sonia louise davis

Lecture

Artist Talk sonia louise davis
to reverberate tenderly

sonia louise davis, artist

Exhibiting artist sonia louise davis presents a talk in association with her solo exhibition, sonia louise davis: to reverberate tenderly, at The Baker Museum. She will discuss her artistic practice and this multisensory exhibition, which serves as a living environment for creative activity that reflects the artist’s deep engagement with improvisation. The exhibition includes textile-based soft paintings, a wall mural composed of painted gestures and neon elements, as well as custom steel instruments, or “sounders,” that can be activated by performers.

This presentation is part of the exhibition sonia louise davis: to reverberate tenderly.

All museum lectures and public programs of The Baker Museum include same-day admission to The Baker Museum.

sonia louise davis

sonia louise davis

Born and raised in New York City, sonia louise davis is a visual artist, writer and performer. Her work is deeply invested in improvisation as embodied research. She has been an artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Queens Museum, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, International Studio & Curatorial Program and Stoneleaf Retreat, among other spaces, and has presented her work at MoMA PS1, the Whitney Museum of American Art, ACRE, Sadie Halie Projects, Ortega y Gasset and Artists Space, among other venues. Fellowships include the Laundromat Project’s Create Change Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri, Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice and the Studio Immersion Project Fellowship at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. An honors graduate of Wesleyan University (BA, African American Studies) and alumna of the Whitney Independent Study Program, sonia lives and works in Harlem.