Visiting Critic Damien Davis

Oct 27 - Oct 30, 2026

Community Engagement and Dialogue

If you are unable to attend the Visiting Critic Lecture in person, watch the livestream or view the recording here.

Visiting Critic lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Damien Davis is a Newark-based artist and educator whose practice explores cultural representation and identity through a distinctive visual language that recontextualizes symbols from diverse cultures. He has exhibited at major institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Arts and Design. Davis has received the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Community Engagement Grant and has participated in residencies at Project for Empty Space, LMCC, and the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum, among others. He is an Exhibitions Manager and adjunct faculty member at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He holds a BFA and MA from New York University.

Damien Davis Studio

As part of our Artists-in-Residence Program, we invite internationally recognized artists and critics to give critical studio feedback to our program participants allowing residents a chance to receive constructive input on the direction of their work. During their time at the Ranch, visiting critics typically give a public lecture and spend one to three days critiquing resident or student work.