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Exhibition Resume
Solo Exhibitions • Group Exhibitions • Conference Presentations • Seminars and Lectures •
Workshops • Reviews • Catalogs & Publications • Awards • Support and Fiscal Sponsorship •
Public/Private Collections • Curatorial • Membership/Affiliations • Websites • Portfolio • To Title Page
Bill Davis
444 Lake Forest Blvd.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
wdavis@wmich.edu • billzdavis@yahoo.com
269-720-9281
Undergraduate
OHIO UNIVERSITY
B.F.A.,1993
Athens, Ohio
Summa Cum Laude
Graduate
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART
M.F.A. 2004
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GPA: 3.9
Workshop
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2-Day Teaching Certificate
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Workshop Certificate
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•SOLO EXHIBITIONS•
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2004
Temple
University Galleries
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002
Gallery 109 ~ Covington, Kentucky
Shannon Miller (Curator)
2001
University
of Cincinnati ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
Anne Timpano (Curator)
juried by committee
Salamanca Arts Center ~ Hobart, Australia
Alan Sisley
(Curator)
2000
Univ. of Leeds -Bretton Hall
~ Wakefield, England
Leonard Bartle (Curator)
Enjoy
the Arts ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
Joelle Daniel (Curator)
New England Regional Art Museum ~ Armidale, Australia
Alan Sisley (Curator)
1999
Tweed River Regional Gallery ~ Tweed River, Australia
Alan Sisley (Curator)
The Photographer’s Gallery ~ Indianapolis, Indiana
Joan Green (Juror)
University
of South Florida, New College, Sainer Fine Arts Center ~ Sarasota, Florida
Rob Rustermieir (Curator)
1998
Orange Regional Gallery ~ Orange, Australia
Alan Sisley (Juror) Press Release
Carnegie Arts Center ~ Covington, Kentucky
Bill Seitz (Curator)
juried by committee
1995
Czech Salon of Art & Ceramics ~ Cesky
Krumlov, Czech Republic
Miroslav Paral (Curator)
Mlada Galerie ~ Kladno, Czech Republic
Jiri Hanke (Curator)
1994
Triangle Gallery ~ Chicago, Illinois
Michael Ogata (Juror)
1993
The Dungeon ~ Athens, Ohio
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•GROUP EXHIBITIONS•
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2004
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center
"O.U. 25th Anniversary Exhibit"
~ Athens, Ohio
Lee Gray (Juror)
Perkins Center for the Arts
"Photography 23"
~ Moorestown, New Jersey
Ruth Thorne-Thompson (Juror)
Oculus ~ Univ. of New Mexico (pending)
~ Albequerque, New Mexico
Julie Annand (Curator)
Oculus ~ Spark Gallery ~ Syracuse, New
York
Staff (Curator)
2003
Tyler Gallery "New Videos" ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ian Vail (Curator)
Oni Gallery "Neither Here Nor There" ~ Boston, Massachusettes
A. Ortiz & Staff (Curator)
Work "Sensory Depravation" ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ian Vail (Curator)
Recitation 101 "Graduate Image
Exchange" ~ Newark, Delaware
Ben Montague (Curator)
Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Field ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penrose Gallery ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oculus ~Temple University Gallery ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oculus (Co-Curators)
Main Line Arts Center "Faculty
Exhibit" ~ Haverford, Pennsylvania
Allison Mackenzie (Curator)
2002
Tyler Gallery "Drawings"
~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
S.S. Nova "Configuration"
~ Cincinnati, Ohio
Emily Budenbeck (Curator)
2000
Huntington
Museum of Art ~"Focus on Photography"
Huntington, West Virginia
Robert Rowe (Juror)
University of Cincinnati: Reed Gallery ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
Anne Timpano (Juror)
Christ Hospital "Sight and
Light: The 3rd Annual Diverse Art of Healing"
Cincinnati, Ohio
Daniel Brown (Juror)
1999
Images “Juried Member’s Show” ~ Covington, Kentucky
Staff (Juror)
Art & Soul Gallery ~ Indianapolis, Indiana
Wes Dwyer (Curator)
Kharkiv
Municipal Arts Center ~ Kharkiv, Ukraine
Tatiana Pavlova (Juror)
Cinergy Corporate Art Collection Exhibit
Cincinnati, Ohio
Barrett Art Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
Howard Greenberg (Juror)
Suzanna Terrill Gallery ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
Suzanna Terrill (Juror)
HERTZ Gallery "Fresh Perspectives"
Louisville, Kentucky
Billy Hertz (Juror)
@ B.A.S.E. Gallery "Point of View"
Cincinnati, Ohio
Images “Juried Member’s Show” ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
