Artist Statement
By forming a visual vocabulary for forces that don’t have a lasting tangible form, I build and create imagined bodies and places that straddle my experience and imagination.
I retain the ideas of said forces from observable moments in my personal experiences, but also in my belief of the spiritual, alongside personal imagination. I enjoy dissecting things into simple forms and associating colors with the energy from erratic movements or moments. I relate to postmodern abstractionists and transcendentalist painters; Their consciousness of their surroundings and the Japanese concepts of Ki (energy) and Yugen (partial perception) greatly influence my process and conceptualization of work. I primarily seek to understand my self-perception within the context of the natural forces around me and hope to challenge others’ perceptions of spaces through artistic abstraction.
I Received my BFA from the University of Mississippi in 2018. I'm currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts Degree at The University of North Texas in Denton with an anticipated Graduation
Education
2021-(anticipated) 2024, MFA Candidate, University of North Texas, Denton TX
2018 BFA, University of Mississippi, Oxford MS
Academic Appointments
University of North Texas, Denton TX
2023-Present Teaching Fellow, Beginning Drawing and Painting, College of Visual Art and Design
2021- Present Graduate Studio Assistant: Painting and Drawing Wood shop, College of Visual Art and Design
2022-2023 Teaching Fellow, Foundations: Art 1800 Narrative and Representation, College of Visual Art and Design
2021-2022 Teaching Fellow, Foundations: Art 1700 Space, College of Visual Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions
2024- (Forthcoming) Keeping Everything I Feel, Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas TX
2024-(Forthcoming) The Elsewhere in Everything, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton TX
2023 Zephyr’s Soliloquy, Union Gallery, Denton TX
Selected Exhibitions
2024- Art Friends 2, Anna Street Studios, Denton TX
2023- In Symbiosis, Elm Fork Education Center, Denton TX
2023 Super Fresh, Plush Gallery Dallas, TX
2023 Just a Few, MFA Painting show, UNT CVAD, Denton TX
2023 Assembly Art Walk, Oak Cliff Assembly, Dallas, TX
2023 62nd Annual Voertman Juried Student Art Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton TX
2022 Right Where I Was: UNT MFA Grad show, UNT COlab, Denton TX
2022 Assembly Art Walk, Oak Cliff Assembly, Dallas TX
2022 Friends of Anna street, Anna street Gallery, Denton TX
2022 Artexpo Dallas, Dallas Market Hall, Dallas TX
2022 North Texas Graduate Collective Show, UNT COlab, Denton TX
2022 Voertman's Gallery: Wide Eyes, Denton TX
2021 Risen Shine Gallery x The Art Orb: Feast Your Eyes, Risen Shine Gallery, Denton TX
2020 Texas Visual Arts Association: In Bloom, TVAA Online Gallery
2020 Texas Chamber Music Project's Art, Music & Wine, Messina Hoff Winery, Grapevine, TX
2020 Texas Visual Arts Association Board member & Director of Programming
2019 BFA Painting Alumni Exhibition, Gallery 130, Oxford MS
2019 72nd Annual TVAA Membership Show, TVAA Gallery, Dallas TX
2019 Art Conspiracy Seed Event and Auction, Life in Deep Ellum, Dallas TX
2019 Texas and Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving TX
2019 Blue Exhibition, TVAA Gallery, Dallas TX
2019 ART214, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
2019 Untitled Collective Guest Show, Untitled Collective, Dallas TX
2019 Art in the Atrium 18, Frisco City Hall, Frisco TX
2019 Prints! Prints! Prints! , Jon H. Milde Gallery Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas Tx
2019 Love And Hurt, TVAA Gallery, Dallas TX
2019 25th Annual El Corazon Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2019 Texas Visual Arts Association Spring New Member Show, TVAA Gallery, Dallas TX
2018 Texas Visual Arts Association: Citations 2018, Mesquite Arts Center, Dallas, TX
2018 Dia De los Muertos Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2018 New Texas Talent XXV, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 Mcat Davis, Douglas Caufield, and Bella Gonzales: BFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 130,Oxford, Mississippi
Curatorial Pursuits
2023-Touchy, Feely, Gross Things, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton TX
2023- Oak Cliff Assembly Art Walk Curation Team
2022 Right Where I Was: UNT MFA Grad show, UNT COlab, Denton TX
Awards
2019 Honorable Mention, 2019 January TVAA New Member Show
2018 Third Place Overall, Citation 2018 presented by Texas Visual Arts Association
2018 David Rorie Award
Memberships and Professional Associations
Oak Cliff Assembly Art Walk Curation Team-2023
North Texas Graduate Collective
Texas Visual Arts Association, Serving Board member from 2020-2021
Publications
2022 Voyage Dallas, Artist Spotlight
http://voyagedallas.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-mcat-davis/
2021 University of Mississippi, Alumnae Spotlight
https://art.olemiss.edu/mary-catherine-davis/
2020 Texas Chamber of Music, Featured Visual Artist
https://txcmp.org/blog/f/concert-project-7-gregory-newman-trumpet
Artfolio 2020: A curated collection of the World's most exciting Artists pg. 35, Edited by Douglas King
Interview Featured on Texas Chamber Music projects website:
https://txcmp.org/blog/f/313-txcmps-2nd-annual-art-music-wine
2018 Featured online at HottyToddy.com:
https://hottytoddy.com/2018/07/20/artist-corner-mcats-three-dimensional-world-of-art/