VAUGHN DAVIS JR.
Lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri

EDUCATION
2017 BFA, Webster University, St. Louis MO

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Vaughn Davis Jr: The Fabric of Our Time, Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
2023 Sanguine, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 Schisms, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco CA
2021 Chroma, Dragon Crab Turtle, St. Louis MO
2021 Severance, Monaco Gallery, St. Louis MO
2021 Gazebo Gallery, Kent OH
2020 Take the Causeway to I-70, Angad Arts Hotel, St. Louis MO
2019 Ascending Forms, Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis MO
2018 Freedom: The American Hustle, Arcade Contemporary Art Projects, St. Louis MO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 In Tenter Peaks, Grace Unfolds, Mitochondria, Houston, TX
2023 A Magical Day at Ditch, Tripoli Gallery, Sagaponack, NY
2023 NADA x Foreland, Dimensions Variable, Catskill, NY
2022 Like a Child, curated by Daonne Huff, New Art Dealers Alliance 
2022 Curated Storefront, curated by Annie Wischmeyer, Front Triennial, Akron, Ohio
2021 Works on Paper, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2021 Shady Beautiful, curated by Anna Hygelund, Malin Gallery, New York, New York
2021 The Dead Don’t Die, curated by Shawn Powell, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2020 Date Night, Monaco Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 
2019 Soft Scrub, The Luminary, St. Louis
 MO
2018 SSSS, Forest Park Community College Gallery, St. Louis MO
2018 Dwell In Other Futures, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis MO
2018 Manology II Fashion Show and Exhibit, Arcade Contemporary Art Projects, St. Louis MO
2017 Cold Soup, Grease 3, St. Louis MO
2017 An Avoidable Hinder, Francis Park, St. Louis
 MO
2017 Another Quality Product, Webster University DADAH Annual B.F.A Thesis Exhibition
2017 Oppositions, The Luminary, St Louis
 MO
2017 Off Modern: In What Do Live, The Luminary, St. Louis MO
2016 Freestyle, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis
 MO
2016 Vibes Grand Arts Event, 2720 Cherokee, St. Louis MO
2016 Varsity Art XX, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis
 MO
2016 The Black Experience, Webster University, St. Louis MO
2015 Vibes Grand Arts Event, 2720 Cherokee, St. Louis MO

COLLECTIONS
The Horseman Foundation
John and Alison Ferring Collection
Elliot Perry Collection
Derek Fordjour
Katherine Bernhardt

GRANTS + AWARDS
2022 Delta Voices: Artists of the Mid-South 2022 | Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
2021 The Craft Alliance Artist-In-Residence, St. Louis, Missouri 
2020 The Luminary Future Funds Artist Covid Relief Grant

2017 World Traveller’s Grant, Vienna Austria

2016 Provost’s Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Program, Webster University, Saint Louis

PRESS

2020 The Table Is Ours: A Starter Guide To Buying and Collecting Art, CRWN Magazine
2017 Dyed, Ripped and Torn: St. Louis Multimedia Artist Vaughn Davis, Alive Magazine
2016 Vaughn Davis’s Breakout Show “Freestyle” Examines the Intersection of Painting and Sculpture, St. Louis Public Radio