Paintings and Sculpture
Public and Corporate Collections
Alpine Bank, Grand Junction, CO
Wells Fargo Bank, Grand Junction, CO
Crossroads Mall, Boulder, CO
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Downtown Development Authority/Art On the Corner, Grand Junction, CO
Western Colorado Botanic Gardens, Grand Junction, CO
Community Hospital, Grand Junction, CO
Derry Oil, Grand Junction, CO
Coors/WANO Corporation, Westminster & Lafayette, Co
Steele's Meat Purveyors, Boulder, CO
Plastic Surgery Specialists PC, Grand Junction, CO
Paradise Rod and Custom, Grand Junction, CO
Colorado State Employees Credit Union, Grand Junction, CO
Cox Publications, Atlanta, GA
United Bank of Grand Junction, CO
Red Mesa Consulting, Inc., Grand Junction, CO
Selected Private Collections
Catherine Mellon Conover, Washington, D.C.
James Kennedy, Atlanta, GA
Barbara Cox Anthony, Kona Ranch, HI
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Carson, Jr., Atlanta, GA
Charles Steele, Boulder, CO
Bruce Benge, Grand Junction, CO
Ashley Carrithers, Carbondale, CO
Dave Sessions, Portland, OR
Skip New, Seattle, WA
Judian Wyatt, Fort Collins, CO
Lou Wille, Aspen, CO
Terry & Suzi Shepherd, Grand Junction, CO
Daniel Salazar, Denver, CO
Dick and Tricia Berg, Grand Junction, CO
Ann Powers, Grand Junction, CO
Fielding and Deb Braffett, Grand Junction, CO
Dave and Ann Brach, Grand Junction, CO
Dr. Greg Petersburg, Farmington, NM
William T. Walls III, Plano, TX
David Hecht, Grand Rapids, MI
Greg Fairbairn, Las Vegas, NV
Brian Burnett, Boulder, CO
David and Linda Shear, Scottsdale, AZ
Frances Holt, Tuscon, AZ
Mr. and Mrs. James Fry, Breckenridge, CO
Clay Morton, Louisville, KY
Albert Jackson, Hilton Head, SC
Dr. and Mrs. William Merkel, Grand Junction, CO
Jac Kephart, Grand Junction, CO
Nick and Pat Landrum, San Francisco, CA
Gudrun Rice, Grand Junction, CO
Dr. Frank Steindl, Stillwater, OK
Anne Heilman, Cincinnati, OH
Berniece Patterson, Moraga, CA
Leo Hauser, Scottsdale, AZ
Norm Petrin, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Harry Brown, Grand Junction, CO
Dean Sautori, Denver, CO
2002-2003 Group exhibition, The Gallery, Beaufort, South Carolina
2001-2003 Group exhibition, Shidoni, Tesuque, New Mexico
2002 Solo exhibition, Horsethief Canyon Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
1999 Contemporary Colorado Juried-Invitational Exhibit
1979-1986 Group exhibitions, Taos Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1983 Group exhibition, 1983 Exhibition of Wildlife Art to benefit The Nature Conservancy
1984 Group exhibition, 1984 Exhibition of Wildlife Art to benefit The Nature Conservancy
1983 Group exhibition, Taylor Museum, Exhibit for the blind
1982 Solo exhibition, Art Stream Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
1982 Alumni Exhibit, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
1981-1983 Group exhibitions, Jac's Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
1981-1984 Group exhibitions, Framework's Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
1971 Solo exhibition, University of Colorado at Boulder
Selected Organizations/Professional Experience
2003 Panelist, Connoisseurship For Collectors, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999- 2003 Owner, Davis Gallery and Studio
1999 Chair for Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship Awards
1997 Conceived and established 1% for Arts Program in Grand Junction, CO
1986-1995 Executive Director, Western Colorado Center for the Arts
1988-1993 Appointed by Gov. Roy Romer, Colorado Council on the Arts
1989-1991 Conceived and established, Commission on Arts and Culture, later developing the Grand Junction Strategic Cultural Plan
1984-1989 Founder, Director, Art on the Corner, a internationally recognized annually rotated outdoor sculpture display in Grand Junction, Colorado. Continued to volunteer on the Art on the Corner Committee until 1998.
1986-1990 Created and coordinated ART-USA national juried art exhibition, Western Colorado Center for the Arts.
1986 Panelist for the Colorado Council for the Arts and Humanities Visual Arts Grant
1985 Co-researched and developed an art education curriculum in Mesa County School District #51
1985 Foundry instructor at Mesa State College
1985 Board of Directors, Mesa Council for the Arts and Humanities
1981-1985 Instructor in the Master/Apprentice program with the Colorado Council for the Arts
1983-1984 Instructor at the Western Colorado Center for the Arts
1978 President of the Western Colorado Sculptor's Guild
2004 Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by the Grand Junction Downtown Development Authority to Dave Davis for conceiving of and developing Art on the Corner
2000 Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, Distinguished Artist Category, for excellence in his field, contributions to the arts throughout Colorado for over thirty years.
1998 Art on the Corner project awarded the International Making Cities Livable Award for public art at the IMCL national conference
1984 Leadership and Achievement Award by City of Grand Junction for developing Art on the Corner
Current
Expressions in Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
The Gallery, Beaufort, SC
Davis Gallery and Studio, Grand Junction, CO
Past
Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, NM
The Taos Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
E.S. Lawrence Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Fine Art Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Jac's Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
Frameworks Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1978-2003 Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, CO, over 60 articles.
Retzler, Kathryn. San Juan Silver Stage, “Rooster, Rod & Custom…& Art Gallery, Dave Davis: they don’t make ‘em like that any more,” Telluride, CO July 1997.
Harshman, Carole. VistasWest, In-Flight Magazine for Mesa Airlines “Country Music Weekend,” June 1993.
Parks, Stephen. Southwest Art, “Pletka,” September 1988.
Western Art Digest, “Art on the Corner,” March/April 1986.
Sculptors International, Washington, D.C., October/November 1984.
Smedley, Michael. Muse: An Arts Newspaper for Colorado, “Standing on the Corner,”October/November 1984.
Associated Press. Denver Post, “Boiler Becomes a Thing of Beauty,” December 31, 1983 .
Colorado Springs Sun, December 31, 1983 (Associated Press).
Times Call, Boulder, CO, December 31, 1983 (Associated Press).
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, December 31, 1983 (Associated Press).