Katie Davis – Domestic Instinct

Katie Davis received her MFA in painting and drawing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and her work has shown in galleries across the U.S, including The Painting Center in New York City, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, and The Massillon Museum. Her work has been featured in numerous publications and reviews, including New American Paintings (Midwest) 2022, Archer Magazine, INPA 10, Columbus Underground, The Lantern, and a book cover by Berghan Books, London. Davis is a recipient of Greater Columbus Arts Council Professional Artist Grants and was a featured artist in The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, 2022, as well as Art Week Miami, 2022. Davis is represented by Sarah Gormley Gallery, in Columbus, Ohio. She is also an Assistant Professor at Columbus College of Art & Design and lives in Dublin, Ohio with her family.

Artist Statement:

This show explores the creative power that can be found in domestic spaces and the everyday materials of our lives. I’m interested in the transformation of mundane materials into something new, using the visual language of painting & abstraction. In this show, you will see materials like my family’s discarded pizza box lids, vintage handkerchiefs, furniture, IKEA curtains, yarn, and other household materials. By making these material choices, I ask myself, and the viewer, to reconsider what can be seen as a painting. Why can’t our objects, furniture, clothing, and even our discarded pizza lids become something else? Why can’t a loveseat be a painting? Through this work, I explore the relationship between domestic materials and abstraction. These paintings push the boundaries of what a painting can be while infusing everyday objects with joy, playfulness, and all the messy, raw layers of domestic life. I hope you feel at home on the loveseat and enjoy a moment of revelry and blurring of boundaries between home and art gallery.