Images Staff (Jurors)
1997
Carnegie Arts Center ~ Covington, Kentucky
Bill Seitz (Juror)
1995
“Perspectives of Sex” ~ Prague, Czech Republic
Peter Tillesin (Juror)
Galerie Kapelica “Young
World Photographers”
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jure Breceljnik (Juror)
Chodov Citadel “Faculty Work” ~ Prague, Czech Republic
Pat Kroutel (Curator)
1994
Art Attack “21 New Chicago Artists” ~ Chicago, Illinois
1993
Baker Center Gallery ~ Athens, Ohio
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•CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS•
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2005
"Palimpsest Series: Grayscale Print Media"
Digital Bridges
Poster Session Presenter
Western Michgain University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2005
"Why
Digital Photography Never Happened"
Panel Chair: Visual Arts
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities -Waikiki, Hawaii
2004
"Which Came First? The Photograph or the Computer"
Conference Presenter
Society of Photographic Education (Midwest) - Columbus, Ohio
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•SEMINARS AND LECTURES•
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KALAMAZOO/PUSHKIN PARTNERSHIP ~ Kalamazoo, Michigan
"Photography from Eastern Europe: Tracing Culture Through Art"
2003
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Effective Lighting Technique"
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"The Future of Oculus"
MAIN LINE ARTS CENTER ~ Haverford, Pennsylvania
"Individual Artist Series"
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Studio Lighting and Safety"
2001
ANTONELLI COLLEGE ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
"Styles of Ukrainian Photography"
1999
INSTITUTE OF ART AND INDUSTRY ~ Kharkiv, Ukraine
"American Photography: 1975-1995"
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ~ Sarasota, Florida
"Manifest Rites" (in conjunction with solo exhibit)
1998
LINWOOD SCHOOL ~ Fairfax, Ohio
"Photography as a Career"
IMAGES CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
"A Survey of Czech Photography"
1996
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS ~ Bretton Hall Wakefield, England
"A Survey of Contemporary American Photography"
1995
OPATOV MEETING w/ FAMU Students ~ Prague, Czech Republic
"American Photography: 1975-1995"
UMELECKOPRUMYSLOVE ACADEMIE ~ Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic
"A Survey of American Photography"
1994
TRIANGLE CAMERA ~ Chicago, Illinois
"Manifest Rites" (in conjunction with solo exhibit)
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•WORKSHOPS•
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Making the Digital Transition:
"A seminar for the film photographer who wants to work digitally."
Organized and taught digital workshop.
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•REVIEWS•
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2005
Cone Editions (U.S.) "Photographer of the Month" (4/1/05) J. Bishop
2004
"Perkins' Photography Show Puts Focus on Digital" (2/6/04) R. Baxter
2003
"Oculus Photos" (10/03) Glenn F. Benge
The Temple News (U.S.) "Tyler Students' New Focus" (10/9/2003) Pooja Shah
2001
City Beat: Year in Review (U.S.)
"Arts Resolution for 2002: Give Youth A Chance"
(12/27/2001) Ramos
City Beat: Arts Beat (U.S.) "Beauty's Loss at University of Cincinnati" (10/11/01) Ramos
City Beat: Arts Beat (U.S.) "Bill Davis Strikes Back at These People" (12/31/01) Ramos
City Beat: Arts Beat (U.S.)
"Cool is Money" (6/20/02) Trapp
1999
Vremia (Kharkiv, Ukraine) "Across Two Oceans" (9/11/99 No. 102) Purikovskaya
1998
Central Western Daily (Aus.) "Bill Davis : Portraits of Rite"
Orange Daily Weekender (Aus.) "Portraits of Rite" (9/26/98) Alan Sisley
Art Gallery (Aus.) "A Conjunction of Beauties" (9/26/98) Alan Sisley
Orange Daily Weekender (Aus.) "Art Gallery with Alan Sisley" (10/3/98)
1996
Optimism (Czech Rep.) "Bill Davis" (4/1996) Dr. Milena Klasova
1995
Kladenske Noviny (Czech Rep.) “Davis’ Black and White Answer”
(7/95) Jiri Hokuv
Czech Weekly (Czech Rep.) “Photography
Like Recording a Face”
(8/95) by Michal Janata
Atelier (Czech Rep.) "The
Photographic Line of Bill Davis"
(7-8/95) Michal Janata
New City (U.S.) "Jihad" (8/94) Weinstein
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•CATALOGS/PUBLICATIONS•
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Digital Bridges Conference Catalog
Western Michigan University and
Cone Editions Press
Limited Edition Prints
Palimpsest Series
Custom Prints made by Cone Editions Press
2003
Oculus Photo Website (U.S.)
