SIAN DAVEY
PREVIOUS WORKSHOP
Portrait, Intimacy & The Long Term Project (Fall 2022)
(Special Guest)
Davey was born in 1964 and currently lives in Devon, UK. She studied in Fine Art and Social Policy and worked as a humanist psychotherapist for 15 years. Her work is an investigation of the psychological landscapes of both herself and those around her with her family and community being central to her practice.
Sian has recently undertaken an MA and MFA in photography and has been the recipient for numerous awards including the Arnold Newman Award for New Directions in Portraiture, Prix Virginia Woman’s Photography Award, 3 consecutive years the National Gallery Taylor Wessing Portrait Award and more recently the Eugene Smith Fellowship.
Her first book ‘Looking for Alice’ was shortlisted for Paris – Aperture Best Book Award Shortlist 2016 and shortlisted for the Kraszna – Krausz Foundation Book Award. Her second book ‘Martha’ was also published with Trolley Books. She is currently working on her third book ‘The Garden’
Her photographs are included in private collections including The Science Museum, the French National Art Collection and the Martin Parr collection. Davey is represented by the Michael Hoppen Gallery, London.
