Woods Davy
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Born October 6, 1949, in Washington, DC
 
EDUCATION:
1975 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, MFA
1972 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, BFA  (Morehead Scholar)
1968 St. Albans School, Washington, DC
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Craig Krull Gallery,Santa Monice
  Galerie Marie Laure de L’Ecotais, Paris, France.
2009 Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, TX
  OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2008 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Bently Gallery
2006 Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (upcoming - Aug.)
Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2004 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
                  Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
2001 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2000 Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
                 Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID
1998 Jan Abrams Fine Art, NY
                Gallery at 777, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Jan Abrams Fine Art, NY
1995 Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1993 Gallery DeRoche, San Francisco, CA
1992 Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
1990 Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1989 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1988 Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
1987 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
Desert Plaza, Palm Springs, CA
1985 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Houston, TX
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1984 McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Houston, TX
New Public Art, Otis Parsons, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Hunsaker/Schlesinger & Associates, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Los Angeles City Hall, Spring Street Court & Rotunda
1981 Neil G. Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1979 Union Station, Los Angeles, CA
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
2004 Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
                  Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
                  Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                  Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Frederic R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
                  Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
                  Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                  Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                  Runyon Fine Art, Dallas, TX
                  Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
2002 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
                  Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                  Museum of Outdoor Sculpture, Denver, CO
2001 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
1999 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
1998 “Outdoor Sculpture Invitational,”Barat College, Evanston,IL
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
“Pier Walk ‘98,” Sculpture Invitational, Chicago, IL
1997 “Pier Walk ‘97,” Sculpture Invitational, Chicago, IL
                  Jan Abrams Fine Art, New York, NY                
1996 “Pier Walk ‘96,” Sculpture Invitational, Chicago, IL
Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                  LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Jan Abrams Fine Art, New York, NY
Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1994 MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture Space, Washington, DC
Jan Abrams Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
                 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
1992 Marcia Simon Weisman Gallery, Cedars-Sinai Hospital,
Los Angeles, CA
1991 Fleck/Ellman Gallery, Aspen, CO
Dennis Vaughn Gallery, Aspen, CO
“Natural Forces,” LAX, Los Angeles, CA
1990 MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
“Art in the Parks,” Beverly Hills, CA
1988 “Art in Public Spaces,” National Traveling Exhibition
“Art in Public Buildings,” California Arts Council, 
                  California State University, Fresno, CA
1987 “Los Angeles Public Art,” Fine Arts Building, CA
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
                        Sybil Larney Gallery, Chicago
1985 “Monuments To,” University Art Museum,
California State University, Long Beach, CA
1984 Otis Parsons Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Cirrus Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA
Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 “Urban Sculpture,” Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
“The Nancy Yewell Collection,” Baxter Art Gallery,Pasadena, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1982 “Downtown Los Angeles,” WAAM/The Art Museum
                  Association, traveling Exhibition:  Madison Art Center, WI;
UC, San Diego, CA; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Cristi; San
Denver Art Museum, CO
“Forgotten Dimension...A Survey of Small Sculpture in California Now,”
“Architectural References,” Gensler & Associates, LA, CA
Baxter Art Gallery, CALTECH, Pasadena, CA
1981 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Community Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Neil G. Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Kirk de Gooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Sculpture ‘80,” Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD
“Six Los Angeles Sculptors,” Federal Reserve Board, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank, Los Angeles, CA                    
Protech/McIntosh Gallery, Washington, DC   
Mittendorf Lane Gallery, Washington, DC
“Downtown Los Angeles in Santa Barbara,” Santa
Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Stage One Gallery, Orange, CA
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), CA
1979 “LAX 814,” Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), CA
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA), CA
1978 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), CA
1977 “Introductions ‘77,” William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco
“Art in Public Places,” City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago, IL
Del Mar College, Corpus Cristi, TX
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1975 First Federal Savings and Loan, Chicago, IL
“Sculpture 1975,” Traveling Exhibition
1974 Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
1972 North Carolina State Museum, Raleigh, NC
 
SELECTED LARGE-SCALE COMMISSIONS:
2006 University of Miami Medical Center, Miami, FL
2000 Media Studios, Burbank, CA
                  City of Hope, Duarte, CA
1998-9       Lewis Business Center, Prudential Real Estate Van Nuys, CA
1997 Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
1996 California State University, Long Beach, CA
1995 Sterling Research Group, Kodak Corp., Philadelphia, PA
1994 Xerox Corporation, New York, NY
1993 Neutrogena Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Carnation Corporation, Glendale, CA
1990 Sookie Goldman Nature Center, W.O.D.O.C., Bev. Hills, CA
1993 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA         
1987 IBM, Federal Facility, Gaithersberg, MD
Cranston Securities, Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA
1986 Edward J. DeBartolo Corp., Palm Springs, CA
California Arts Council, DMV, Arleta, CA
Highland Resources, Inc., East Camden, AK
1985 Metropolitan Life Insurance, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Siena Park, Boulder, CO
Brushy Creek National Bank, Round Rock, TX
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Harvard School, Woodland Hills, CA
1984 Otis Art Institute, McArthur Park Public Arts Prog., L.A. CA
Highland Joint Venture, Austin, TX
Highland Resources, Inc., Houston, TX
1981 Little Tokyo Towers, Los Angeles, CA
 
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (permanent col.) Los Angeles, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Grunwald Art Center, Armand Hammer Mus. of Art, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Frederic R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine Univ., Malibu, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
University Art Museum, CSU, Long Beach, CA
Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
State of California
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, CA
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles
Houston’s Inc., Phoenix, AZ and New York, NY
ARCO, Los Angeles, Ca
United Bank, Houston, TX
American Film Institute, Los Angeles
California State University, Fullerton, CA
Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID