Bing Davis, Dayton, OH

Mixed Media

Size: 18" x 15" x 11"

Willis Bing Davis was born in Greer, South Carolina but grew up in Dayton, Ohio where he lives today.  He attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, graduating in 1959.  He also attended the school of the Dayton Art Institute and received his Master of Education degree in 1967 from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.  Davis also pursued graduate study at Indiana State University from 1975-1976. His career as an educator includes: teaching in the Dayton Public School System; Teaching at DePauw and Miami Universities; and twenty years at Central State University (CSU) in Wilberforce, Ohio. While at CSU, Mr. Davis was also Chair of the Art Department and Director of the Paul Robeson Cultural and Performing Arts Center.  He has also served as an artist-in-residence for the School of Education at the University of Dayton, and visiting scholar at Wright State University.  He is Acting Treasurer of National Conference of Artists (NCA).

Davis’ record as an artist and a curator is equally illustrious, including exhibitions at Studio Museum of Harlem, American Craft Museum, Renwick Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Anacostia Museum, National Museum of Art of Senegal West Africa, United States Embassy Accra, Ghana and Museum fur Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt, Germany. His art can be found in public and private collections in the USA, England, China, Japan, France, Australia, plus Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, and Gabon on the Continent of Africa.