EDUCATION

1990 - Robert Defuccio Workshop-Chair Design and Development, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado
1985 - Art Carpenter Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado
1984 - Sam Maloof Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado
1976 - Bachelor of Arts-Music Theory, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1976 – Present   Creator and owner of Derek S. Davis Woodworks, a one man design and woodworks studio
1993 - Guest Lecturer, Denver Art Museum, The Design Council Lecture Series
1985 - Guest Lecture, Metro State College
1984 - Guest Lecturer, Kugeler Design Group
1971 - Founding member of Artel, a cooperative gallery and wood studio, Denver, Colorado

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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 Galley, 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, Gleneden 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, Gleneden Beach, Oregon

1991 - Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado
“Art: Furniture of the Mind,” Maveety Gallery, Gleneden 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, Colorago
Colorado Woodworkers Guild, Denver, Colorado

AWARDS

• Best of Show, “Contemporary Crafts,” Colorado Artist Craftsmen (collaboration with Kate Inskeep)
• Sam Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
• Honorable Mention, Herman Miller Award, “Art of Craft,” Denver Art Museum
• Joan Robey Award, “Craft Design ’86,” Colorado Artist Craftsmen
• Championship-Furniture Division, Colorado State University Industrial Arts Fair

PUBLICATIONS

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

COLLECTIONS

Denver Art Museum
Department of Architecture, Design and Graphics

Boetcher Foundation, Denver, Colorado

Gates Foundation, Denver, Colorado

Dr. John Woodward, Denver, Colorado

Sandy Carson, Denver, Colorado

James & Susan Cargill, Wazzata Minnesota

Faye Sarkowski, Seattle, Washington

Patrick Maveety, Phoenix, Arizona

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