MJ Connors Davison

MJ Connors Davison
Portland, Oregon, USA

STATEMENT

I give expression to disruptive personal events by creating collages within stabilizing mandala forms. These become portals of interaction for gaining understandings between the conscious and subconscious mind. Through my artwork, possibilities towards resolve are offered.

My reoccurring themes are interpersonal, within realms of the mortal and spiritual. I work intuitively, widely exploring the tension between seemingly opposing influences. Where their equilibrium exists is revealed once the composition is complete.

In 9/21 O’Clock, a movie camera silhouette focuses on a clock face making a parallel to a terminally ill loved one’s imminent life review. Wishing for greater power with informed decision making comes forth
through the falcon among the dice in Vision>Chance.

Quick Crucible ensures that an engulfing fire of transformation will carry one onward and upward along their journey.

Old limiting perceptions, as wire fences, are seen beyond by the central eye in Journey Opens. Children together in Passage, behind a bouquet of tulips, herald Springtime with Autumn yet far in their futures.

BIO

MJ Connors Davison is a lifelong mixed media artist specializing in analog collage. She focuses on the ancient mandala form expressed through collage. This has intensified in recent years, both in her own art projects, and in her teaching and guiding of others.

As a curator, 2025 marks the 5th year she is organizing “Exquisite Community”, a collaborative project for Kolaj Magazine’s World Collage Day, based on “The Exquisite Corpse” began by the Surrealists a century
ago. Over 100 regional collage artists of the Portland, Oregon area have participated since its inception in 2021. Since then, hundreds of viewers have witnessed these artists’ answers of what it is to be part of a greater whole as a human being.

As a teacher, MJ is a certified MARI practitioner, who utilizes a comprehensive Jungian symbol and color system to support a client’s understanding of key life path points. She also applies collage guidance in private sessions for those seeking post psychedelic integration support.

Publicly, her collage workshops most often focus on mandalas, but can feature self-portraits as well. Her educational background includes a BFA in Crafts from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, and an MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

MJ’s mixed media artworks are collected across North America and in Western Europe, most notably at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Smithsonian Libraries in Washington DC, and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Smaller, but no less significant collectors include Art Centers, Colleges and Universities in the US and Canada, and numerous private patrons, near and far.

ARTIST CONTACT

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