Paul Davies

e-mail: pdavies@xraylab.org
www: http://www.xraylab.org/

Solo Exhibitions

2004

Small Humans Building Their Destruction, Small Human Tidying Up the Planet,
Small Human Chipping Away at God, Tree Climax

        Small Humans, free103point9, New York, October 2004

1999

Opaque, Quantification of Humans and Bandwidth, November 5 to December 3, 1999
        Error: Data Underflow, DeadTech, Chicago, USA

Group Exhibitions

2007

One Lap = One Third Mile,
        Art Ate New York, New York, October 20, 2007
Topsy
,
        Electric Lab, Exit Art, New York, September 20 - November 17, 2007
 

2006

inflate,
        In Lieu of Condemnation, Pittsburgh, November 4, 2006
Prayer Antenna,
        BAPLab, 3rd Ward, New York,  July 22, 2006
epilogue,
    Stolen Time, Dam, Struhltrager, New York, June 2006
Small Humans,
    (2 videos) eyeTEASers, The Escape Artists Society, Vancouver, June 2006

2005

Curious Furniture of Ned Troide,
    METAL WOOD WATER, LMCC Gallery, New York, Sept 2005
Small Human Tidying Up The Planet
,
    Human Nature, Front Room, New York, May 2005
Prayer Antenna
,
    Airborne, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, March 2005
Small Humans Building Their Destruction,
    Digital Cotton, Savannah College of Art and Design Gallery (savannah), Atlanta, February 2005
Ned Troide’s Jack Daniels Drinking Fountain, Twisty Passages,
    Ergonomicon, ConsolidatedWorks, Seattle, February 2005
 

2004

A New Type of Unfortunate Occurrence,
   
Tank NYC / Spaceworks, New York, December 2004
You are in a maze of twisty passages,
   
Game Overture II, free103point9, New York, November 2004
Half Full of Blood,
   
*shoebox series*, 1R / bridge magazine, Chicago, November 2004
DHS Safety Vest,
    RNC, Frying Pan, New York
DHS Safety Vest, Some Areas Under Video Surveillance,

    Cyber Fashion Show, SIGGRAPH 2004, Los Angeles, August 2004
Jazz Shifter,
    Assembled: Free Jazz + Electronics, free103point9, New York, June 2004
Small Human Not Having Sex (video),
     Robot Rebellion, Frying Pan, New York, June 2004
untitled (Dumbo Pod),
     
Dumbo rooftop, New York, March 2004

2003

The President Declares an Official End of Hostilities,
        *shoebox series*, Gallery 1R / bridge magazine, Chicago, November 2003
Small Human Tidying Up The Planet
,
        Art Boat, Chicago, May 10, 2003
Hermit,
       
Jane Addams Hull House (abandoned), Chicago, April 27, 2003
Some Areas Under Video Surveillance,
       
Version>03, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, March 26-30, 2003
soylent green1: mother, soylent green 2: father, motivational device for an american citizen, December 12 - 15, 2002
        The Stray Show, Chicago, USA

2002

Some Areas Under Video Surveillance, October 6, 2002
        Surveillance Cultural Inquiry, Hugo House, Seattle, USA
American Dream, Help the President Decide, The President Knows What He Is Doing, October 3, 2002
        One Night Only, 11 Shows in 11 Months, Seattle, USA
The President Knows What He Is Doing, August 9, 2002
        Marlac Open Studios, Seattle, USA
Magnified Window / Under My Skin Episode 1, July 26, 2002
        What Can You Do With Half, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, USA
pill dispenser, May 16 - 18, 2002
        Lava 2002 , Noodle Works, Seattle, USA
motivational device for an american citizen, epilogue. May 4 - 26, 2002
        First War of the New Millennium, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, USA
first war of the new millennium: epilogue, March 16, 2002
        Marlac Open Studios, Seattle, USA
tornado, February 9 - March , 2002
        deadtech, Chicago, USA
pr0n star trading cards, February 2 - 28, 2002
        SOIL does Houston, Houston Gallery, Seattle, USA
weapons americans need: shopping cart prototype, February 1 - March 1, 2002
        Synergetic Rhythms, Rainier Tower, Seattle, USA
first war of the new millennium: epilogue, January 15 - February 10, 2002
        Artist Trust Auction, Bank of America Tower Gallery, Seattle, USA

