Ian Davis

Ian Davis (b. 1972, Indianapolis) studied Fine Arts at the Arizona State University and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His works chronicle moments of human gatherings, often immediately before or after an event, usually a disaster of sorts. The tension of these pre- and post-apocalyptic situations is always palpable. Exhibitions include Ian Davis, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2025, solo, forthcoming); Ian Davis and Yoora Lee, Nicodim, New York (2024); The Mass Ornament, Galerie Judin, Berlin (2022, solo); Liminal Spaces: Tom Anholt, Ian Davis, Rabia Farooqui, Emma Fineman, Arthur Lemaitre, Radu Oreian, Hiroe Saeki and Waswo X Waswo with R. Vijay, Galerie Isa, Mumbai (2022); Time Takes a Cigarette, Josh Lilley Gallery, London (2021); Gifts from the Flat Files, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque (2020-21); Majeur Force: Part Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2020); Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley Gallery, London (2019); We Contain Multitudes, Galerie Isa, Mumbai (2019); 2nd Dark Age, Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2018, solo); and many others.