Dana Davenport

​​​Dana​ ​Davenport​ ​is​ ​a​ ​Korean​ ​and​ ​Black​ ​American​ ​​installation​ ​and​ ​performance​ ​artist.​​ ​Her​ ​work incorporates​ ​themes​ ​related​ ​to​ ​the​ ​body,​ ​ethnicity,​ ​and​ ​their​ ​interwoven​ ​relationship​ ​to​ ​social​ ​mores​ ​and institutional​ ​structures.​ ​​Davenport​ ​addresses​ ​the​ ​complexity​ ​of​ ​interminority​ ​racism​ ​and​ ​credits​ ​whiteness as​ ​the​ ​beneficiary​ ​of​ ​these​ ​conflicts.​ ​​She​ ​received​ ​a​ ​Bachelors​ ​of​ ​Fine​ ​Arts​ ​in​ ​Photography​ ​from​ ​School​ ​of Visual​ ​Arts​ ​in​ ​New​ ​York​ ​City.​ ​Davenport’s​ ​work​ ​has​ ​been​ ​exhibited​ ​in​ ​London,​ ​Rio​ ​de​ ​Janeiro,​ ​New​ ​York​ ​City, and​ ​throughout​ ​the​ ​United​ ​States​ ​including​ ​‘Within​ ​a​ ​Circuit’​ ​at​ ​NARS​ ​Foundation​ ​and​ ​‘Brown​ ​Paper​ ​Zine​ ​& Small​ ​Press​ ​Fair’​ ​at​ ​Museum​ ​of​ ​Contemporary​ ​African​ ​Diasporan​ ​Arts.​ ​She​ ​has​ ​performed​ ​at​ ​Watermill​ ​Center, K&P​ ​Gallery,​ ​RE:​ ​Art​ ​Show,​ ​BUFU​ ​Studios​ ​and​ ​has​ ​completed​ ​SOHO20​ ​Gallery​ ​artist​ ​residency​ ​program​ ​in 2017.​ ​Davenport​ ​is​ ​a​ ​recipient​ ​of​ ​the​ ​SVA​ ​Chairman’s​ ​Merit​ ​Award​ ​Scholarship​ ​and​ ​Rhodes​ ​Family​ ​Award​ ​for Outstanding​ ​Achievement​ ​in​ ​Photography.