DAVINA SEMO
b. 1981 Washington, D.C.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2006
MFA Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego,
2003
BA Visual Arts, Brown University
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam - Spring 2012 (upcoming)
2011
Martos Gallery Project Space - September 2011
Rawson Projects - September 2011
2008
“Drawings” - Wilmington, DE - April 2008
2006
“Surveying The Damage” - San Diego, CA - October 2006
2004
“Anyone Can Imagine Ten Places They'd Rather Be” - San Diego, CA - October, 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial” - Organized by Bob Nickas, July 9 - Sept 5, 2011
“We Regret To Inform You There Is Currently No Space Or Place For Abstract Painting - Martos Gallery,
May 19 - June 18, 2011
“Borderline” - Pablo's Birthday Gallery - March 3 - April 15, 2011
2010
“HELL, NO!” - curated by David Louis Fierman and RJ Supa at The Covenant of Saint Cecilia - April 30 - May 9, 2010.
“2up poster project” - collaboration with Colleen Asper - opening PPOW - March 27, 2010.
“Everything in Moderation” - selected by Melissa Hopson - 106 Green, NY - Jan 30 - Feb 28. 2010
2009
“In Search of Light” - curated by Paul Jacobsen at his loft - December 2009.
“Future Tense” - organized by Cleopatra's - screening at the Independent Curators Gala, NADA at Miami
Basel, and Cleopatra?s, NY - November 2009
“Learn to Communicate Like A Fucking Normal Person” - curated by Jessie Cohan and Anastasia Rogers
at Art Production Fund, NYC - May 2009
2006
“Supersonic 2006” - Barnstall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - July 2006
“The Elephant vs. The Termite” - UCSD University Gallery, San Diego, CA - April 2006
2005
“Pretty Crude” - Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - December 2005
“Open Stitch” - Location One, New York, NY - August 2005
2004
“Summary” - 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - June 2004
“Pasale” - Estacion Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico - May 2004
“PPPP: Paradigm, Promiscuity, Proliferation, Perversion” - Marcuse Gallery, San Diego, CA - Feb. 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Rosenberg, Karen, The New York Times, August 7, 2011 "All Nooks, Crannies, Bedrooms and Trees are Backdrops for Art"
Miller, Robert H., The New York Observer, July 12, 2011 "Learning from Bridgehampton"
N. Linnert, Art Observed, June 16, 2011
Butler, Susan. “Part I: Seeing Silver” - June 9, 2011
2007
McLaughlin, Nina. “The Odyssey: A queer take on the Dead White Male.” The Phoenix - May 9, 2007
2005
Pincus, Robert. “Small Provocations.” San Diego Union Tribune - March 10, 2005
2004
Gamez, Geneva. “Free At Last.” La Prensa San Diego - October 22, 2004
2003
Pae, Christine. “The Visual Effect.” UCSD Guardian - Nov. 3, 2003
GRANTS/AWARDS
2005
University of California Institute for Research in the Arts, Demonstration Grant, UC San Diego,
2003
Russell Grant, UC San Diego, 2003
Ann Belsky Moranis Award, Brown University, 2003