Statement
As an artist, I listen, reflect, and then act. The goal is to communicate. One way I speak is through the energy which flows from my heart through my arm to my fingers on to the surface. The result are energy lines that bounce off the surface of my visual art pieces.
Biography
Carol Prud’homme Davis was born in Texas and moved to NYC in 1980, after graduating from Texas Christian University to pursue a career in dance. In 1994 she received a Masters degree in Administration and Supervision in the Visual Arts from Bank Street and Parsons School of Design.
She danced professionally, and was Artistic Director of “us” Productions, in which she choregraphed and produced dance/theatre pieces with her company, ages 4 to 65. She served as the visual artist in residence with the Sandra Cameron Ballroom Studios and the Peridance/Capezio Dance. Her artwork was shown in the first American Contemporary Dance Museum exhibition and is now in the permanent collection of the museum.
She has drawn live and now via zoom, dance classes, rehearsals, and performances for over 65 professional dance teachers, performers and companies spanning over a variety of techniques.
She can also be seen on the street and subway drawing her fellow human beings.
Her exhibitions include: The Infinity Dance Theatre, The East Texas Fair, Anna Sokolow Dance Theatre Ensemble and Francesca Todesco web gallery. Her work was featured in the “We Are All Bowery” Lower Manhattan Cultural Council project which was displayed in the Cooper Union windows in NYC. Her piece “My Reaction My Reflection” is featured in the art video: “PAUSE” which was Awarded the Tagore International Film Festival (India) - Winner Experimental Film Critic’s Choice Award La Paz International Film Festival (Bolivia) - Winner Best Experimental Short Film New Orleans Second Line FF - Winner Best Dance Film.
She is now illustrating a book for Jeanne Donough based on Jazz dance pioneer Lynn Simonson.