Julyan Davis is an English-born artist and storyteller who has painted the American South for more than thirty years. He received his art training at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. In 1988, having completed his B.A. in painting and printmaking, he traveled to the South on a painting trip that was also fueled by an interest in the history of Demopolis, Alabama and its settling by Bonapartist exiles.<\/p>\n
Davis now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. His work is exhibited internationally, and is in many public and private collections. Recent acquisitions include the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, the Greenville County Museum of Art (South Carolina), the Morris Museum (Augusta, GA), the Duke Endowment and the North Carolina Governor\u2019s Mansion. Davis’s debut novel ‘A History of Saints’ was a 2022 semifinalist for the Thurber Prize.<\/p>\n
CONTACT: (828) 450 1422<\/p>\n
julyandavis@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n RESUME<\/strong><\/p>\n SELECTED SHOWS AND STORYTELLING<\/p>\n 2024 ‘Inside Out’ Group Show, Florence Museum of Art, Florence, SC.<\/p>\n 2024 ‘American Ghosts’ Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.<\/p>\n 2024 Appalachian Studies Conference, Western Carolina University<\/p>\n 2023 ‘American Ghosts’ Blue Spiral 1 Asheville, NC.<\/p>\n 2023 ‘American Ghosts’ Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n 2022 ‘The View from Here’ Group Show, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA.<\/p>\n 2021 ‘Cymbee’ Record Release (Collaboration with Glenis Redmond) Citizen Vinyl, Asheville, NC.<\/p>\n 2019 Appalshop 50th Anniversary (‘Culture of Honor’ touring Show) Whitesburg, KY.<\/p>\n 2019 Mars Hill University (Culture of Honor’ touring Show) Mars Hill, NC.<\/p>\n 2019 Arcadia Contemporary (Group Show) Pasadena, CA.<\/p>\n 2019 ‘Go Wild’ (Group Show) Gormley’s Fine Art, Dublin and Belfast.<\/p>\n 2018 ‘Visions of Venus’ Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n 2018 ‘Vanishing Charleston’ (Group show) Gibbes Museum of Art.<\/p>\n 2018 Visiting Artist. Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n 2017 Lyon Hall, Demopolis, AL. ‘Demopolis’ Series (for Bicentennial celebrations).<\/p>\n 2017 Bascom Museum, Highlands, NC (‘Demopolis’ Series).<\/p>\n 2015 Spartanburg Art Museum (‘Culture of Honor’ touring show) Spartanburg, SC.<\/p>\n 2014 Myrtle Beach Museum of Art (‘Culture of Honor’ touring Show).<\/p>\n 2013 Morris Museum of Art (‘Culture of Honor’ touring show) Augusta, GA.<\/p>\n 2012 Greenville Museum of Art (‘Culture of Honor’ inaugural show) Greenville, SC.<\/p>\n 2012 Hickory Museum of Art (group show)<\/p>\n 2012 Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n 2011 The Bascom Museum, Highlands, NC.<\/p>\n 2009 Scope Art Fair, Miami\/Amsterdam\/London.<\/p>\n 2009 Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n 2009 Greenhut Galleries, Portland, Maine.<\/p>\n 2009 Art London, London, UK.<\/p>\n 2008 Mauger Modern Art, Bath, UK<\/p>\n 2007 Carolina Galleries, Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n 2007 Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n 2004 John Tucker Fine Art, Savannah, GA.<\/p>\n 2001 Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT.<\/p>\n 1998 Francis Kyle Gallery, London.<\/p>\n 1997 Entergy Building, New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n 1995 First Street Gallery, New York, NY.<\/p>\n 1995 Atlantic Gallery, Washington, DC.<\/p>\n 1994 Mistral Gallery, London.<\/p>\n 1993 Gadsden Arts Center, Gadsden, AL.<\/p>\n 1988 Poole Art Center, Poole, Dorset.<\/p>\n DOCUMENTARIES<\/p>\n \u2018Days of Exile\u2019 A film by David Poag 2020<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Pollination<\/a>\u2019 A film by Polly Schattel 2019<\/p>\n \u2018In the Studio: Julyan Davis\u2019 Short film by Bill Green 2023<\/p>\n ‘American Ghosts: The Performance<\/a>\u2019 Short film by Bill Green 2023<\/p>\n EDUCATION<\/p>\n 1984-1985 Filton College, Bristol. (Art Foundation Course) SELECTED COLLECTIONS<\/p>\n Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC.<\/p>\n Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC.<\/p>\n Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC.<\/p>\n Morris Museum, Augusta, GA.<\/p>\n Governor\u2019s Mansion, Raleigh, NC.<\/p>\n The Duke Endowment, Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n Sloss Furnaces National Historic Monument, Birmingham, AL.<\/p>\n Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL.<\/p>\n University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL.<\/p>\n Samford University, Birmingham, AL.<\/p>\n Bascom Fine Art Center, Highlands, NC.<\/p>\n Reviews and Publications<\/strong>:<\/p>\n The Santa Fe Literary Review 2024<\/p>\n The Nassau Literary Review 2024<\/p>\n Southern Cultures: Center for the Study of the American South 2023<\/p>\n Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel Literary Journal 2023<\/p>\n \u2018The View from Here\u2019 Catalogue Morris Museum of Art 2022<\/p>\n \u2018Eggs and Marrowbone- the Art of the Murder Ballad\u2019 Book 2019 (Rotterdam)<\/p>\n Blue Ridge Public Radio, 2019\/20<\/p>\n Bluegrass Today Magazine 2015<\/p>\n Combustus Magazine (Online) 2015<\/p>\n Bluegrass Review Magazine 2015<\/p>\n Sing Out Magazine 2014<\/p>\n Crazyhorse Literary Journal (cover) 2014<\/p>\n Aiken Standard 2013<\/p>\n \u201812 WNC Notables\u2019 by Jack Prather 2012<\/p>\n Painting Perceptions (Online Art magazine) 2012<\/p>\n Nashville Arts Magazine 2010<\/p>\n Kiawah Legends Magazine 2010<\/p>\n Our State Magazine (NC) 2009<\/p>\n Carolina Home and Garden 2009<\/p>\n Garden and Gun Magazine 2007<\/p>\n Carolina Arts Magazine 2005<\/p>\n Asheville Citizen-Times 2001<\/p>\n Birmingham News 2001<\/p>\n Bangor Daily News 2000<\/p>\n Savannah Morning Post 2000<\/p>\n Times-Picayune 1996<\/p>\n Memphis Commercial Appeal 1994<\/p>\n Podcasts:<\/strong><\/p>\n Story<\/a> Made Podcast 2023<\/p>\n Citizen Vinyl ‘Cymbee’ Record release Interview with Glenis Redmond 2021<\/a><\/p>\n Art Grind Podcast (Episode 77) 2022<\/a><\/p>\n
1985-1988 Byam Shaw School of Art, London. (B.A. Painting and Printmaking)<\/p>\n