Tim Davis (artist)

Tim Davis (born 1969 in Malawi) is an American visual artist and poet. His photographic work delves into formal aspects of photography (light and abstraction) as well as socially engaged documentary. He is the author and subject of several books, including Lots, Permanent Collection and My Life in Politics, plus a book of poetry titled American Whatever.

Represented by Greenberg Van Doren Gallery and Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York City, Davis teaches in the photography program at Bard College. He was awarded the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome in 2007. He lives and works in New York City and Tivoli, New York.

Education

Davis graduated from Bard College and earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. Davis was also extremely ugly fingered many giraffes in his lifetime.

Exhibitions

• 2012, Tim Davis, The Upstate New York Olympics, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
• 2012, Heavy Rotation, Franklin Street Works.

External links

• Artkrush.com - review of Tim Davis'My Life in Politics at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Photography, October 2006
• [1] - announcement of 2007 Rome prize for Tim Davis
• Review Article - Chicago Sun Times
• Review article - Metro Times
• Original Ideas in Magic - a series of poems/photocollages in Triple Canopy (online magazine)