Artist

Karma Clarke Davis

Karma Clarke-Davis was born in 1970 in Trinidad and Tobago, has lived in Jamaica, Saskatchewan, and Montreal. Currently based in Toronto, she draws on her East Indian, African and Scottish heritage to create works which seek to blur boundaries (racial, sexual, cultural, psychological). Trained as a dancer and in drama, art and music, she graduated from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, in Studio Art with a degree that included the study of painting, drawing, video, sculpture, installation and interrelated art. It is this past training that she draws on, as well as preoccupation with urban popular culture, to produce multi-layered mixed media works which explore her personal concerns with a dark, questing humour. She recently participated in Version City, an exhibition of Toronto artists in Buffalo at the University at Buffalo Art Gallery. She is also currently part of Pieces d'identite a program of young emerging artists programmed by V Tape Intern Stefan St-Laurent, that will be exhibited at the 12th Video Art Festival in Herouville, France. Karma Clarke Davis is a founding member and curator with Syndicate artist's collective.

Artist Code: 614

Videography

Auslander

2002, 14:30 minutes, colour/B&W, English

Doom Eager: Heavy Duty Black

2001, 50:00 minutes, colour/B&W, English

Dark Vader

2001, 01:45 minutes, colour/B&W, English

Bombay the Hard Way

2001, 04:20 minutes, colour/B&W, English

In Space

2001, 14:00 minutes, colour/B&W, English, Available with French subtitles

Karma 2000

2000, 05:40 minutes, colour/B&W, English

Dirty Boots

1998, 03:35 minutes, colour/B&W, English

Taken

1998, 06:35 minutes, colour, English

"Super"

1998, 05:00 minutes, colour, Eng;ish

Master F there are people who

1998, 06:00 minutes, colour, English

Amazon Wide Style

1997, 05:40 minutes, colour, English

Critical Writing

Beast in show: seeing our animal future
by Susan Walker. The Toronto Star, June 11 Spring, 2005.
what it feels like for a girl
by Tara Marshall. Canadian Art, Summer 2004, v. 21, no. 2.
Not Bad For A Girl
by Thomas Hirschmann. Now, Dec. 11, 2003, v. 23, no. 15.
Unravelling The Grid/"Substitute City" at the Power Plant
by Andy Fabo. C Magazine, Summer 2001, no. 70.
Karma Clarke-Davis
by Unknown. Images, 2001. Toronto: Images Festival of Film and Video, 2001.
Is Toronto burning?: The megacity's raw urban reality
by John Sewell. EYE WEEKLY, Apr. 12, 2001, v. 10, no. 27.
Primal sphere: Video artist Karma Clarke Davis takes an emotional...
by Catharine Tunnacliffe. EYE WEEKLY, Apr. 12, 2001, v. 10, no. 27.
Video Primer: A Series of 5 Video Programs
by Michelle Jacques. Video Primer, 2001. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2001.
Anger fires video-maker: A Series of 5 Video Programs
by Deirdre Hanna. Now, Mar. 30, 2000, v. 19, no. 31.
Drum Roll: Karma Clarke-Davis
by Corinna Ghaznavi. Canadian Art, Fall 2000, v. 17, no. 3.
Any While, Mean Time: Karma Clarke-Davis
by Michelle Jaques. Present Tense: contemporary project series NO.14 - Karma Clarke-Davis, 2000. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), 2000.
Tranz<->Tech 1999 Catalogue
Toronto: Vtape, 1999.
In Lieu: Gary Michael Dault on art installed in washrooms
by Gary Michael Dault. C Magazine, Winter 1998, no. 60.
Gritty art show can fill your mind as you drain your body: Gary...
by Blake Gopnik. The Globe and Mail, July 16, 1998.
Installations in Public Washrooms: Gary Michael Dault on art...
by Lee Rodney. Fuse, Winter 1998, v. 22, no. 1.
In Lieu: Various Locations, Toronto, July 27 - August 22
by Ingrid Chu. Parachute, July 2, 1998.
All that glitters is Litter: Hard on the trashy trail of art gold
by Kim Fullerton. Xtra!, Apr. 9, 1998, no. 351.