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Ellie Davis

Ellie Davies (Born 1976) lives in Dorset and works in the woods and forests of Southern England. She gained her MA in Photography from London College of Communication.

Davies is represented by Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery in the UK, A.Galerie in Paris, Dimmitt Contemporary Art in Houston and Austin, Texas, Susan Spiritus Gallery in California, Gilman Contemporary in Sun Valley, Idaho and Brucie Collections in Kyiv. In the past year Davies’ work has been exhibited in Istanbul, Shanghai, Germany, Paris, the US and London. Davies also released two new bodies of work in 2023, Chalk Streams and Seascapes Triptych. Both were recently exhibited in a solo exhibition at Crane Kalman Gallery in London. A second solo show at Zingst Horizonte Environmental Photo Festival in Germany continues until June 2024. Thirty billboard-sized prints ranging from 2012 onwards are currently exhibited there in a seaside meadow setting. Davies also participated in group exhibitions including Return to Nature at Pearl Museum in Shanghai and Where the Wild Roses Grow at Museum Gazhane in Istanbul as part of the 212 Festival. Chalk Streams has received a Gold award in the PX3 Paris Photo Prize 2023 Nature and Water, Finalist in the Klompching Fresh 2023 Awards, 2nd Place Winner in the Annual Photography Awards 2023 Fine Art: Places and Spaces and an Honorable mention in the ND Awards 2023. Chalk Streams 10 was selected for the Earth Photo Awards 2023 which opened at The Royal Geographical Society in London before touring nine UK national forests – Grizedale Forest, Sidney Nolan Trust, Moors Valley, Bedgebury National Pinetum, Dalby Forest, Haldon Forest Park, Fineshade Wood, and The Lost Gardens of Heligan into 2024. A new monograph of Davies’ work spanning work from the last 10 years was published in July 2023 by Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery and A.galerie Paris.