Born in Charleston, South Carolina, 1975.

Education:
New York Studio Program, AICAD (Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design), NYC, NY, 1996.
Ringling School of Art and Design,
Sarasota, Florida, B.F.A., 1997.
Lives in New York City.

Literature References:

Taylor, Astra, Jay Davis, REVIEW, 15 April 2000.

Naves, Mario, Jay Davis, THE NEW YORK OBSERVER, 3 May 2000.

Cash, Stephanie, Jay Davis at Stefan Stux, ART IN AMERICA, January 2001, p. 118.

Cotter, Holland, Superimposition, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 6 July 2001.

Schwendener, Martha, Jay Davis, TIME OUT NEW YORK, September 2001.

Kostabi, Mark, Jay Davis, SHOUT, September/October 2001.

Gladman, Randy, Jay Davis, NY ARTS, October 2001.

Staff, Jay Davis, THE NEW YORKER, 8 October 2001.

Curcio, Robert, Jay Davis, TEMA CELESTE, November/December 2001.

Wilson-Goldie, Kaelin, Precarious But At Peace, DUTCH, November/December 2001.

Valdez, Sarah, Gallery Reviews: 'Westworld', PAPER, December 2001.

Johnson, Ken, Westworld, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 14 December 2001, p. E41.

Young, Robb, Artistic Defense, DUTCH, January/February 2002.

Jana, Reena, Westworld, ART NEWS, March 2002, p. 120.

Daniel, Mike, Three Young Neo-Surrealists at Angstrom, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 17 May 2002.

Johnson, Ken, I-Beam, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 12 July 2002.

Kerr, Merrily, Jay Davis, FLASH ART, March 2003, pp. 109-110.

Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, The New Abstractionists, ART & AUCTION, July 2003, pp. 92-97.

Bellini, Andrea, and Sonia Campagnola, I Nuovissimi di New York, FLASH ART ITALIA, June 2004, pp. 83-94.

Knight, Christopher, Around the Galleries: A windowed sort of claustrophobia, LOS ANGELES TIMES, 9 July 2004, p. E31.