Biography
Following a 15 year career as a psychotherapist in private practice, British photographer Sian Davey launched a career in photography in 2014, drawing on her experiences as a psychotherapist and mother to inform her practice. Her work is an investigation of the psychological landscapes of both herself and those around her. Her family and community are central to her work. Davey studied Fine Art painting (Bath Academy of Fine Art, 1985) and Social Policy (University of Brighton, 1990) Humanistic Psychotherapy (1995) and more recently, photography (MA 2014 and MFA 2016 at Plymouth University).
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Exhibitions
2024 - The Photographers Gallery Soho Quarter
2023 - V&A Prix Pictet
2022 - Guernsey Museum
2022 - Images Vevey - Martha and Looking for Alice
2022 - AIPAD, Pier 94, New York Michael Hoppen
2021 - On Hannah Arendt : The Crisis in Education Richard Saltoun Gallery
2021 - Photo London, Somerset House, London
2021 - Michael Hoppen Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris Photo, Paris
2021 - Dong Gang International Photography Festival, Korea
2021 - Paris Photo, Grande Palais
2021 - Family Affairs Deichtorhallen Hamburg Germany
2021 - Photo London Somerset House Michael Hoppen Gallery
2019 - Birth TJ Boulting, London
2019 - Newport Museum. Forever Young Representation of Childhood and Adolescence
2018 - Looking for Alice - Västerbottens Museum. Umeå, Sweden
2017 - Together - National Portrait Gallery, London
2017 - Looking for Alice - Fitzrovia Chapel, London
2019 - Photo London. Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
2018 - Photo East. Emma Bowkett, Sufolk
2018 - AIPAD. Michael Hoppen Gallery. New York
2018 - Universal Mother. Save the Children. London
2018 - Golden Boundaries. Robert Cappa Center. Budapest
2017 - Untethered - Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
2017 - Photo London. Michael Hoppen Gallery. London
2017 - Photo 50 London Art Fair - Curated by Christiane Monarche. London
2016 - The Guernsey Photography Festival. Guernsey
2016 - Taylor Wessing National Gallery Portrait Prize. National Gallery, London (with catalogue)
2015 - Fresh Faced + Wild Eyed. Photographer's Gallery, London
2015 - Renaissance Photography Prize. Getty Image Gallery. London (with catalogue)
2015 - Taylor Wessing National Gallery Portrait Prize. National Gallery. London (with Catalogue)
2014 - Taylor Wessing National Gallery Portrait Prize. National Gallery, London (with catalogue)
2014 - Lens Culture Emerging Photographer Awards. Barcelona (with catalogue)
2014 - Renaissance Photography Prize. Getty Image Gallery. London (with catalogue)
2014 - Royal Photographic International Print Exhibition. Greenwich Heritage Centre, Woolich
2013 - Lens Culture Exposure Awards. London College of Communication Gallery. London
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Collections
The Science Museum, London
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London
The French National Collection, Paris
The Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol
Awards
2023 - Shortlisted Prix Pictet
2023 - Royal Photographic Society - Honorary Fellow
2022 - Prix Elysée, Musée de l’Elysée
2019 - The Wellcome Trust Commission
2019 - The Eugene Smith Fellowship Grant
2018 - Creative Review Zeitgeist Award
2018 - Makers and Maverick - Huit Denim
2017 - Royal Photographic Society Hood Medal Award
2017 - Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Best Book Award
2016 - Winner of Prix Virginia - International Photography, France
2016 - Taylor Wessing National Portrait Prize
2016 - Aperture Paris Photo Foundation Best Book Award
2016 - Renaissance Awards
2016 - Arnold Newman Award for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture
2016 - PDN Winner of Book Award ‘Looking for Alice’
2016 - Guernsey Photography Festival
2015 - Jurors Pick Daylight Award
2015 - Taylor Wessing National Portrait Prize
2015 - The Fence Huston Boston Brooklyn
2015 - London Photographers Gallery Fresh Faced+Wild
2015 - The Fence Houston Atlanta Brooklyn
2014 - Finalist Photographers Gallery Bar Tur Book Award
2014 - Prix Virginia Special Selection 2014
2014 - Taylor Wessing National Gallery Portrait Prize
2014 - Winner Lens Culture International Emerging Photographer Award
2014 - Renaissance Awards
2014 - Royal Photographic International Print Exhibition
2014 - Winner New York Photo Awards
2013 - Lens Culture Exposure Awards
2013 - Vignette Magazine