Personal Information

Full Name

Evelyn Davis

Artist Bio

SOLO and GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Group Exhibition Invitational – “Be A Doll”
Estel Gallery – Nashville, Tennessee (Barbie Series)

2008 Solo Exhibition –
“Everything Europe: A traveler’s journey”
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
Fredericksburg, Virginia

2007 Group Exhibition – “Recent Works”
Virginia State University Art Gallery
Petersburg, Virginia

2007 Solo Exhibition –
“Everything Europe: A traveler’s journey”
Richmond Main Public Library
Franklin Street – Richmond, Virginia

2007 Solo Exhibition – “Reflections and Ascensions” Barnes and Noble Booksellers
Richmond, Virginia

2001 Group Exhibition – “Alumni Show”
Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio

2000 Group Exhibition – “Voices”
Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2009 OH COW 09 – Crossing Art – Flushing, New York

Powerful and Fragile Earth
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Art at the Mill Spring 2009 Art Show
Millwood, Virginia

2008 Reclamation Exhibition
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Art at the Mill – Clarke County Historical Association, Millwood Virginia

My Generation
Washington Gallery of Photography
Bethesda, Maryland

Fragments Exhibition
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
Fredericksburg, Virginia (Honorable Mention)

2007 Photographer’s Forum Magazine
Photographer finalist
Best of Photography 2007 annual

Human Form Exhibition
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts Fredericksburg, Virginia

April Regional Art Show
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts Fredericksburg, Virginia

Art at the Mill Spring 2007 Art Show
Millwood, Virginia

National Juried Photography Exhibition
Nexus Gallery, Prescott, Arizona

27th Annual College Photography Contest Finalist
Photographer’s Forum Magazine
Top 5% out of 28,000 entrants

13th Annual National Women’s Exhibition
Impact Artists Gallery
Buffalo, New York

Exploring Spirituality Exhibition
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Sixth Street Gallery Photography Exhibition Vancouver, Washington

Artists’ Gallery Juried Exhibition
Columbia, Maryland

Its Photography II Exhibition
The Art League of Northern California
Novato, California

National Juried Exhibition “ DISCOVERIES”
George Segal Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey

COMPETITIONS (Contests Non-Exhibit)
BOAT SOBER NY – Going Coastal Inc. (1st Place)
$500 prize award
New York, NY

CD101 Radio Station
Poster Calendar Contest (2nd place)
$200 prize award
Columbus, Ohio

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Publications & Catalogues)
2007 Photographer’s Forum Magazine
Photographer finalist
Best of Photography 2007 annual

Photographer’s Forum Magazine
Photographer finalist in the 27th Annual
College Photography Contest

Its Photography II Exhibition (On-line Catalogue)
The Art League of Northern California
Novato, California

Heart Gala 2007 Artist Spotlight Catalogue
American Heart Association

AWARDS and HONORS
1999 Lilian Frank/Earl Hassenpflug Endowed Award

Art Show Merit Award

1998 Marguerite Wetherill Eschbach Purchase Award

George R. Raica Fine Arts Endowed Award

Dorothy G VanSant Memorial Endowed Award

PERMENENT COLLECTIONS
1998 Otterbein College Dunlap Gallery
Westerville, Ohio

2003 American Red Cross of Greater Columbus
Red Cross Quilt

2005 Pamela J. Green – Red Cross Chaos

EDUCATION
2007 Marywood University - Scranton, Pennsylvania
Master of Fine Arts Degree
Concentration: Advertising Design
Current GPA: 3.8

2000 Otterbein College - Westerville, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Concentrations: Visual Communications and Computer Art
GPA: 3.8 Magna Cum Laude

ORGANIZATIONS
2008 - 2009 CSCA
Columbus Society of Communicating Arts
2007 – 2008 AIGA
Professional Association for Design Member
2007 – 2009 Fredericksburg Ctr for the Creative Arts

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2008 - present Otterbein College
Westerville, Ohio
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Tenure-Track

2007 - 2008 Virginia State University
Petersburg, Virginia
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

Artist Statement

I enjoy blurring the lines between commercial work and fine art. Communication is the root of everything we create. I believe my work should take on a socially-conscious medium. The series was a social commentary on the pressures young girls live with growing up in a country obsessed with beauty and fitting in. By incorporating graphic design and photography in provocative ways, I am able to use my commercial experience to communicate social issues, including unwanted pregnancy, cancer, plastic surgery and male anxiety.

The packaging is applied to chipboard and affixed to large Masonite and wooden strips, giving the appearance of three dimensional toy packaging. In addition, Mylar plastic is added to simulate the classic commercial packaging – allowing me to continue blurring the lines between commercial art and fine art.

History

Member for

14 years 8 months