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Damien Davis
Multidisciplinary artist Damien Davis tells us how everything he makes is drawing, why he works with vectors, and the origins of his graphic symbolism.
At its core, the work I make is rooted in a lifelong, ongoing project to establish a growing visual language made out of a discrete iconography, capable of functioning long after my life ends.
About the Artist
Damien Davis (b. 1984) is a Newark, New Jersey-based artist and writer whose work explores cultural representation, identity, and the ways meaning is constructed through form. Working in layered, laser-cut acrylic and mixed media, he builds modular “symbol lexicons” that remix iconography from history, technology, and pop culture. Damien has exhibited at institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Arts and Design. His public art commissions include projects for MTA Arts & Design in New York. In addition to his studio practice, Damien is a contributing writer for Hyperallergic, where he examines the intersections of art, race, and power. He teaches at SUNY Purchase College.
Cut:Color:Code, solo exhibition, Westchester Community College Art Gallery, 2025
Mami Wata, Eastville Community Historical Society, 2025
Luminous Forms, Ucross Art Gallery, 2025
