Davis H. Moore
Profession
2011 – Art teacher; Commissioned painter and artist
Education
2010 Harvard, Bachelor of Arts
Major: Visual and Environmental Studies
Honors Thesis in Painting: Spirits in the Material World
Docent to school groups, Harvard Art Museum
Additional Education
2017 Wesleyan University, Typography
2013 Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Monothon
Professional Experience
2014–2024 Phillips Exeter Summer, Art Instructor, Exeter, NH, 2014–2024 Taught middle and upper school art. Coached rowing.
Courses taught:Oil Painting; Drawing; Art:Transform the World; Visual & Environmental Studies; Why Art?
Drawing
Art: Transform the World
Visual & Environmental Studies
Why Art?
2021 Phillips Exeter Summer, Director of Summer Rowing
2016–2024 Phillips Exeter Summer, Rowing Coach
2015–2021 Phillips Exeter Summer, Cluster Coordinator, Creative Design and Purpose for a Changing World
2018–2020, 2023 Arctop, Inc., Graphic Designer, San Francisco, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel
2016–2018 Wesleyan University, Zilkha Gallery & Davison Art Center, Preparator, Middletown, CT
2016–2018 Xavier High School, Boys JV Rowing Coach, Middletown, CT
2015–2016 Riverzedge Arts, Director of Mobile Studio, Woonsocket, RI
Managed team of teaching artists. Coordinated after-school art programs at numerous schools in northern Rhode Island.
Taught Body Bodhi at the Nowell Leadership Academy, a high school for pregnant and parenting youth in Central Falls, RI, 2016
2015–2016 Neighborworks Blackstone River Valley, Woonscocket, RI
Community Builder in Residence at the Mary A. Longtin C3 Center
Morning and After-school Care Provider, The Art Center, Woonsocket, RI
2015 The Met High School, Classroom Math Tutor, Providence, RI
2015 The Wheeler School, Middle School Girl’s Lacrosse Coach, Providence, RI
2013–2016 Exeter Public Library, Trustee, Exeter NH, 2013–2016
Elected to the position. Conducted community mask workshops and oversaw two art installations in the library for the community.
2006–2013 Keewaydin Canoe Camp, Youth Canoe Guide, Temagami Ontario, Canada
Led youth wilderness canoe trips, lasting from 5 days to 39 days. Earned several certifications, including: Basic Life Support––CPR Provider C, 2013 [Wilderness Medical Associates Canada], Wilderness First Responder, 2013 [Wilderness Medical Associates Canada], Wilderness Water Safety, 2012, Whitewater Rescue Technician I, II, III 2012 [Boreal River Rescue].
2010–2011 Chapel Hill––Chauncy Hall School, Instructor in Visual Art, Waltham, MA
Installed art shelter, a canvas tent as outdoor community painting space.
Events, Performances, Workshops
June 2023 Imagine Body. Drawing workshop for Harvard Medical School Arts and Humanities Initiative, Boston, MA
Apr. 2021 Books Like the Piers. Bookmaking, spine awareness & thinking cosmo-poetically. Support from Lewisburg Arts Council, Lewisburg, PA
Mar. 2021 Equinox 2: Mythtelling, Offering a Living Calendar. With Composer Paul J. Botelho, Lewisburg, PA
Dec. 2021 Solstice Offering. With Composer Paul J. Botelho, Lewisburg, PA
Sept. 2020 Equinox 1: Drawing Toxicity. With Composer Paul J. Botelho, Lewisburg, PA
Nov. 2019 Portrait painting demonstration during The Lewisburg Stroll Through the Arts. Wilson and Ross (boutique), Lewisburg, PA
Oct. 2019 Halloween Mask Making Workshop. River Valley Nature School, Lewisburg, PA
Sept. 2018 A Trash Mandala. With Professor Ryan Burg’s business ethics class, Bucknell University. Lycoming County Resource Management Services, Montgomery, PA
Dec. 2017 Portrait of Rebecca Moore. Portrait painting demonstration and conversation with three 11th-grade English Classes. Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Jan. 2016 Twine. Artist’s talk at Riverzedge Arts, Woonsocket, RI
Dec. 2015 Portrait of Ellen Wolff. Portrait painting demonstration and conversation with two 11th- grade English classes. Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Oct. 2015 Halloween Mask Making Workshop. Neighborhood C3 Center, Woonsocket, RI
Dec. 2014 St. Nicholas Day Lobster. Community papier-mâché float project for the Exeter Holiday Parade. Exeter, NH.
