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