Sian Davey

Sian Davey was born in 1964 and currently lives in Devon, UK. She studied 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.

She has recently undertaken an MA and MFA in Photography and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Arnold Newman Award for New Directions in Portraiture, the Prix Virginia Women’s Photography Award, three consecutive years of the National Gallery Taylor Wessing Portrait Award, and more recently, the Eugene Smith Fellowship.

Her first book Looking for Alice was shortlisted for the Paris–Aperture Best Book Award (2016) and the Kraszna–Krausz Foundation Book Award. Her second book Martha was also published with Trolley Books, and she is currently working on her third book The Garden.

Her photographs are included in private collections such as The Science Museum, the French National Art Collection, and the Martin Parr Collection. Davey is represented by the Michael Hoppen Gallery in London.