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Davin Watne  Kansas City, MO

'Power Projection Operation and the Attempt to Reverse It,'
Oil on canvas
'New York Police Helicopter'
Oil on canvas

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About Davin


Davin Watne is an artist based in Kansas City with an established record of professional achievement. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1994 and his MFA at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013. He has been awarded the Charlotte Street Foundation Award, ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, Avenue of Arts Municipal Arts Grant, Art in the Loop Public Arts Grant and a former resident of the Studios Inc. Residency Program. Davin holds a fulltime lecturer position at University of Missouri Kansas City, where he teaches Painting and Drawing. Davin is also the head curator and director of the UMKC Gallery of Art.

Davin explains his work by saying, “I am interested in the aesthetics of power, authority and desire as constructed by governing systems. This awareness pushes me to develop visual means of resistance. In my practice I communicate images and experiences that are visceral and symbolic in nature, ultimately creating new visual lexicons that combat the prevailing modes of signification.”


Davin appears in the following Top 10 lists


'2009'

'#Instagram'


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"These appear to me as tragic traffic accidents of the aftermath of drivers avoiding hitting the animals and wrecked their cars. Gorgeous renderings!"

"... So I am not the only one who thinks these are computer game graphics.Now, let's discuss the 'what is art ' thing."

"Something cool and striking almost every day on Artist A Day...Davin Whitne's samples do what your website does best: mystify subscribers, intro artists I've never even heard of and compel me to WANT MORE.I'd love to see more of Whatne's works. I love the subtle humor and the photo-realism sucks me in everytime. Often, I have to study a posted piece for an hour before I'm ready to admit it's a painting, not a digital photo. Davin Whatne's work is so clean and mean; so energetic yet just as static as a still pic...I LOVE IT. I'm an instant fan and so is Lucy!"

"at first glance i thought these were very tragic photographs, im so very impressed with this art!"

"The greatest artist of the 21st century..."

"hello from one of your oldest fans from europe!"

"wow so cool and now i know what art is"

"to me it looks real"

"awsome. you have an amazing talent."

"holy shit!!!!! i thought it was real!!!! i clicked on it thinking it was a news article or something. awesome job man 11 out of 10 !!!! really"


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