Ty Davis

Ty Davis

Multidisciplinary Artist | Curator | Founder of Tiguere Contemporary

www.TiguereContemporary.com
Ty@TiguereContemporary.com

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am Ty Davis, a multidisciplinary artist from South Carolina. My work is rooted in personal experience—where I’ve been, what I’ve seen, and what I carry. I create large-scale abstract paintings that speak through color, texture, and movement. The process is spiritual, intuitive, and physical. I work on the floor, dragging blues and muted tones across the canvas, layering emotion the same way life layers itself on us.

My focus right now is exploring the color blue—not just as a hue, but as a weight, a history, and a truth. I’m interested in how color can hold memory, how it can represent joy, sorrow, resilience—all at once. My work isn’t about recreating what we see; it’s about revealing what we feel and sometimes what we avoid.

At the heart of it all, I’m just trying to tell stories. Black stories. Hood stories. Human stories

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025
• Blue is Black (Solo), Park Circle Gallery, North Charleston, SC
• ArtFields, Lake City, SC
• SPARK, Public Works Art Center, Summerville, SC
• North Charleston Arts Fest, North Charleston, SC
• Creek Collective, Goose Creek, SC
• Threads of the Divine (Presentation), North Charleston, SC

2024
• PRAY, Charleston, SC
• Look Just Like Yo Momma, Avery Research Center, Charleston, SC

2023
• Authenticity, The Charleston Place, Charleston, SC
• Excellence 365, Neiman Marcus, Atlanta, GA
• Atlanta Artists and Friends, Atlanta, GA
• Spring Forward, Charleston, SC
• An Evening of Culture, Charleston, SC

2015–2019 (Select Highlights)
• Cloud Atlas (Solo), W. Andre Allen Contemporary, Charleston, SC
• ArtFields, Lake City, SC
• Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Charleston, SC
• Realms (Solo), Grapes and Gallery, Columbia, SC
• Twitter Art Exhibit, Trygve Lie Gallery, NYC
• Neema Fine Art Gallery, Charleston, SC
• Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• Blue is Black, 2025 – Park Circle Gallery, North Charleston, SC
• Cloud Atlas, 2019 – W. Andre Allen Contemporary, Charleston, SC
• Motor Supply Bistro, 2018–2019 – Columbia, SC
• Realms, 2018 – Grapes and Gallery, Columbia, SC
• CLE Cigars Debut, 2017 – The Smoking Lamp, Goose Creek, SC
• Guest Artist, 2017 – LAC Gallery, Lexington, SC

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

• Look Just Like Yo Momma by Kolpeace, 2023–2024 – Columbia & Charleston, SC
• PRAY, 2024 – Charleston, SC
• Cloud Atlas, 2019 – Charleston, SC

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS

• Vibe On Canvas (Abstract Art Class), July 2025 – Park Circle Community Building, North Charleston, SC
• Black Artists Redefining Abstract Art, February 2024 – Orangeburg Library
• Abstract Painting Workshop, Boulder Bluff Elementary, Goose Creek, SC

AWARDS

• Best Abstract Experimental Piece, North Charleston Arts Fest – 2025

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

• Charleston City Paper (Front Page): “Broad Street’s Neema Gallery showcases African-American artists” by Connelly Hardaway – January 2019
• CAROLINA MUSE – 2022 Edition

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Vice President, Goose Creek Artist Guild
• Founder & Curator, Tiguere Contemporary
• Co-Founder, Exotic Biotic, LLC
• Volunteer, Cultural Arts Commission, City of Goose Creek

COMMUNITY & VOLUNTEER WORK

• Lowcountry Food Bank
• Habitat for Humanity
• Berkeley County School District
• Reading Partners, Oakland Elementary

REPRESENTATION (PAST)

• Neema Fine Art Gallery, Charleston, SC
• Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT
• W. Andre Allen Contemporary, Charleston, SC
• LAC Gallery, Lexington, SC
• Art On Scene Gallery, Hollywood, CA
• Okeeba Jubalo Fine Art Gallery

COLLECTIONS

Private collections in Manchester (UK), Washington DC, Savannah (GA), Columbia (SC), Killingworth (CT), Greenville (SC), and others
Complete list available upon request