after a very fruitful residency year, i’m thrilled to share my newest work in our culminating group show!
pass carry hold: studio museum in harlem artists in residence 2023-24
sonia louise davis, malcolm peacock, zoë pulley
moma ps1
september 26, 2024 - february 10, 2025
organized by yelena keller, assistant curator, studio museum in harlem, and jody graf, assistant curator, moma ps1, with adria gunter, curatorial assistant, studio museum in harlem
more info here
and please save the date for our roundtable discussion as part of moma ps1’s fall open house with free entry, no rsvp necessary
saturday, october 19, 2024 at 5pm
more info here
* the galleries stay open until 8pm
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performance for sounders - april 6, 2024 at queens museum
the first performance on my invented sculptural instruments was sold out, so please rsvp early to ensure you get a seat to our second and final date, details below!
performance for sounders
with rena anakwe, sarah galdes, and sugar vendil
saturday april 6, 2024
2:00 - 3:30pm
*including a brief talk back with performers and qm assistant curator lindsey berford
queens museum
rsvp here
solo show - "to reverberate tenderly" at queens museum
my first institutional solo exhibition “to reverberate tenderly” is now on view at the queens museum. please join us for two special performances in early 2024, all details and links below.
to reverberate tenderly
queens museum
flushing meadows corona park
on view december 6, 2023 - april 7, 2024
with performances on february 3, 2024 and april 6, 2024
upcoming group show - "uptown triennial" at wallach art gallery
i’m pleased to be participating in the newest edition of the “uptown triennial” at columbia university’s wallach art gallery, curated by betti-sue hertz, lewis long, and souleo.
uptown triennial
wallach art gallery, lenfest center for the arts
615 west 129th street
new york, ny 10027
on view june 23 - september 17, 2023
opening reception thursday, june 22, 6-8pm
more info here
upcoming solo show - "resonant frequencies, blossoming tones"
i’m thrilled to present my newest body of work in a solo presentation at HESSE FLATOW in chelsea. we're publishing a companion booklet with an essay by kristin juarez phd.
resonant frequencies, blossoming tones
HESSE FLATOW
508 west 26th street, 5g
on view september 1 - october 1, 2022
opening reception thursday september 1st, 6-8pm
more info here
curated exhibition and sale to support the foundation for contemporary arts
sonia louise davis selects
exhibition and sale to benefit the
foundation for contemporary arts
greene naftali gallery
508 west 26th street, ground floor
on view december 9 - 18, 2021
opening reception thursday december 9th, 6-8pm
closing performance by ashley grier saturday december 18th, 3pm
more info here
available now "slow and soft and righteous, improvising at the end of the world (and how we make a new one)"
ecstatic to announce my book is for sale via co-conspirator press. here’s more about it from their site:
slow and soft and righteous, improvising at the end of the world (and how we make a new one) spans five years of the artist’s writing. These collected texts take the shape of manifestos, scores, poetic essays and prose poems. Many were originally printed as giveaway posters at exhibitions of Davis’ visual artwork and/or incorporated into her live performances. Marks from her graphic notation appear throughout the book. Improvisation is both an artistic practice and a critical methodology for Davis. She states in the introduction: “I believe improvisation can be harnessed for the radical collective action needed to make the world we want to see.”
click here to buy a copy.
featured artist interview for maake magazine issue 11
artist nancy kim and i had a long and thorough conversation about my work and process on the occasion of my feature in issue 11 of the artist-run publication maake magazine. our interview is online here.
forthcoming book "slow and soft and righteous: improvising at the end of the world (and how we make a new one)"
my newest book, and first with a press, will be published in spring 2021. it won the manuscript open call by co—conspirator press, which operates out of the women’s center for creative work in los angeles. it’s incredible to see so much of the writing i’ve done over the last five years (as self-published giveaway posters and performance scores) come together in one place for the first time. excited to share!
group show “sower” - opening december 19, 2019
i’m in excellent company in this group exhibition at rubber factory in chinatown, inspired by octavia butler’s intense and deeply affecting novel, “parable of the sower,” originally published in 1993 and increasing relevant today.
sower
december 19, 2019 - january 26, 2020
rubber factory
29c ludlow street
new york ny 10002
opening reception: thursday december 19, 6-8pm
with works by Mo Kong, Christie Neptune, Ranee Henderson, Anjuli Rathod, Zoe Avery Nelson, Raya Terran, Tammy Nguyen, Beverly Acha, Sonia Louise Davis, Jordan Sullivan
read more about the show here
visual arts fellowship at civitella ranieri, umbertide italy
i’m incredibly honored to announce my fellowship at civitella ranieri this spring, where i am in residence may 2 - june 11, 2019, among a diverse cohort of visual artists, writers and composers. more on the foundation can be found here: https://civitella.org/
solo exhibition "refusal to coalesce" - opening july 11, 2018
it's already a busy summer but i'm very grateful to have another solo exhibition coming up at rubber factory in chinatown.
refusal to coalesce
july 11 - september 2, 2018
rubber factory
29c ludlow street
new york ny 10002
opening reception: wednesday july 11, 6-8pm
visit the gallery's website here | download the press release here
solo exhibition "sound gestures" - opening may 22, 2018
huge thanks to the new york community trust for supporting my van lier fellowship at iscp, i'm thrilled to be able to share this work with the world.
sound gestures
may 22 - july 31, 2018
iscp project space
1040 metropolitan ave
brooklyn ny 11211
opening reception: tuesday may 22, 6-8pm
gallery hours: tuesday - friday, 12-6pm
solo performance + closing reception: tuesday july 31, 7pm
iscp spring open studios - april 27 and 28, 2018
time is flying and i am almost done with my 6-month residency at the international studio & curatorial program as a new york community trust van lier fellow. it has been an incredible experience thus far.
stop by this weekend for open studios and be sure to save the date for my culminating solo show in the project space - opening tuesday may 22.
iscp spring open studios
1040 metropolitan ave
brooklyn ny 11211
friday april 27, 6-9pm
saturday april 28, 1-7pm
brooklyn commons - in conversation with suzanne mcclelland, april 3, 2018
as part of an ongoing series of dialogues at iscp curated by kari conte, suzanne mcclelland and i will speak about the intersection of sound, language and abstraction. free entry, free wine, should be fun!
brooklyn commons: suzanne mcclelland and sonia louise davis
tuesday april 3, at 6:30pm
iscp - 1040 metropolitan avenue
brooklyn ny 11211
link and more details here.
upcoming - segue reading series, saturday february 17, 2018
very honored to be part of the segue reading series at zinc bar this winter, curated by harry burke and precious okoyomon. i'll be reading a selection of new and slightly older work, sharing a bill with yulan grant. come thru!
segue reading series at zinc bar
saturday feburary 17 at 4:30pm
82 west 3rd street, between thompson and sullivan
new york, ny
full calendar with an excellent group of upcoming readers here