EDUCATION
1999 Gary Knox Bennett Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
1990 Robert Defuccio Workshop-Chair Design and Development, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
1985 Art Carpenter Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
1984 Sam Maloof Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
1976 Bachelor of Arts-Music Theory, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1976-Present Creator and owner of Derek Secor Davis Woodworks, a one man design and woodworks studio
1998 Guest Lecturer, Denver Art Museum, The Design Council Lecture Series
1993 Guest Lecturer, Denver Art Museum, The Design Council Lecture Series
1985 Guest Lecturer, Metro State College
1971 Founding member of Artel, a cooperative gallery and wood studio, Denver, Colorado
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Dual Visions", Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado.
2005 “ Scratching The Surface”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“The Other Side: A Tradition of Alternatives”, (an online exhibition), Postpicasso.com.
“The Group”, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California.
2004 “Curv-iture” (Furniture Society conference exhibition), The Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia.
Additional venues:
The Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina.
The Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Houston Center for Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas.
“Distinguished Chairs”, (an online exhibition), Postpicasso.com.
2003 “Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art” Chicago Exposition, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, Philadelphia.
2002 “Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art” New York Exposition, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, Philadelphia.
2001 “New Work”, Two person show with Jamie Chase, Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art” Chicago Exposition, Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
“The Chair Show 4” Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina. Additional venues:
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville North Carolina.
High Point Museum and Historical Park,High Point, North Carolina.
2000 “XXV: 25 Years of Colorado Master Crafts,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado
“Collecting: Passion and Perspective of Jodi Carson,” Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art,” Chicago Exposition, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1999 “Furniture as Sculpture, Sculpture as Furniture,” one person preview, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art,” New York Exposition, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Philadelphia Furniture Show,” Gallery 500, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
“Chairs, Chairs, Chairs,” Metropolitan State College of Denver Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado
1998 “Expressive Furniture,” Dairy Center For The Arts, Boulder, Colorado
“Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art,” Chicago Exposition, Sandy Carson Gallery
1997 “Critics Choice,” Metropolitan State College of Denver Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado
“Seattle Art Fair,” Seattle, Washington, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Furniture Invitational,” Gallery at Salishan, Glen Eden Beach, Oregon
“Group Show,” Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
“Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art,” Chicago Exposition, Sandy Carson Gallery
1996 “Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art,” Miami Exposition, Sandy Carson Gallery
“The Chair IV,” Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
“Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art,” Chicago Exposition, Sandy Carson Gallery
1995 “Furniture Beyond Function,” Sandy Carson Gallery
“Sculpture,Objects, Functional Art,” Chicago Exposition, Sandy Carson Gallery
“Furniture For The Mind,” Patricia Williams Gallery, Glen Eden Beach, Oregon
“Passion For Wood” & “Chairs are Art, Part 7,” Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
1994 Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Art House” & “Chairs are Art, Part 6,” Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
1992 “The Arthropod Series,” One Man Show, Maveety Gallery, Glen Eden Beach, Oregon
1991 Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Art: Furniture for the Mind,” Maveety Gallery, Glen eden Beach, Oregon
1990 “Furniture and Lighting,” Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Contemporary Crafts,” Colorado Artist Craftsmen, Denver, Colorado
1988 “Craft Design ‘88,” Colorado Artist Craftsmen, Denver, Colorado
1987 “Art of Craft,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
“Objects with Function,” Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1986 “Ten Approaches,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado
“Art of Craft,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
“Craft Design ‘86,” Colorado Artist Craftsmen, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, Colorado
1985 “Colorado Woodworkers Invitational,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
Colorado Woodworkers Guild, Denver, Colorado
AWARDS
2008 Historic Preservation Award, Historic Boulder (for Forrest Jones Cabin renovation)
2005 Honorable Mention,“The Other Side: A Tradition of Alternatives”, (an online exhibition), Postpicasso.com.
1990 Best of Show, “Contemporary Crafts,” Colorado Artist Craftsmen (collaboration with Kate Inskeep)
1990 Sam Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
1987 Honorable Mention, Herman Miller Award, “Art of Craft,” Denver Art Museum
1986 Joan Robey Award, “Craft Design ‘86,” Colorado Artist Craftsmen
1965 Championship-Furniture Division, Colorado State University Industrial Arts Fair
PUBLICATIONS & PROGRAMS
Woodwork
Gallery 4, Winter 2010
500 Tables
Lark Books, 2009.
Wood Art Today
Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. & Design, 2004
Grand English Tudor
Lynette Jennings, Design IV, EP 153, November 12, 2001.
Furniture Studio Two: Tradition in Contemporary Furniture
Rick Masstelli and John kelsey editors, 2001
American Style
Karen S. Chambers; Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 1999
American Craft
Portfolio, December 1996/January 1997
City Beat
Reynelda Muse, KCNC-TV News 4, September 18, 1996
Fine Woodworking Design Book Seven
Taunton Press, 1996
The Encyclopedia of Woodworking Techniques
Jeremy Brown, Running Press, 1993
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles
Linda Bilkis; Volume 8, Number 3, May/June 1989
Fine Woodworking Design Book Four
Taunton Press, 1987
Aspenglow
Steve Evans; “Woodwork,” Volume 5, Number 6, Spring 1983