Scott Davis (b. 1944) is a painter known for his minimalist geometric abstractions. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Kansas, Davis served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War before pursuing art studies. He earned a B.A. in 1972 from California State College, San Bernardino and an M.F.A. in 1974 from the University of California, Davis. While studying at UC Davis, he was invited to participate in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York. He subsequently moved to New York, where he lived and worked until 1993. Davis received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 1981 and an Artist Resource Trust award in 2003.