Solo Exhibitions

2021

scott b. davis: sonora, Marshall Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, December 4, 2021 - January 22, 2022

2020

scott b. davis: Place in the Sun, Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, November 30 - December 31, 2020

2019

on the probability of darkness, EUQINOM Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 4 - June 30, 2019

2017

starlight, EUQINOM Projects, San Francisco, CA

2012

black sun, hous projects, New York, NY

vestige, jdc Fine Art, San Diego, CA

2011

walk from the sun, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

2008

land of sunshine, hous projects, New York, NY

nocturnes, Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA

The View from Here, Terry Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006

los angeles night, Michael Dawson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

east, Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

2003

Introductions: scott b. davis, Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, CA

curious destinations, The Farm, San Diego, CA

1998

having killed butterflies, ASA Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Group Exhibitions

2024

Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees, Museum of History and Art, Lancaster, CA, September 7 - December 29, 2024

2021

In Praise of Shadows, Marshall Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, January 16 - February 7, 2021

2020

Calm, EQUINOM Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November 11 - December 19, 2020

In Focus: Platinum Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2019

One of a Kind, Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

A History of Photography, Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY

photo london 2019, London, England

the opal sea: recent work by scott b. davis and peggy ann jones, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA

2018

Shots in the Dark, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

On Disappearing and Appearing: The Ephemeral in Photography, Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin, Germany

2017

UnBound 6!, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA

All Natural, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA

Longer Ways to Go: Photography and the American Road, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Desert Waters, Marks Art Center, Palm Desert, CA

Desert Island, Coachella Valley Arts Center, Indio, CA

2016

Defying Darkness: Photography at Night, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

Wouldn’t It Be Nice… Selections from San Diego, H Gallery, Mesquite, TX

Into the Night, Contemporary Art and the Nocturne Tradition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2015

From the Platinum Print Collection: Glittering Through Eternity, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

New Contemporaries VII, Gallery Valencia, San Diego, CA

Platinum: Contemporary Photography, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Living Arrangements, Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2014

Being Here and There, Museum of History and Art, Lancaster, CA

All that Glitters is not Gold: Platinum Photography from the Center for Creative Photography, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Basically Forever, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

Process, Photo Center North West, Seattle, WA

2013

Nature Improved, San Diego History Center, San Diego, CA

2011

Worldwide @ Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

2010

Photo 21: Contemporary American Photography, Tokyo Photo, Tokyo, Japan

Vestiges of the Light, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

A Grand View: Arizona Landscape Photography, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2008

Mineral, hous projects, New York, NY

New Acquisitions: The Director’s Cut, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM

2007

Photographers:Network, Thomas Kellner Studio, Siegen, Germany

Vital Signs: Place, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

2006

24 Hour Convenience, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2005

Platinum Prints: The Allurement of Light II, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

15th Annual Center Awards, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA

Site Lines: 24 Hours Photographing Joshua Tree, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA

2004

The Platinum Image, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

High and Dry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

2003

The Discerning Eye: Southern California Collects, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2002

Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2001, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

2001

Urban Landscapes, Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Not Landscape: Fragments and Metaphors, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

Acquired Vision: A Selection of Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

Luminous: Four Photographers, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA

Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2000, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

2000   

Timeless Light: Platinum Photography, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

Water, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM

Black + White + Color 5, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA

Young Portfolio Acquisitions 1999, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

1999   

Facts Showered with Light: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

Gallery Artists 1999, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA

Vintage 1999, The Platinum Gallery, New York, NY

Lectures

2020   

San Diego Museum of Art (virtual)

2019   

California State University, San Marcos

Open Show San Diego, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2017   

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

APA-SD, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2016  

Creative Mornings, San Diego, CA

Odessa/Batumi Photo Days Festival, Odessa, Ukraine

2015   

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

2012   

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

2008   

Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2007   

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

            George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

2004   

Into the Trees, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

2003   

Into the Night, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

2002   

Ten Years, Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA

2000   

A Landscape Photographer Looks at Landscape, University Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM

Collections

California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA

Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ

Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Nerman Museum, Shawnee Mission, KS

Pier 24, San Francisco, CA

ResMed Foundation, San Diego, CA

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM