Giant Robot NY

I'll have 8 little paintings in "Small Favors" at Giant Robot in NY.
Opening 3/27/10.
The paintings are 5x5"/$90 each (all with simple, pine frames) and are available for sale here.
(UPDATE: I have one of these paintings left. It is in my Etsy shop.)



check out the facebook invite here.

First Amendment Gallery in Mpls

I am having a solo show of new paintings/drawings on paper at First Amendment Gallery in NE Mpls.
"Spree"
Mar27- Apr20, 2010
Opening 3/27-One day after my 35th birthday! Come and celebrate with me, OK?

- lucky monkey (detail)-SOLD & monkey see, monkey do

-high noon (detail)-SOLD & fight or flight (detail)- SOLD

-hello, sunshine (detail) & unhinged- SOLD


AND- The fabulousfolks at Burlesque of North America have made a 9 color screen print of my Owl painting. 18x24", $50 available via Burlesque Design.com: info@burlesquedesign.com

LIVE MUSIC by The Book of Right On. Yes!
http://www.myspace.com/bookofrighton

Check out the Facebook invitation here.
Read about the show in City Pages, Vita.Mn, The MnDaily, The Dressing Room, MetroMag and Rift Magazine!

Foot in the Door

I made this painting for the Foot in the Door 4 show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Every 10 years they invite ALL Minnesota Artists to submit a work of art that fits into the 12x12x12 inch "Curator".

Are you sitting down? You will almost faint when you see how much ART they received: photos here.

The opening reception should be interesting!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
I love MN.

testing 1-2-3...

Created with flickr slideshow....just trying out this slideshow of that I made at www.flickrslideshow.com. Neato!

Fresh stART 2010

- Sweetest Fruit, 26x24", acrylic/graphite

I am SOOOOO honored to be invited back to participate in this exciting one-night art sale to benefit therapeutic art programs for at-risk youth. The line-up includes some of my favorite contemporary artists- amazing!

Fresh stART 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010 7-9p
in Santa Monica, CA
tickets: $40 here

Enormous tiny ArtShow 7

I have a bunch of new paintings in the 7th Installment of the Enormous Tiny Artshow at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH.
They are available online here.
Reception: Fri Jan 5th, 5-8pm

8th Annual BirdxBird

These two paintings will be in the silent auction at the 8th Annual Bird X Bird
exhibition and silent auction is Saturday, Feb 6thst (6-9pm.)

Ontario, Canada!

- owl, 12x16", acrylic/graphite

I am headed to Ontario, Canada for my new solo show at Definitely Superior Gallery.
Friday February 5 - Saturday March 6, 2010
RECEPTION: Friday February 5

- tug-o-war (detail), 12x16", acrylic/graphite

- some peoples at the reception.
- the gallery- so purty!

- me and my sweetie walking around outside- brrr!

Art Hound

I did a mini-interview for this great arty blog, Art Hound : "Jennifer Davis On Symbols, Creatures And The Inner Child".

Win this painting for $5!

My painting, "Mind Over Matters", will be raffled off at Soo Visual Art Center's annual Get Lucky Gala Fundraiser.
Raffle tickets are just $5 a pop (and you need not be present at the event to win)! Get yours here.

Hello, 2010!

Happy new year!
I have a bunch of exciting exhibitions up my sleeve this year...

* Jan
- New paintings in the project space at Walker Contemporary in Boston, MA.
- My work is also on display at Barbette with Tara Costello and Hollis MacDonald.

* Feb
- A solo show at Definitely Superior Gallery in Ontario, Canada. Passport is ready!
- Enormous Tiny Artshow 7 at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH
- Fresh stART at Arena 1 Gallery in Santa Monica, CA.

* Mar
- A solo show of BIG-ish drawing/painting on paper at First Amendment Gallery in Minneapolis, MN.
- "Small Favors" at Giant Robot New York.

* Apr
- * ArtCrank 2010: A Poster Show for Bike People at Shelter Studios in Mpls.

* June
- A 5 woman show of paintings at Youngblood Gallery in Atlanta, GA.