2001

inflate, November 3 - 30, 2001
        SOIL, Seattle, USA
high clearance vehicle, August 27 - September 2, 2001
        BurningMan, Black Rock City, USA
cock monitor, June 23, 2001
        deBASHery, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
Kathryn 1, 2, 3, May 19 to 27, 2001
        Force, Mass, Volume, ArtDrill 4, Seattle, USA
Magnified Window / Under My Skin Episode 1, April 14, 2001
        Market St Studios, Seattle, USA
6 really great round beakers, April 7 to 29, 2001
        SOIL, Seattle, USA
Some Areas Under Video Surveillance, February 3 to February 25, 2001
        ******* (The Privacy Show), SOIL, Seattle, USA
I am not afraid of the dark, January 23, 2001
        Market St Studios, Seattle, USA
Empty Your Pockets, December 31, 2000 - January 31, 2001
        The Circus of the New Year, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, USA

2000

Empty Your Pockets, November 11, 2000
        Market St Studios, Seattle, USA
soylent green1: mother, soylent green 2: father, September 9, 2000
        Market St Studios, Seattle, USA
burning man in 4 space, September 1-3, 2000
        BurningMan, Black Rock City, USA
Opaque, Quantification of Humans and Bandwidth, February 4 to March, 2000
        Thirteenth Floor Gallery, Chicago, USA

1999

Dark Noon, June 27, 1999
        ArtsEdge99, Seattle Center, Seattle, USA
SenseBus, May 14 to June 12, 1999
        InterAccess, Toronto, Canada
Interactive Film Cut-up, March 5 to March 26, 1999
        911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, USA

1996-1998

Quantification of Humans, March 14 to April 11, 1998
       Space Probe, InterAccess, Toronto, Canada
Persistent Invisible Fields, January 30 to February 28, 1998
        Aurora, InterAccess, Toronto, Canada
Flash Jacket, Bandwidth, Message, September 25 to October 5, 1997
        Third Rail Visual Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada
Message, August 9, 1997
        ArtBeat 97, Toronto, Canada
Radiation Room, September 13th to 28th, 1996
        Apocalypse Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Education

1987 – 1991 University of Toronto, Engineering Science, Bachelor of Applied Science

Affiliations

SOIL, September 2000 to November 2002, Seattle, www.soilart.org
Art and Robotics Group (ARG)
, April 1997 to June 1999, Interaccess, Toronto, Canada www.interaccess.org/arg

Curatorial

Hermit, Jane Addams Hull House (abandoned), April 2003, Chicago
First War of the New Millennium
, SOIL Gallery, May 2002, Seattle (w/ S. Scherer)
Tornado
, deadtech, February/March 2002, Chicago
Inflate
, SOIL Gallery, November 2001, Seattle

Speaking Engagements

Spring Speaker Series, Landscape Architecture Dept, Rutgers’ University,
    Jan 2005, New Brunswick
A New Type of Unfortunate Occurrence, Dorkbot NYC,
    Jan 2005, New York
Visiting Artist
, Olive-Harvey College,
    May 2003, Chicago
Interfacing interactive sculptures and installations with surplus PC's
, Version>03, Chicago Cultural Center,
    March 28, 2003, Chicago
Visiting Artist
, University of Tennessee,
    Feb 6, 2003, Knoxville

Selected References

E a New York il wireless diventa un’arte, Corriere della Sera, April 18, 2005
Conflicted Bodies ConWorks' Environmental Studies, Stranger Weekly, March 24, 2005
Lively 'Ergonomicon' plumbs environments awash in fantasy, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 25, 2005
Assembled: Free Jazz + Electronics
, NY Press, June 22, 2004
Rearview Mirror “Artboat”
, dialogue Magazine, Jul/Aug 2003, p.18
It was bound ta happen,
Snoop Doggy Blog, May 5, 2003
Interview w/ Deadtech, citylink, March 2003
First Thursday: When gallery hoppers take to the streets
, Seattle Times, November 7, 2002
Reviews
, ArtPapers, Sep/Oct 2002, p. 51
Lava 2002, Ex. Cat., May 17, 2002, p. 42-45
In words that chill, in a haunted stare — the impact of Sept. 11, Seattle Times, May 10, 2002
Curatorial Communist, Seattle Weekly, January 30, 2002
I see you, A disquieting look at the loss of privacy, Seattle Weekly, February 15, 2001
Is any place really private anymore? Artists ponder, Seattle Times, February 9, 2001
Local artists tackle robotic challenge, Now, March 26, 1998
Aurora, Ex. Cat., November 1997, p. 7
Interacting with the atomic bomb – it’s art, The Ryersonian, Sept 18, 1996

Grants and Awards

Canada Council for the Arts, Creation/Production Grant to Professional Artists, 2003
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, CAAP Grant, 2003