www.oculusphoto.org
Oculus Photofolio (U.S.) Tyler Participant Card #4 of 37 from boxed set (9/2003)
Staff
Tyler Admissions Catalog (U.S.) 2003 Foldout poster (8/2003) Paul Berkbigler
2001
Snitch (U.S.) Volume I, Issue 2 (12/13/01) Staff
1999
Enjoy The Arts Newsletter "Art Auction" (12/99) Joelle Daniel
The Fisher’s Image (U.S.) “The
Art of Framing Art” (10/99) Staff
The Contact Sheet (U.S.) “Antonelli’s
Roll in Cultural Exchange” (7/99) Staff
The Catalyst (U.S.) Sarasota, Florida (4/15/99) Rob Rustermieier
1998
"Portraits
of Rite: An Interview with Bill Davis"
(Aus.) (2/1998) Matthew Kunkleman
Tablelands Post (Aus.) Announcement
(10/98) Alan Sisley
Cincinnati Enquirer (U.S.) Tempo Section
Photographer's Market (U.S.) "Fresh Photographers" (1998 edition) Megan Lane
Studio 124 (U.S.) "Bill
Davis to Show in both England and Australia" (3/98)
1997
Photography Quarterly (U.S.)
September Auction Catalog
1995
Young Photographers (Slovenia)
"Exhibition Catalog"
(3/1995) Jure Brecjelnik
Mala Galerie Sporitelna (Czech Rep.)
Exhibition Catalog (12/95)
Jiri Hanke & Jean Prafke
Athens News (U.S.) "O.U.
Alum Makes His Mark on Czech Photography Scene"
(7/95) T. Harchick
1994
Chicago Reader Featured Artist Block
(8/94)
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•AWARDS•
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2004
Honorable Mention • (Jurors: Cone Editions Press) • Cone
Edition Studios
Piezography Black & White Archives Competition • East Topsham,
Vermont
Juror's
Award (Juror: Ruth Thorne-Thompson) • "Photography 23"
Perkins Center For the Arts • Moorestown, New Jersey
2002
Nomination - Cincinnati Magazine - “Young and Talented Under 35”
Cincinnati, Ohio
1997
Images Gallery (Juror: J. Miles Wolf) • “Best
of Show”
Cincinnati, Ohio
1988
Central Trust Bank “Blue Ribbon Award”
Cincinnati, Ohio
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•SUPPORT/ FISCAL SPONSORSHIP•
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2005
College of Fine Arts Technology Fellowship
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2004
Faculty Development Fund
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2003
Teaching Assistantships and Sequential Tuition Remission
Temple University - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002
Technical Assistantship and Tuition Remission - Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999
Cincinnati/Kharkiv Sister City Group Exhibit and Exchange Delegate
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Ohio Arts Council Travel Grant
Cincinnati, Ohio
1998
Stipend from the Australian Federal Government Arts Funding Body
Orange, Australia
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•PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS•
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Cone Editions Press- East Topsham, Vermont (The Chamber Series,
2002)
Ukrainian Museum of Photography- Kharkiv, Ukraine (Growth,
1994-1996)
University of Louisville Photographic Archives-Louisville, Ky. (The
Soup Queen, 1998)
Czech Guild of Art and Ceramic Design- Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic (Piano,
1995)
Art & Soul Gallery - Fishers, Indiana (Echo, 1995)
Suzanna Terrill Gallery- Cincinnati, Ohio
Ms. Rajir Narda - Newton, Massachusetts
Mr. Matthew Kunkleman- Asheville, North Carolina
Mr. Brian Macconnell - Cincinnati, Ohio
Mr. David Smith- Cincinnati, Ohio
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Morelli- Mariemont., Ohio
Mr & Mrs. Jim Barone- Denver, Colorado
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•CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE•
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2004
Michigan State Law School Exhibition
http://artuser.art.wmich.edu/www/exhibitions/studentcomp
Invited Juror for the Michigan State Law School Wmu Student Competition.
Selected preliminary round of WMU student work for next offsite jury phase.
2004
"Undergraduate Competition for Tyler's Permanent Collection"
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART - Elkin's Park, Pennsylavnia
Directed juried undergraduate competition for purchase
and inclusion in Tyler School of Art's Permanent Collection
2003
"Graduate Image Exchange"
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART- Elkin's Park, Pennsylvania
Simultaneous exchange between Tyler School of Art
and Univ. of Delaware Graduate Programs
"Dialogue: Mentors and their Students"
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART - Elkin's Park, Pennsylvania
Received stipend for touring exhibit
Curator for regional touring Ukrainian photography exhibit:
(2003-2004: Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Indianapolis)
2002
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART- Elkin's Park, Pennsylvania
• Coordinated jury and curated group exhibit for Elkin's Hall Exhibition
Space
1997-2000
ANTONELLI COLLEGE AND IMAGES GALLERY- Cincinnati, Ohio
• Organized student exhibits
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•MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS•
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2004
Society of Photographic Education
College Art Association
2002
OCULUS Photographic Arts Group
http://www.oculusphoto.org/
- Co-founder
- Initiated "Collection and Archive Campaign"
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•WEBSITES•
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http://www.oculusphoto.org/
Print portfolio available upon request.