos Hat. Ampersand Gallery and Books, Portland, OR 

Duck Show. Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

8 Young Figurative Artists (curated by Dona Nelson) Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia 

Everyday Zeal. Alter Space, San Francisco, CA 

Begin Where You Are. Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA 

2012 

CTRL+P. Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 

Visionary Works On Paper. West Gallery, Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN 

Romanticism II. Gross McCleef Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 

Where My Cones At?. Double Break, San Diego, CA 

2008 

Invisible Rays: The Surrealism Legacy. Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA 

ZEKE BAZAAR3. Traveling Exhibit (Galerie Plin Tub, Brussels & Au Monte En L'air, Paris) 

Darkness/Light/Darkness. Sarah Moody Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL 

My Happy Demons. Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY 

Erratic. Gallery 817, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

Project(OR) - Art Rotterdam. Represented by Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Blow Me Away. Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA 

Extra-Virgin. FluxSpace, Philadelphia, PA 

2007 

Exxcapes. Exclamation Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 

La Flåneur. Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Personal Effects. Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Paper Trail. V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 

Naked Paper. Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 

2006 

Works on Paper. (Juried by Cornelia Butler) Arcadia University, Glenside, PA 

2005 

When Fancy Gets Sexy. Temple Rome Gallery, Rome 

5 Foreigners (2 Permessi). Il Quadrato Di Omega, Rome info@christopherdavison.com christopherdavison.com 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Leiman, Layla. “There is a Journey That Takes Place: The Symbolic Art of Christopher Davison”, ArtMaze, Fall 2019 

Stone, Bryony. “The Artistic Process Becomes a Form of Yoga”, It’s Nice That, April 24, 2017 

Meir, Lauren. “Watchlist: Captivating Contemporary Artists”, MutualArt.com, March 21, 2012 

Fallon, Roberta & Rosof, Libby. "Scaling up – Chris Davison Makes A Mural", The ArtBlog.org, December 2011 

Henson, Julie. "Christopher Davison", Beautiful Decay Book 5, Spring 2011. 51-69 

Laster, Paul, "Tall Tales: Kristofer Porter and Christopher Davison", Modern Painters, Sept. 2010 

Procter, Kenneth J., "In the Light of Darkness", American Artist - Drawing Magazine, Fall 2010. 57-61 

Hua Vivian, “Christopher Davison: Artist Interview”, Redefine Magazine, April, 2010 

Gia Nguyen, Trong, “Interview with Christopher Davison”, Art Slant, July, 2009 

Suter, Georgia, “Christopher Davison - Urban Decay”, IN*tandem Magazine, May, 2009 

Nelson, James R., “Art Captures Horror”, Birmingham News, September, 2008 

Fallon, Roberta, “Dead Baroque”, Philadelphia Weekly, July 2, 2008 Atkins, Craig. Café Royal Issue Two, March, 2008. 

Collins, Shannon, “More Than Just Pen and Paper”, Lifestyle Magazine, March, 2008 

COLLECTIONS 

Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, LA 

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. The Netherlands 

Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. Waltham, Massachusetts 

Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 

Soho House NYC (Ludlow House and Dumbo House locations)