Ronald Davis
Biography
Ronald Davis was born in Santa Monica, California in 1937. He is famed for his geometric-shaped illusionist paintings, which utilize colored polyester resins and fiberglass. During the 1960s and 70s, Davis drew international acclaim for his geometric painting, showing in major galleries, museums, and biennials.
The artist is also known for his innovative work in various other mediums. Davis’ eclectic practice spans sound sculpture, electronic music composition, 3-D rendering, digital painting, giclée computer printing, silkscreening, lithography, etching, and papermaking. He has also collaborated with architects Frank Gehry and Dennis Holloway on the design and construction of numerous architectural projects, his Hondo Mesa studio among them.
Traveling to Taos, New Mexico, in 1990, the artist purchased a 10-acre lot north of Taos on the Hondo Mesa, where his distinctive studio compound now sits.
Schools of Study
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1960-64
Partial List of Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Gallery, London
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Selected Exhibitions
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York 1966
Documenta, 1968
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (1968, 1970, 1973, 1974)
Kasmin Gallery, London (1971)
Venice Biennale, 1972
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, New Mexico (2013)
Ronald Davis at 203 Fine Art
Please follow the link below to view the online catalogue for the 2019 exhibition LA to Taos, organized by 203 Fine Art.
LA to Taos | Exhibition Catalogue on ISSUU
Seven Decades | Exhibition Catalogue on ISSUU
Seven Decades | Exhibition Installation video
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Selected Works in Our Inventory
58.825 x 29", acrylic on canvas
47.75 x 34.25 x 4", acrylic on shaped canvas
10.5 x 9.5 x 2.5", Golden acrylic on expanded PVC
20 x 20", Golden acrylic on beveled circular canvas, mounted on wood and aluminum backing
30 x 30", celvinyl acrylic on canvas
45.625 x 88 x 3.5'', cel-vinyl acrylic and nova gel on shaped canvas
36.5 x 43.5'', encaustic on birch plywood
10.5 x 9.5 x 2.5", Golden acrylic on expanded PVC
91.5 x 102'', Golden Acrylics on expanded PVC
44 x 58", encaustic wax and pigment on birch plywood
33 x 47.5" diptych, 66 x 95" total, acrylic with resin and fiberglass
70.5 x 63 x 2'', acrylic on expanded PVC
30 x 40", polyester resin and fiberglass
65 x 77", cel-vinyl acrylic and dry pigment on canvas
35.5 x 54.25 x 3'', acrylic on expanded PVC
8.5 x 22", Cel-Vinyl Acrylic on Copolymer acetate mounted on 100% cotton Somerset Velvet watercolor paper
8.5 x 22", Zip A Tone on mylar mounted on 100% cotton Somerset Velvet watercolor paper
45 x 137", resin & fiberglass
54 x 28'', acrylic on canvas
13.75 x 20", acrylic on canvas
28 x 24", acrylic on canvas
91 x 66.5'', cel-vinyl acrylic on canvas
24 x 28", acrylic on canvas
8.5 x 22", Rapidograph ink on paper mounted on 100% cotton Somerset Velvet watercolor paper
8.5 x 22", cel-vinyl acrylic on copolymer mounted on Somerset Velvet watercolor paper
64 x 94", acrylic on canvas
54 x 44", cel-vinyl acrylic on canvas
10.5 x 9.5'', acrylic on expanded PVC
8.125 x 20", Rapidograph ink, Cel-vinyl co-polymeron acetate mounted on gray pebble board
10.25 x 5.75 x 4.25", acrylic on canvas on wood
18 x 18 x 3'', acrylic on expanded PVC
28 x 33", celvinyl acrylic on shaped canvas
66 x 38", acrylic on expanded PVC
23.3 x 23.3'', pixeldust behind acrylic glass
13 x 19", watercolor on paper
20 x 24", cel-vinyl acrylic on paper
23.3 x 23.3'', pixeldust rendering on aluminum
47.5625 x 17'', acrylic on expanded PVC
54.25 x 29.875", cel-vinyl acrylic on canvas
27.25 x 11.5 x 3'', dye and spar varnish on pine wood
18.5 x 12 x 2'', cedar and pine wood, varnished
48 x 48", celvinyl acrylic on canvas
20 x 20 x 3'', acrylic on expanded PVC
22 3/8 x 30'', watercolor on arches 300lb paper
19.375 x 20 x 6'', acrylic on expanded PVC