Oct. 2014 Mask Making Workshop with Phillips Exeter Academy’s Democracy of Sound Club. Exeter, NH
Oct. 2014 3rd Annual Halloween Mask Making Workshop. Exeter Public Library, Exeter, NH
Mar. 2014 2nd Annual I’m Dreaming of a cleaner Easter; an Easter Trash Hunt. Exeter, NH
Dec. 2013 Christmas Crocodile. Community papier-mâché float project for the Exeter Holiday Parade. Exeter, NH
Dec. 2013 Portrait of My Father the Iroquois Warrior. Portrait painting demonstration and conversation with two 11th-grade English classes. Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Oct. 2013 Bahn Pahty. Masquerade and celebration of barn reconstruction. Exeter, NH
Oct. 2013 2nd Annual Halloween Mask Making Workshop. Exeter Public Library, Exeter NH
Oct. 2013 Meditation. Chapel talk on dreams, art and a future. Exeter, NH
Oct. 2013 Glory Hair. Social practice, pop-up hair salon in collaboration with Dan Allende (danallende.com). Pittsburgh, PA
Aug. 2013 No Fine Art. Community crayon drawing series, in collaboration with Town of Exeter Arts and Music. Exeter, NH
Mar. 2013 I’m Dreaming of a Cleaner Easter: an Easter Trash Hunt, Exeter, NH
Dec. 2012 ArtfoMichaelVick.tumblr.com. Exeter, NH [Now viewable when searched as named on web.archive.org]
Dec. 2012 Portrait Jackie Thomas, PEA Librarian. Portrait painting demonstration and conversation with two 11th-grade English classes. Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Oct. 2012 Halloween Mask Making Workshop. Exeter Public Library, Exeter, NH
Dec. 2011 Pageantry. Ceremony introducing the band, Motopony, with Daniel Blue.
Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 2009 Halloween Painting. Performance painting outside the Owl Club. Cambridge, MA
May 2009 Harvard Arts First. Free portraits and haircuts on the steps of Memorial Church. Cambridge, MA
Apr. 2009 Cell Phone Painting #1. A painting made from text instructions from unseeing remote contributors. Collaboration with Jon Vingiano. Lowell Hall East Quad, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Apr. 2009 Portrait of Anyone. Performance painting in two, 4-hour sessions Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Exhibitions
June 2024 Group show ArtExhibit by ArtVan. Brunswick, ME
Feb. 2024 Ice Age. Solo show at 33 By Hand boutique. Portland, Maine
2022 Vibrant Ecologies group show at the 103 Gallery, Bucknell University. Lewisburg, PA
2021–2023 Portrait of Anyone in the Dean of Students Office at Phillips Exeter Academy. Exeter, NH
Dec. 2019 Arctop San Francisco Office Opening, showed 5 drawings (multimedia, 24 x 20 inches) and new mural (Spray paint, 4.5 x 44 feet). San Francisco, CA
Jan. 2018 Three Canine. Solo Show. Klekolo World Coffee, Middletown, CT
Apr. 2016 You’ve Taught Me More Than I’ve Taught You, Maria Longtin C3 Center, Woonsocket, RI
Jan. 2013 A Meditation on Choice. Installation of site specific sculpture and select paintings. Exeter Public Library, Exeter, NH
Nov. 2012 Solo Show: Retrospective. Children’s Room of Exeter Public Library, Exeter, NH
2012–2018 Portrait of Anyone at Office of Multicultural Affairs, Phillips Exeter Academy Multicultural Center, Exeter, NH
Sept. 2011 Portrait of Anyone at Water Street Bookstore. Exeter, NH