* Oct
- at The MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS (!!!!!) in their MAEP Galleries with Erica Olson, Terrence Payne and Joe Siness.

I am also participating in a bunch of group shows including the annual Get Lucky benefit Gala at SooVisual Arts Center, Bird X Bird in Minneapolis, etc, etc, etc.

I better get back painting now!
xo-
jd

Greeting Card Gift Packs

UPDATE 9/19/12: These cards are now available in my Etsy shop!
A variety pack of 7 Letterpress greeting cards featuring my designs for just $16 now available via Vandalia Street Press on Etsy.

"December" at Nahcotta Gallery

"December" at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH.
Dec 2, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010
Reception Dec4, 2009, 5-8pm
Featuring artwork by
Cheryl St Onge - www.cherylestonge.com
Michael Winters - www.michaelwintersphotography.com
Tim Beavis - www.enormoustinyart.com/beavis,-tim
Shannon Rankin - www.selflesh.blogspot.com
Bonney Goldstein - www.vanwardgallery.com
and
me! - www.jenniferdavisart.com

One Day Only!

Shiny Robot Studios Holiday Art Sale
Fine art, prints, and handmade crafts priced for gift giving.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
(This Saturday- ONE DAY ONLY!)
12:00pm - 7:00pm
Shiny Robot Studio
501 1st Ave. NE, 2nd floor
Minneapolis, MN Featuring work by:
Cheryl Wilgren Clyne,Dave Whannel,David Malcolm Scott,Shawn Mcnulty,Nick Howard,Ingrid Restemeyer,Kim Petters,Tara Costello,John Largaespada,Bob Roscoe,Jennifer Davis,Darrin Mueske,John Alspach,Terrence Payne,Kate vanCleve,Jim Wrayge,Jeff Warner, Josie Lewis...

please give generously

Soo Visual Art Center needs your help (and there is something in it for you too!)
Please become a member of SooVAC by donating to the Soo Visual Arts Center on Tuesday, November 17th, and a portion of your gift will be matched by GiveMN.org!

*AND*
You will get your choice of one of these prints as a thank you:
"Future Cafe" by Amy Rice or "Toughy" by me!

SooVac is an integral part of the MN Arts community and we need to show them how much we love them with a big thank you gift!
* Info about membership levels/gifts here
* You must donate here on Nov 17th to get the matching funds. (...but SooVac welcomes new memberships anytime!)

"Dark Art" Group Show

"Dark Art"
A group show of limited edition fine art prints by Carles Gomila, Jennifer Davis, Jesse Leroy-Smith, Kevin Earl Tayor, Natalie Shau, Russ Mills, Sylvia Ji, Zoe Lacchei at vidrART in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain.
Nov 27-Dec 31, 2009.

I will have 3 prints in the show:
- "liberation", "complicated", and "realization"

All three prints (plus these two, below) are currently available via Fine Grime in the UK.
- "carousel" and "bumpercars"

help us decide?

UPDATE: "toughy" won by a hair (after they tallied the votes on Facebook, etc.)
thank you for voting! xo- jd

"juggler" or "toughy"???

Soo Visual Arts Center (aka SooVAC) is going to include a free print with new gallery memberships! Help them decide which one of my paintings to print by voting here or on Twitter or by leaving a comment here.

ART ATTACK!

Art Attack is this weekend in NE Minneapolis.
200+ artists under one roof at the Northrup King Building.
I'm in studio #351 (the BirdxBird studio.) Stop by, ok?

Monster Print and Poster Show!

At Pink Hobo Gallery in Minneapolis on Oct 31st, 2009.
Halloween Party and Monster Print and Poster show.
Here is a little detail of my print for the show, "Light Snack":
Hope to see you there!

...I dressed up as Little Edie:
me ^
the real Edie Beale ^
=-)
It was fun. Thank you, Pink Hobo!

art for boobies!

City Pages receommends Breast in Show: A Benefit for Breast Cancer.
Gallery 122/ Hang it
in Minneapolis
10/9/09