b. 1977, North Carolina, USA

Joanna Davis was born in Durham, North Carolina. In 2003, while Jo was living in San Francisco, CA, her father piloted a plane that crashed into the mountains of North Carolina, instantly killing her father, mother, and sister. She then moved to Lancaster, PA, where she still resides, to be near remaining family members. After giving birth to her first child, she lived in Panama City, Panama for two years before returning to Pennsylvania and raising her three children. Her artwork explores themes of family, place, and isolation.

EDUCATION

2000 | BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1999 | Summer Studies in Rome, Italy

1998 | AA, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

1996 | Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2024 | Pathways and Formations, Curio, Lancaster, PA

Group

2024 | Mother, Torrance Art Museum as part of  the Tryst Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA

2023 | Natural Causes, Levengoods of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

2013 | Hey!, Modern Art, Lancaster, PA

2006 | Art on the Farm, Lancaster, PA

2005 | Art on the Farm, Lancaster, PA
Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA

2004 | Art on the Farm, Lancaster, PA
Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA

2002 | 826 Valencia, Holiday Trunk Show, San Francisco CA
Delores Cafe, San Francisco, CA

COMMUNITY-ENGAGED INSTALLATIONS & PERFORMANCES

2017 | Phonotel, Modern Art, Lancaster, PA

2016 | Spring Art Bike, Various Locations, Lancaster, PA

2015 | Spring Art Bike, Various Locations, Lancaster, PA
Embarrassed!, Modern Art, Lancaster, PA
The Space Machine Found On The Moon, Tellus 360, Lancaster, PA

2014 | Truth or Drawer, Modern Art, Lancaster, PA
Fall Art Bike, Various Locations, Lancaster, PA
Ways That I Just, Modern Art, Lancaster, PA

AWARDS & HONORS

2009 | El Prisma de la Vida Design Finalist, Biomuseo, Panama City, Panama

2005 | McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Cover Illustration, Issue 16