Vaginal Davis
Exhibitions, CV, Press
Document
‘Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines’ memorializes a forgotten archive
FT
March 22, 2024
Art Basel
Queer icon Vaginal Davis: ‘I live in a female-centered cosmos’
Coline Milliard
March 8, 2024
The New York Times
When Zines Walked the Earth
Martha Schwendener
February 21, 2024
Them
An Iconoclast, a Legend, and an Art Mama: Vaginal Davis is the Blueprint
Mykki Blanco
February 6, 2024
Mousse Magazine
Vaginal Davis Troubles the Smile
Dodie Bellamny
March 3, 2022
Exberliner
Vaginal Davis: “I refer to myself as a sexual pariah”
January 15, 2022
Artillery
Top 10 Picks of 2021
December 28, 2021
Frieze
A ‘Witch Hunt’ in Pursuit of Intersectional Feminism
December 14, 2021
ArtDaily
Hammer Museum and ICA LA Present ‘Witch Hunt’
2021
NBC News
6 Queer Artists to Watch Out for at Art Basel Miami Beach
December 2, 2021
The Los Angeles Times
Review: Ex-President Trump claims to be a witch hunt target. These feminist artists beg to differ
November 10, 2021
Flaunt
Burn it at the Stake, but First, A Museum Showing
November 5, 2021
Art in America
Twelve Shows to Know About That Open This October
September, 30, 2021
Hyperallergic
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for October 2021
Matt Stromberg and Elisa Wouk Almino
September 30, 2021
ARTnews
Art x Food: How Artists Use Food to Cook Up New Work
Andrew Russeth
September 17, 2021
The New York Times
Fall Preview: These are the Art Shows and Events to See This Season
Will Heinrich
September 17, 2021
The New York Times
‘Gender Alchemy’ is Transforming Art for the 21st Century
Jori Finkel
September 8, 2021
ArtNews
South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale Reveals Artist List for Star-Studded 2021 Edition
Tessa Solomon
November 18, 2020
ArtForum
Aftershock: Vaginal Davis
Vaginal Davis
November 12, 2020
New City Art
New Anthems: Vaginal Davis’ The White to be Angry is a Bold Assertion of Self
Holly Warren
July 31, 2020
Vice
Art-Punk Icon Vaginal Davis on Creating, Quarantine, and Rebellion
Brontez Purnell
June 26, 2020
Dazed
From W.E.B. DuBois to Gordon Parks, Mickalene Thomas, and Vaginal Davis, these artists have used art to fight racism, injustice, and inequality, but to also celebrate the strength, beauty, and resilience of Black people in America
Miss Rosen
June 19, 2020
NPR
Queer As Punk: A Guide To LGBTQIA+ Punk
Jayna Brown
June 15, 2020
Frieze
Vaginal Davis Loves Big Feet
Jessica Loudis
April 2020
60 Inches From Center
A Scene of Her Own: The Inimitable Vaginal Davis
Kirin Wachter-Grene
March 27, 2020
The Chicago Reader
Vaginal Davis steps into the mainstream spotlight
S. Nicole Lane
March 3, 2020
Document
Vaginal Davis killed the video star with her ‘terrorist drag’
Miss Rosen
February 27, 2020
Dazed
‘Drag terrorist’ Vaginal Davis on her life as a queer outsider artist
February 14, 2020
The Chicago Tribune
Vaginal Davis, a groundbreaking artist and performer, now has a groundbreaking show at the Art Institute, ‘The White to Be Angry’
Ariel Parrella-Aureli
February 4, 2020
The Guardian
Race, resistance and revolution: what to expect from US art in 2020
Nadja Sayej
January 6, 2020
Bomb
An Invitation from Vaginal Davis
Ashley Stull Meyers
October 3, 2018
Document
Vaginal Davis skypes with artist Bjarne Melgaard about toe sucking, Xerox JulJulyparties, and her many personas
Nick Vogelson
August 9, 2018
Hyperallergic
Performance Matriarch Vaginal Davis Upends Fixed Notions of Genre and Gender
Olivia Gauthier
October 3, 2017
Bomb
Defying Categories: on Chimera: Vaginal Davis & Louise Nevelson
Matthew J. Abrams
October 3, 2017
The New York Times
When It Comes to Gender, Let Confusion Reign
Holland Cotter
September 28, 2017
The New Yorker
The “Terrorist Drag” of Vaginal Davis
Grace Dunham
December 12, 2015
The New York Times
Vaginal Davis’s Feminist Wall Reliefs Pledge ‘Open Revolt’
Holland Cotter
December 10, 2015
Vice
queer art-punk legend vaginal davis opens exhibition and opera in new york
Charlotte Gush
November 25, 2015
Bedford + Bowery
Vaginal Davis Returns to New York, Taking on Sculpture and Mozart
Nicole Disser
November 23, 2015
Art 21
A Look Back at the Career of Vaginal Davis
November 25, Ali Fitzgerald
June 25, 2013
Artforum
Vaginal Davis
Alex Jovanovich
November 2012
The New York Times
Ready to Fade Into Obscurity. Wait, He’s Already There.
Guy Trebay
May 23, 2004
The Los Angeles Times
Of Dada and Dr. Davis
Hilary E. MacGregor
May 2, 2004