Anna U Davis: Reality Check

Former artist-in-residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Anna U Davis is showing her recent works in the solo exhibition 'Reality Check'.

Reality Check will mark Anna U Davis first solo exhibition with Davis Gallery. Davis is known for her bold, colorful mixed-media work, where she explores social inequalities. Reality Check investigates the concept of diffusion of responsibility (a socio-psychological phenomenon whereby an individual assumes that other people are responsible for taking necessary action) in regards to gender inequality through an intersectional lens. The work addresses our unwillingness to listen, our resistance to speak up, and our inability to see the imminent consequences of our indifference.

About the Artist, Anna U Davis: a native of Lund, Sweden. Davis began expanding her artistic practice and developing her signature “Frocasian” characters after moving to Washington, D.C. in the 1990s. Frocasians appear in her art as abstracted grey-toned figures, inspired by her interracial marriage and her strongly held belief in social justice. Davis creates narrative work where her characters investigate social inequalities, focusing on gender relations based on her Swedish upbringing. What began as hard-edge acrylic paintings have evolved into mixed media works which incorporate acrylic paint, hand cut paper collage, pumice, appliqué assorted textiles, and traditional pen-and-ink drawing
techniques.

Anna U Davis participated in the virtual residency program in spring 2023 and presented her work in the exhibition 'Love is Love' during the 2023 Locarno Film Festival.