May 2010 Index: VES Senior Thesis Show. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
June 2009 Cell Phone Painting #1. Exhibited with John Vingiano. Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA
May 2009 Cell Phone Painting #1. Exhibited with John Vingiano. Huret and Spector Gallery, Boston, MA
Feb. 2009 Student Art Exhibition in Mass Hall. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Commissions
Aug. 2023 Hoop of it All. Spray paint on white denim jacket. Exeter, NH
June 2023 Vitamin D. Oil on canvas, Maine white pine frame, 20 x 16 inches. Cape Elizabeth, ME
June 2023 Abba Beach II. Oil on canvas and Maine white pine, 24 x 48 inches. Cape Elizabeth, ME
May 2023 Heron tote/mask. Spray paint on all-white canvas tote. Cape Elizabeth, ME
Apr. 2023 Dream Pants for Jamesie. Spray paint on green, child’s trousers. Cape Elizabeth, ME
Apr. 2023 Dream Pants for Charlie. Spray paint on green, child’s trousers. Cape Elizabeth, ME
Nov. 2022 Whale I C. Oil painting, 12 x 14 inches, and spray-painted canvas child’s coat. Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Nov. 2022 Logo proposal for Neuro-Wellness Alliance. Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Oct. 2022 Saints de Lit. Triptych and carrying case, oil on canvas and Maine white pine, 12 x 38 inches. Owl’s Head, Maine
Sep. 2022 Feather. Rib tattoo design. Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Aug. 2022 Cosmic. Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 inches. Bristol, MA
June 2022 At Two Lights. Oil on canvas, framed in pine. Cape Elizabeth, Maine
June 2022 Cave Painting. Mural in latex paint on interior staircase wall. Boston, MA
Mar. 2022 AHTINAH. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches. Westport, MA
Dec. 2021 Turning Horse. Mural in milk paint, sumi ink, acrylic and latex paint on exterior stucco wall, 8 x10 feet. Sculptures hair salon, Lewisburg, PA
Jan. 2021 Jaws of it All. Watercolor, color pencil, and chalk on paper, 14 x 22 inches. Bald Eagle State Forest, PA
Nov. 2020 Opening. Mural in latex paint and spray paint on exterior concrete block wall and wooden door. 8.5 x 18 feet. Lewisburg, PA
Oct. 2020 Shelves. Sculptural shelves, white pine, 5 x 8 feet. Exeter, NH and Lewisburg, PA
Mar. 2020 Handed Pasta. Mural in spray paint on interior concrete block wall, 12 x 6 feet. Amami restaurant, Lewisburg, PA
Feb. 2020 Typographic Crossbones. Wrist tattoo design. Lewisburg, PA
Nov. 2019 Undersea. Exterior latex paint and spray paint on stucco wall, 4 x 36 feet. Arctop office, San Francisco, CA
Nov. 2019 Bridge. Watercolor, 12 x 12 inches. Lewisburg, PA
Aug. 2019 Sun Sket Ball. Paint marker, pen, and pencil on paper, 10 x 10 inches. Westport, MA
June 2019 4. Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Little Compton, RI
Apr. 2019 Courtyard Wedding. Watercolor 10 x 7 inches. Lewisburg, PA
June 2018 Whoosh! Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Little Compton, RI
June 2018 Illustration for Arctop, Inc. Business Cards. Oil on board, 19 X 24 inches. Little Compton, RI
May 2018 Ulysses. Oil on plywood, 33 x 33 inches. Middletown, CT
Apr. 2018 Daffodils. Oil on plywood, 12 x 10 inches. Middletown, CT
Apr. 2018 To Moondrift Constancy. Acrylic on plywood, 12 x 10 inches. Middletown, CT
