Karon Davis

Karon Davis

b. 1977, Reno, Nevada
lives in Los Angeles

Karon Davis grew up in New York, attended Spelman College, Atlanta, and film school at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She is the cofounder of the Underground Museum in Los Angeles. Her background in dance, film, and theater informs her approach to representing the human body and physical relationships through figurative sculpture. She sculpts in plaster, a medium that conveys a sense of the temporary, of having captured a fleeting, singular moment in time. Like Egytptian mummies and archeological remains, Davis’s work conveys a historical record through the body. Her sculptures are deeply personal, often an expression of her past traumas and grief. Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, has hosted her exhibitions Karon Davis: Muddy Water (2018) and Karon Davis: Pain Management (2016). Her work was also featured in Rock My Soul, Victoria Miro Gallery, London (2019). Her work is held in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Rubell Museum, Miami; and Brooklyn Museum, among others.

Karon Davis, And miles to go…, 2018. Installation view: People, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Jeffrey Deitch Inc. Photo by Adam Reich