Caleb Davis-Barney is a Texas-based artist whose practice explores Black identity through recurring anthropomorphic figures, symbolic narratives, and patterned environments. Drawing from personal memory, hip-hop culture, Christian iconography, folklore, and art history, he creates paintings that examine faith, family, labor, performance, and transformation. Through a visual language of archetypal characters and recurring symbols, Davis-Barney constructs a contemporary mythology that reflects the complexity, resilience, and spiritual dimensions of Black life.

Working across painting, drawing, and mixed media, his work navigates the space between the public and the personal, blending intimate narratives with broader cultural and historical themes. His paintings often transform everyday moments, symbolic landscapes, and imagined worlds into sites of reflection where memory, identity, and spirituality converge.

Davis-Barney received his MFA in Fine Arts from Pratt Institute and his BFA from the University of Houston–Clear Lake. His work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions across the United States, including BUTTER Art Fair and Newfields. In addition to his studio practice, he is completing an MBA, bringing together artistic, entrepreneurial, and community-centered approaches to cultural production.