The Chinati Foundation invites you to an Open Studio with Artist in Residence Deondre Davis on Friday, February 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Locker Plant, 135 E. Oak Street in Marfa. Davis is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work explores material redirection, object-making, and painting through a conceptual lens. Light refreshments provided.
Davis (b. 1991, Chicago, Illinois) examines identity, consumption and refuse. Recent and forthcoming solo exhibitions include Castle, Los Angeles (2025), and Gordon Robichaux, New York (2024, 2026).
Davis will show new work made in Marfa, including a selection of paintings and assembled sculptural objects. The work will then travel to a forthcoming show at Gordon Robichaux, New York, and a booth at Frieze New York 2026.
The Artist in Residence (AiR) Program was initiated by Donald Judd in 1989 and remains fundamental to the artist-centered mission that Judd established at Chinati. Since its inception, more than 200 artists from over 25 countries have participated in the residency program, which does not require that artists produce new work but offers time and space for the development of ideas. Many artists conclude their time in Marfa with public open studios, talks, or performances.
Still slated for residence this year are: David Batchelor, Will Boone, SoiL Thornton, Gillian Walsh, and Sarah Zapata. The 2026 cohort includes artists from the United States and Scotland working across a variety of media including performance, sculpture, textiles, printmaking, and painting. Each artist will spend up to two months living and working among the art, architecture, and land at Chinati.