Lynn Davison, Naples, Florida
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Awards, Fellowships, Residencies
2021 First Prize, National Competition, Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2009 Best of Show, Florida Competition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Best of Show, Boca Raton FL
2003 Award, National Competition, Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2013 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
1999-2000 Individual Fellowship Award, Florida Arts Council
1999 Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
1994-1994 Individual Fellowship Award, Florida Arts Council
1988-1989 Individual Fellowship Award, Florida Arts Council
1993 Individual Artist Grant, Printmaking, Topaz Editions, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
1992 NEA Fellowship Award, Painting and Works on Paper, Southern Arts Federation
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Lynn Davison, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft. Myers, Fl.
2017 Lynn Davison, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2014 Lynn Davison, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
Lynn Davison, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
2011 Lynn Davison, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
2008 Lynn Davison-Paint Slinger, Cathy Clayton Gallery, Tampa, FL
Lynn Davison, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2006 Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Ga,
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, Fl
2004 Stetson University, Deland, FL
Florida Stage, Palm Beach, FL
2003 University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
2002 Crealde' School of Art, Winter Park, FL
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2001 Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2001 Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Clayton Gallery, Tampa, FL
1998 Florida Theater, Palm Beach, FL
1994 Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, Fl
1995 Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
1992 Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Public Collections
City of Orlando, FL, Art in Public Places
City of Tampa, FL, Art in Public Places
Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL
John and Mabel Ringing Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
The Citadelle Art Museum, Canadian, TX
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sarasota FL
Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Corporate Collections
First Florida Bank, Tampa, FL
Foley and Lardner Collection
Holland & Knight, Tampa, FL
Howard Tullman Collection
Raymond James Collection, Tampa, FL
Wellington Management Company, LLP
Invitational, Group and Juried Exhibitions
2021 Finemark National Bank & Trust, Naples, FL
H and D Studio, Naples FL
Red Raven, Lancaster, PA
Quidley & Co. Gallery, Naples, FL
2019 Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota FL
Lynn Davison: Paint Slinger, Clayton Gallery, Tampa, FL
Small Works, Clayton Gallery, Tampa, FL
2018 Small Works, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
National Competition, Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2016 Observation-Reference-Gesture: Contemporary Painting, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
Small Works, Clayton Gallery, Tampa, FL
Small Works, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota FL
2015 Small Works, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
Small Works, Cathy Clayton Gallery, Tampa, FL
2014 Florida Masters, Museum of Florida Art, Deland Fl
2013 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Allyn 2013 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DCGallup Contemporary Art Sarasota FL
Books and Books:“Family Ties” Coral Gables, FL
Mennello Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2012 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, Ohio
2011 Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
Realism Now, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
On the Edge, Landis Performing Art Center, Riverside, CA
2008 Realism Now, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Macon Museum of Art and Science, Macon GA
2006 Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2005 Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
25th Anniversary Exhibition of Florida Fellowships, traveling
2004 Trinity Gallery, Atlanta GA 10th Anniversary Show
2003 23rd Anniversary Exhibition of Florida Art Fellowships, traveling
2001 50th All Florida Invitational, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton FL
Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Florida Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition traveled to The von Liebeg Art Center, Naples FL, Lowe Art Museum, Miami FL, Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
2001 50th All Florida Invitational, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2000 Bienniel, John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
1998 Monoprints, City of Orlando, FL
1998, 1997, 1993, 1992 Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1997 Dramatic Realism - the New Baroque, Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loretto, PA
1997 Is Art Alive?, John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota,
1997 Georgia Museum of Art, Athens GA
1996 Allan Stone Gallery, NY, NY
1996 National Competition, Alternative Museum, NY, NY
1995, 1992 John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
1994 Figuratively Speaking, Condesa/Lawler Gallery NY, NY
Selected Bibliography
2022 Hand In Hand by Lauren Amelia Redding, photos: Omar Cruz, Gulfshore Life, Home edition, March 2022
2021 Blurred Lines: Insider Artist Profile by Lauren Amalia Redding, photos: Anna Nguyen, Gulfshore Life Art & Design, October Issue
2020 Body of Work by Nancy Stetson, Florida Weekly, July 1, 2020
2019 New Works Inspire by Marty Fugate, The Observer, Sarasota, Fl 3/13/2019
Arts Advocates: Art at The Van Wezel by Nanette Crist Sarasota Herald Tribune 1/13/2019
Minding the Body with Lynn Davison by Philp Lederer SRQ 3/01/2019
2018 In the Beginning - Creatives Talk About Their Start by Nancy Stetson, Florida Weekly 1/03/2018
2016 Artists Capture Reality with Unflinching Observation in Ringling Show by Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Tribune
2012 In Your Face, Sarasota Visual Art by Marty Fugate
The Two Best SW Florida Artists You’ve Never Heard Of by Janice Paine, GulfShore Life 2/25/16
2006 Topping of a Body of Work by Lennie Bennett Atlanta Journal Constitution 10/12/2006
2005 Davison’s Art Is An Odd, Compelling, Utterly Wonderful Experience by Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal Constitution 9/ 25/2005
2003 Georgia Review, Cover & Pictorial, University of Georgia Press, Fall 2003
2002 The Human Zoo by Marty Fugate Sarasota Arts Review
Balancing Acts: Figurative Paintings By Lynn Davison by Philip E. Bishop Crealde School of Art Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Fl June 2002
Lynn Davison Takes Risks With Work by Pam Sumner Longboat Observer 2/2002
2000 A Twist of Fate: The Paintings of Lynn Davison by Kevin Costello Pelican Press Sarasota, Fl
To Sleep Perchance to Dream by Adrienne M. Golub Weekly Planet, Tampa, Fl Oct. 2000
1999 New American Paintings Spring 1999
1995 New American Paintings. Summer 1995
1992 Georgia Review Cover & Feature Pictorial University of Georgia Press Spring 1992
1991 Lynn Davison: Paintings by Helen L. Kohen Miami Herald, Miami, FL 9/1991
A Visit to the Paintings of Lynn Davison by Robert Sindelir catalog Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fl 1991
1989 Lynn Davison by Cris Hassold, Edison Community College Atlanta Art Papers, Atlanta, GA, Sept. Oct. 1989
1987 Georgia Review, Cover and Feature Pictorial, University of Georgia Press. Winter 1987