PAUL B. DAVIS
Born 1977, St. Louis, MO, USA

Artist, composer, teacher, founder of BEIGE art collective/record label

 

Education:
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH
B.Mus, Electronic & Computer Music/Harpsichord private study, 1996-2000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Graduate Study, Art & Technology, 2000-2001
Central St. Martins, London, UK

PhD, Fine Art 2006+

Selected Exhibitions:
Witte de With CENTRE, Rotterdam, NE, Satellite of Love, 2006

Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA, 320x200:Da Show, 2005
The Horse Hospital, London, UK, Big Hand at the Dice Game, 2004
Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, The Whitney Biennial, 2004
San Francisco MOMA, San Francisco, CA, DEFUNCT, 2004
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, Killer Instinct, 2003
TEAM Gallery, New York, NY, Throw Back, 2003
Foxy Productions, Brooklyn, NY, Blinky, 2003
Thomas Blackman, Chicago, IL, The Stray Show, 2002
Bitforms Gallery, New York, NY, Prints and Chips, 2002
Lothringer13, Munich, Germany, Make-World Festival, 2001
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL, Interface: Exploring Possibilities, 2001

Deadtech Gallery, Chicago, IL, Post-Data in the Age of Low Potential Pt.2, 2001

Selected Video Screenings:
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam NE, 2006
Whitechapel Gallery, London UK, 2005, Utopia

TATE Britain, London UK, 2003, Blinky
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY, 2002 New York Underground Film Festival

Curating:
IDEASFactory: Sound Circuit, London, 2004
BEIGE World Cassette Jockey Championships, Chicago, 2002 & 2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Version>03 Festival, 2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Version>02 Festival, 2002

Selected Workshops/Lectures:
Hayward Gallery, London, UK, Sonic Sessions, June/July 2005

The Tank, New York, NY, BENT 2005 Festival, May 2005

Lovebytes Festival, Sheffield, UK, Circuit Bending for Audio, March 2005

Barbican, London, UK, Sonic Threads, Feb 2005
Tate Modern, London, UK, Christian Marclay Sounds of Christmas, Dec 2004
Waygood Gallery, Newcastle, UK, Channel 4/IDEASFactory - Circuit Bending, 2004
Urbis Centre, Manchester, UK, Channel 4/IDEASFactory - Circuit Bending, 2004
FACT, Liverpool, UK, Channel 4/IDEASFactory - Circuit Bending, 2004
Vinyl Factory, London, UK, Channel 4/IDEASFactory - Nintendo Hacking, 2004
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, Shhh..., 2004
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK, Ether Festival - Circuit-bending for Audio, 2004
SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Languange & Encoding Symposium, 2003
Harvestworks, New York, NY, Games, 2002
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Who's the Tool?, 2002
Engine27, New York, NY, Post-Media Symposium, 2001
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH, Senior Recital - How to Hack the Nintendo Entertainment System, May 2000

Selected Performances:
Basurama Festival, Madrid, ES, 2005
Hayward Gallery, London, UK, Hayward Nights [w/ Outbreak Cru, Ceephax], 2004
The Scala, London, UK, IDEASFactory: Sound Circuit [w/ DAT Politics, DMX Krew, Bodenstandig 2000], 2004
Liverpool Bienniale, Liverpool, UK, BEIGE Performance, 2004
Rock'm Sock'm Robots Tour [w/ Ceephax Acid Crew, Lektrogirl], Brighton/Nottingham/London, 2004
Summer of HTML Tour [w/ Paper Rad, DJ Shoulders], Chicago/St.Louis/Kansas City/Milwaukee/Detroit, 2003
Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, Illegal Art Festival [w/ Evolution Control Committee], 2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Version>03 Sound [w/ Beans, Bobby Conn, John Herndon], 2003
Aldwych disued Tube Station, London, UK, Seed Records Rave [w/ Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert], 2003
The Butcher Shop [w/ Perspects, T. Raumschmiere, Telefon Tel Aviv], Chicago, IL, 2002
2002 Technics/DMC World DJ Championships, Chicago, IL, 2002
The Knitting Factory[w/ Extreme Animals], New York, NY, 2002
SoundLab, New York, NY, SOUNDLAB New York BATTEL [w/ Anti-Pop Consortium, Cannibal Ox, KAIJU Big Battel], 2001

 

Selected Group Exhibitions – BEIGE:
BEIGE work has been shown at the Guggenheim [NY], 2004 Liverpool Biennale, Rotterdam Film Festival, 2004 Whitney Biennial, American Museum of the Moving Image and the Institute of Contemporary Art [London].

Awards and Grants:
Channel 4/IDEASFactory Initiative, 2004
NYSCA New Media Grant sponsored by Harvestworks Digital Media, 2001

Published Recordings:
Beige Records [USA], Wobblyhead Records [USA], Lost Planet Editorial [USA], Sonic Arts Network [UK], Harmless Records [UK], Soundslike Records [UK], Contact Records [Japan]. 

Selected Bibliography:

2004
Ellis, Jamie, "Crackerjacks", Tank Magazine, Winter [feature interview w/photos]
KultureFlash, "Headlines from London", Dec 15
Baird, Simone, "Class Acts", Time Out London, Nov 24 [feature w/ photos]
CBS, "What's Bizarre at the Whitney?", CBS News Sunday Morning, May 2.
Katigbak, Raf, "Game On", Montreal Mirror, Oct 21
Barton, Mark, "Singled Out", Losing Today, Feb 12

2003
McLaren, Malcolm, "8-Bit Punk", Wired Magazine, November
Pasick, Adam, "Plucking Musical Gems from the Web", USA Today, November 12
Cotter, Holland, "Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together", The New York Times, January 19, pp.E1,36. [feature w/ photos]
Davenport, Misha, "Old Chips but New Music", Chicago Sun-Times, Mar 23

2002
Jensen, Jan, "Designer Meets Computerfreak: Two Worlds Collide"
Lussenhop, Doug, "Interview with Paul B. Davis", Select Magazine, Fall
Cotter, Holland. "THE CRITICS/10 MOMENTS", The New York Times, December 29
Martelli, Mark, "Found Sound", Pitchfork, Dec

2001
Richie, Vinyl, "Make The Music With Your Mouse," Life Sucks Die, Winter, pp.28-29. [feature w/ photos]
Espenschied, Dragan, "BEIGE: Experts in Intentional Computing", Make-World Reader
Margasak, Peter, "New Sounds from Old Technology", Chicago Reader, July 6 [feature w/ photo]
Koch, Tim, "8-Bit Nostalgia", Igloo Magazine, Aug 2001 [w/ photo]

2000
Roberts, Randall, "Propping the Data", Riverfront Times, Jan 26 [feature w/ photos]

1999
Roberts, Randall "BEIGE Bombing", Riverfront Times, Sep 8