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About Rodrecas Davis

Photography courtesy of Phillip Michael LeBlanc/Blanc Design Studios.

A native of Monroe, Georgia, Rodrecas Davis is a 2006 graduate of the University of Georgia Fine Arts program - with an emphasis on drawing and painting. Primarily a mixed media artist, Davis is also a former columnist for the Athens Banner-Herald and Code Z Online: Black Visual Culture Now. Davis has presented papers at several academic conferences, including the HUIC Conference (Hawaii University International Conferences) Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, for which he discussed manifestations of Hip-Hop culture in the visual arts. His work has been featured in the Politics Issue of Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, ColorLines, and over sixty exhibitions. Mr. Davis is Professor, and Head of the Department of Visual & Performing Arts at Grambling State University, in Grambling Louisiana. A recipient of the Take Notice Fund Grant, awarded by the National Performance Network (Ford Foundation). He recently served as juror of the 77th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, at the Swope Art Museum (IN).

Mr. Davis' area's of specialization are Conceptual Art & Design, Mixed Media Assemblage, Soft Sculpture, Installation Art, Digital Media, and Photography. As an educator his courses cover studio-based subjects, art history, and professional practices & career development for Studio Art majors. Davis has exhibited in numerous shows, and curated several. He is a frequent participant at academic regional, national, and international conferences where he presents lectures on the various intersections of Popular Culture and Visual Art.

Davis is self-represented and takes clients on a limited basis. Inquire about his availability: