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sonia louise davis

My name is sonia louise davis and I'm a 2023–2024 artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Installation view, sonia louise davis: to reverberate tenderly (December 6, 2023–April 7, 2024). Photo courtesy Queens Museum, credit Hai Zhang.

My most recent exhibition is titled to reverberate tenderly, and it's my first museum solo show on view at the Queens Museum from December 6th, 2023 until April 7th, 2024.

Installation view, sonia louise davis: to reverberate tenderly (December 6, 2023–April 7, 2024). Photo courtesy Queens Museum, credit Hai Zhang.

Installation view, sonia louise davis: to reverberate tenderly (December 6, 2023–April 7, 2024). Photo courtesy Queens Museum, credit Hai Zhang.

At the center of all of my work is improvisation, which to me is a generative and joyful practice.

emergence: jewel in the lotus, 2022, merino, Icelandic wool, recycled wool, and acrylic yarns, 58 x 62 x 2 inches, collection of Rockefeller Foundation, New York NY