Working in the Ozarks, Chuck Davis (he/him/his) is an independent curator and photographer — a visual artist whose work critically observes Ozark history and the adjacent lands once described as Indian Territory. Of Indigenous and European descent, Chuck’s message traverses inter-generational tensions of both new and Native residents.

Chuck Davis (b. 1954) earned a BAFA in History of Photography from the University of New Mexico, and an MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley Art + Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He studied Photojournalism at the University of Missouri, earning a B.A. with Honors. After completing a residency at Casa Ranzini in São Paulo, Brazil in 2019, he was awarded an Arkansas Arts Humanity Grant in 2022 and an Art + Everywhere Grant in 2024.

He received a stipend award in 2021 and his work entered the permanent collection of the Regional Art Museum (RAM) in Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 2025 he exhibited at MASS MoCA while on retreat, and was in residency at Gallery RAG in Gloucester, Massachusetts. His next solo exhibit is at Mount Sequoyah, Fayetteville AR, during November and December 2025. He has just been awarded an Arkansas Individual Fellowship grant for Community Arts Engagement.