Artist Bio

It is often said that Los Angeles is the world capitol of self-reinvention. That truism particularly applies to local artists, who often face a shifting landscape of personal and cultural footholds. For those who are truly grounded, this can serve as both catalyst and challenge, wherever they roam. Born and raised in East LA, Pamela Davis experienced a series of family relocations, from Santa Monica to Pasadena to Boston before returning as an Art major at CA State Long Beach.

Naturally skilled as a sketch artist, Davis received valuable mentoring in visual arts from former Bauhaus resident and Cal Arts instructor Hans Proppe, and in graphic design communication from Otis Art Institute chair Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. As Curator of Circle Gallery in Culver City, she learned the business side of organizing and promoting art.

The sudden intervention of a serious automobile accident prompted a rethinking of career and financial priorities, and Davis applied her studies towards a BA in Management from the University of Portland. She has since held administrative positions at a Manhattan mail order catalog agency and MOCA, followed by the creation of her own web-based office support company in Downtown LA.

Davis has been published in the Pasadena Star News and Pasadena Weekly, and was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2004 International Photography Awards. She has exhibited at Pomona’s Millard Sheets Gallery, Pasadena Art Walk, and One Colorado, and is currently in the process of launching 10x10, a small (!) gallery in the Arroyo Seco community of Hermon.