American artist Noah Davis (1983–2015) created a distinctive body of paintings that effortlessly synthesizes a wide range of reference points, pivoting between scenes of everyday life and surreal derivations thereof. Born in Seattle, Washington, Davis studied painting at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York before moving to Los Angeles, where, in 2012, he founded The Underground Museum in the city’s Arlington Heights neighborhood with his wife and fellow artist, Karon Davis.

In September 2024, a retrospective of Davis’s work will be on view at DAS MINSK Kunsthaus, Potsdam, Germany; the exhibition will travel to the Barbican Art Gallery, London, and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, in 2025.

In 2022, a selection of the artist's work was presented at the 59th Venice Biennale. Works by the artist are included in the permanent collections of numerous institutions, including the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.