Apr. 2018 The Sun Eats Also. Spray paint on white denim jacket. Middletown, CT
Mar. 2018 Swimming Hole. Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 inches. Middletown, CT
Nov. 2017 WELTRAUM. Mask and mask box of papier-mâché, cardboard, wood, acrylic and latex paint, 30 x 30 x 20 inches. Middletown, CT
Nov. 2017 Tandem. Watercolor on paper, 18 x 36 inches. Middletown, CT
June 2017 Heart Waves. Watercolor on paper, 36 x 72 inches. Brooklyn, NY
May 2017 The Bouquet. Watercolor and pen on paper, 11 x 17 inches. Middletown, CT
Feb. 2017 Gloriana and the Kitties. Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Middletown, CT
Dec. 2016 Baby the Red Nosed Beluga. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches. Cumberland, Maine
Dec. 2016 The Cat is Your Oyster. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches. Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Dec. 2016 Nuclear Family. Oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches. Middletown, CT
Nov. 2016 Matrix. Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 inches. Middletown, CT
Nov. 2016 The Giant’s Teeth. Oil on canvas, 20 x 22 inches. Middletown, CT
Apr. 2016 Dream Coat for Tim. Spray paint on white cotton jacket. Providence, RI
Apr. 2016 Putney Embankment. Watercolor and watercolor pencil on paper, 12 x 60 inches. Woonsocket, RI
Mar. 2016 Saheylu Technology. Imagining wearable technology with Dan Furman. Watercolor, five 11 x 17 inches. Woonsocket, RI to Haifa, Israel
June 2015 Portrait of MK Borerwe. Acrylic on wood, 25 x 14 inches. New York, NY
June 2015 The Honorable Farley D. Toothman. Acrylic on canvas, 22 x 16 inches. Waynesburg, PA
Dec. 2014 3 Sisters. Oil on canvas, 32 x 36 inches. Gardiner, Maine
Nov. 2014 Lyle, Lyle: Portrait of a dog. Oil pastel on paper, 25 x 19 inches. Exeter, NH
Oct. 2014 Dream Pants for Darling. Spray paint on white work pant. Exeter, NH
May 2014 Dream Pants and Shawl for Jamie and Carly Rogers. Spray paint on white work pant, photosensitive dye on wool. Exeter, NH
Feb. 2014 Tripdeck. Acrylic on three skateboard decks. Exeter, NH
Nov. 2013 Circus Frankenstein. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 30 inches. Framed and displayed March 2014. Fisher Theater and artist’s studio, Exeter, NH
Nov. 2013 Parts. Oil on canvas, 32 x 26 inches. Exeter, NH
May 2013 Lovers. Oil on canvas, 72 x 48 inches. Providence, RI
May 2013 May Wedding. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Exeter, NH
Mar. 2013 The Honorable Sharon DeVries. Oil on white birch ply-wood treated with rabbit skin glue, 47 x 36 inches. Portsmouth, NH
Nov. 2012 The Monk’s Vision. Watercolor on paper, 11 x 8.5 inches. Exeter, NH
Sept. 2012 Dream Pants for Dan Allende. Spray paint on white denim jeans. San Francisco, CA
May 2012 Dream Pants for Robbie. Spray paint on white work pant. Exeter, NH
Feb. 2011 Sisters. Oil on canvas, 60 x 65 inches. Boulder, CO
Publications
Davis H. Moore, Portraits in Daniel Singer piece on Startuphub.ai (29 Jan. 2019)
Davis H. Moore, Xun, I Ching (Middletown, CT, April 2018).
Davis H. Moore, “Illustration,” in A Classroom Revolution: Reflections on Harkness Learning and Teaching, edited by Jane Cadwell, Tom Hassan, and Julie Quinn (Exeter, NH: Phillips Exeter Academy, 2015) pp. 81.
