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Brock Davis (multimedia artist)

Brock Davis is an American artist known for work that makes the observer see everyday objects in new ways. He lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fans include Banksy, who invited him to participate in his 2015 Dismaland Show.

Background
Davis began as an art director in advertising where he won major industry awards on big brand accounts for many years including a Cannes Lion for his work on Harley-Davidson motorcycles and created the hugely popular, decade-long “Messin’ with Sasquatch” campaign for Jack Links.

Work
His independent artwork built a wider buzz with the launch of “Make Something Cool Every Day” where he created one piece of art daily for 365 straight days and earned extensive Internet attention. The works were shared millions of times and he was profiled and featured on NPR, USA Today, Wired , Comedy Central, G4 and Boing Boing.

Crossing into any media space, one of his works was created inside a video game, creating a 3-D portrait to be viewed by players from a certain perspective. It was highlighted by Wired magazine.

He became a contributing artist to the New York Times Wired, Esquire, Fast Company and O Magazine. His work was also featured on the cover of TIME Magazine’s Special Money Issue.

While continuing his career in advertising as a Group Creative Director, he contributed popular t-shirt designs to the Threadless online store.

Target stores also took note and he began selling his own line of graphic t-shirts nationwide under the label “Brock Davis Design.”

In 2011, his work was featured in a solo exhibition at The California Gallery curated by Creative Electric Studios.

In 2015, Banksy invited him to contribute artwork to his Dismaland exhibit in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England.