Moyra Davey

Moyra Davey (b. 1958) in Toronto, Canada. Is the author of Index Cards, Burn the Diaries and The Problem of Reading and other books. Is the editor of Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood. Education: 1989 Attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program; 1988 Master of Fine Arts, University of California, San Diego; 1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal. Solo Exhibitions: 2021 The Faithful, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal; 2020 The Faithful, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Lanak/Obras/Works, Artium, Basque Museum – Centre for Contemporary Art, Araba; Moyra Davey Peter Hujar, Buchholz, Berlin; 2019 i confess, greengrassi, London; Scotiabank Photography Award: Moyra Davey, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (curated by Gaëlle Morel); 2018 Bring My Garters/ Do Nothing, Experimenter; 2017 Portikus, Frankfurt/Main; 2016 Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; 2014 Camden Arts Centre, London; 2010 Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Group Exhibitions: 2020 The Heart Darts, Tilde, Amsterdam; 1550 San Remo Drive, Hot Wheels, Athens; Filament Online Film Program Part I; 2019 Sotto voce, Bortolami Gallery, New York; Doing Deculturalization, Museion Foundation, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano; Platforms: Collection and Commissions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Stars Are Closer and Clouds Are Nutritious Under Golden Trees, MMAG Foundation, Amman; Postcards, News from a dream world, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Musée Départemental Arles Antique, Arles; The Shoreline Dilemma, Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto (curated by Candice Hopkins & Tairone Bastien); Amulet or He calls it chaos, 500 Capp Street Foundation, San Francisco, CA Snap + Share: Transmitting Photographs from Mail Art to Social Networks, SF MoMA, San Francisco, CA (curated by Linde Lehtinen & Clément Chéroux); Mediums of Exchange, Shirley Fiterman Art Center at BMCC, New York, NY; Searching for Stars Amongst the Crescents, Experimenter, Kolkata; 2017 documenta 14; 2016 Le Grand Balcon: La Biennale de Montréal; 2012 The Imminence of Poetics: XXX Bienal de São Paolo; Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; 1989, Institut Valencià d’Art Moderne, Valencia. Awards: 2020 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship  2018 Winner of the 2018 Scotiabank Photography Award; 2010 Louis C. Tiffany Foundation Award; 2008 International Residencies Program, Cité des Arts, Paris; 2004 Anonymous Was a Woman.