Photography, film, and painting made with a purpose: documenting alternative lives and cultures few people get to see, from the Middle East and East Africa to the squats of Paris and the streets of New York.
Blake Dvs is the artist name of Blake Davis, founder of Dreamtone NYC. His painting in public space and his documentary work have been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, and Jerusalem. Prints, commissions, and footage licensing available.
Daily life in Gaza and across Palestine, seven years of photo and video in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, painted works in public space, and art workshops for children in refugee camps.
Maasai life and wildlife in the Mara, and the community of Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement.
Two years inside Le Plan Bis, an artist squat in Paris, and the city around it.
A feature documentary that follows two filmmakers from Europe to the Middle East and the US in search of an anonymous artist. Blake’s work appears throughout.
Communities and ways of life across Africa, China, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.
The city underground and at street level.
Live visuals for dubstep and bass music nights in Berlin, Paris, London, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv, with the Red Eye Familiya crew, on bills with Borgore, Flux Pavilion, Cotti, and Dub Police artists.
On the walls
- June 2012MACSANJerusalem & Tel Aviv
- July 2013Style Wars 2HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles
- September 2013MIXEDSt. Petersburg, Florida
- October 2013Style Wars 2Community 54 Gallery, New York
- November 2013Write of Passage (Red Bull)New York
- May 2015TYPO NYC174 Orchard St, New York
- January 2017Style Wars 2Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn
- April 2018Spring SalonGreenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn