Miro Davis

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EARTH Collaborations with Mother Nature

Sculpture  Ceramics  Community

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia sculptor Miro Davis has nurtured an intricate yet broad-based creative practice. Formally trained at NSCADU Davis’ work is best described as a mixed media practice; her artistic work brings together diverse individuals and groups through visual art, underscoring the importance of creativity in our day-to-day lives and to society as a whole.  

Davis is a Social Sculptor, transforming and shaping environment and society through art, building collective spaces and communities through accessible public works.

Barnacle Tides Sculptural wall installation - 2015 Cancer Centre Lobby at the Dickson Building QE11Glass, LED, Stoneware. Worked with patients, staff and folks touched by cancer who carved into clay, cast into blue glass

Barnacle Tides Sculptural wall installation - 2015 Cancer Centre Lobby at the Dickson Building QE11

Glass, LED, Stoneware. Worked with patients, staff and folks touched by cancer who carved into clay, cast into blue glass

Davis’ collaborative sculptural murals have garnered critical and popular acclaim in the US and Canada and are permanently installed throughout an extensive collection of organizations, hospitals, universities, community centres, and institutions.

Davis was appointed Research Fellow at NSCADU, Artist-in-Residence with: United Way, Dalhousie Medical University, the Dickson Cancer Hospital, and the IWK Hospital. Davis currently lives, works, and teaches in Nova Scotia, while traveling between provinces to work on collective large-scale wall installations, as well as hibernating into intimate works inspired by the Nature surrounding her studio at Sunshine Farm.  

Votive sculpture

Votive sculpture

Most recent galleries which exhibited intimate smaller works: 

14 Bells Gallery 2018 - Current Halifax, NS

The Swan - 2018-2019 Lunenburg, NS

Many Hands Pop Up Gallery - 2018 Lunenburg, NS

LAG, 2018-2019 Lunenburg, NS

The Annex - 2015 - 2018 Craft Council Gallery of N.L. & Labrador, St. John’s N.L.

Markets - Halifax Farmers Market, Christmas at the Forum, Dalplex Xmas Market

Find Miro here:

Sunshine Farm Studio Lunenburg, NS

FB:  @mirodavisartist Etsy:  mirosartcantina.etsy.com Instagram:  mirodavis email:  miro@eastlink.ca cell: 902-830-0291

Public Sculptural Wall Installations

Fruits of Wellness Mosaic -2012 Chebucto Wellness Centre, Spryfield NS.

Fruits of Wellness Mosaic -2012 Chebucto Wellness Centre, Spryfield NS.

Community engagement with patients and staff while Artist in residence at Dalhousie Medical, Robert Pope Foundation

Community engagement with patients and staff while Artist in residence at Dalhousie Medical, Robert Pope Foundation

Pollinating Constellations Vanguard Installation - 2018 Canada’s 150 Exhibit at Museum on Natural History in Halifax and Ross Farm, New Ross NSSocial Sculpture, Community engagement.Projections, drawings and sculpted porcelain

Pollinating Constellations Vanguard Installation - 2018 Canada’s 150 Exhibit at Museum on Natural History in Halifax and Ross Farm, New Ross NS

Social Sculpture, Community engagement.

Projections, drawings and sculpted porcelain

wall illuminations

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Vessels and Shards Mosaic - 2020 Installed at the Halifax Regional Centre for Education public headquarters lobbyTheme - the beauty in the fracture “Kintsugi”Materials: diverse clays and processes, community engagement with youth around the province

Vessels and Shards Mosaic - 2020 Installed at the Halifax Regional Centre for Education public headquarters lobby

Theme - the beauty in the fracture “Kintsugi”

Materials: diverse clays and processes, community engagement with youth around the province

Tiny characters

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live vessel gardens Live arrangements

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Relic mosaic clay “tapestries"

Relic mosaic clay “tapestries"

Functional hand painted ware

Outdoor garden lights

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Wall Environments

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Mini Sardin-o-sphere Sculpted Worlds

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