Greta Davis

Greta Davis uses large scale wall-based installations of multiple paintings, set out in grids as a vehicle for exploring the blurred boundaries between public and private space that are enhanced by social media and the sharing of images. The paintings fit together, contrasting and complementing each other, while drawing conversations between them. Each image is chosen individually based on its association to the artist. Links are drawn between personal images and those taken from other sources - grouping images within the collection and drawing ties. It is in her curation of the paintings within the grid that they find balance.

Davis’s work also explores the conflicting need for both comfort and adventure, finding context through her travels, and bringing it back to studio. Although predominantly a painter, she also works in digital media, print, sculpture and photography. Davis has been influenced by her work as a freelance designer, creating digital art for local businesses and musicians, as well as assisting a graphic designer. She also draws context from her work in the film industry as a scenic artist, set designer and art assistant.

Greta Davis was born in 1994 in Cape Town, South Africa, where she currently lives and works. In 2016, Davis graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Davis recently presented her second solo exhibition at Wildekrans Country House in Houw Hoek, South Africa, entitled Disposition. In 2017, Davis presented, Follow, her first solo exhibition also at Wildekrans Country House.

Group exhibitions include A Smaller Scale at Ebony Curated in Cape Town in 2019; ANON. at Pop Up Place in Cape Town in 2019; Collective Noun at Michaelis Galleries, UCT in Cape Town in 2015; Art Under the Bed at Vanessa Cowling’s Studio in Cape Town in 2015; Michaelis Annual Silent Auction at Eclectica Contemporary in 2016; a solo presentation, entitled Public Secret #illbepaintingyou, as a part of the Michaelis Graduate Exhibition at Michaelis Galleries, UCT in Cape Town in 2017.

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