BIOGRAPHY
1985 Born Ipswich, Australia
2017 PhD commenced. University of New South Wales, Sydney
2012 Bachelor of Photography 1st Class Hons. Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Heatwave, Gould Galleries, Melbourne.
2016 Subtropics, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
2015 Paradise, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
2014 Paradise, Kick Contemporary Arts, Cairns
Creature, Brisbane Powerhouse, QLD
2013 A Million Bucks, Ipswich Art Gallery, QLD
Beast, Spiro/Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
2012 50ft McQueenie, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Steel Town Disciples, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Polarized: Political photomedia in Queensland, Colour Factory,
Melbourne
Uncanny, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2012 Photo LA, Los Angeles, USA
Flipside: Contemporary Australian Photography, Bergamot Station, Los
Angeles, USA
North by Northwest, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney
Synchronicity: Queensland Contemporary Photography, Grafton
Regional Gallery, NSW
Reveal: Midsumma, 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne.
No Longer So Linear, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2011 Photo LA, Los Angeles, USA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 'Gerwyn Davies: The Tacky & Grotesque of Life Down Under', Plastik
Magazine, Spring
2016 'Cindy Sherman' (Public Program artist talk), Gallery of Modern Art,
Brisbane, July
2015 'Costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood' (Public Program artist
talk), Museum of Brisbane, QLD, April
'Gerwyn Davies: Chux, Glitter and the Occasional Hissy Fits', Sturgeon
Magazine, April
2013 'Gerwyn Davies' Beast', British Journal of Photography, September
COLLECTIONS
ArtBank
Gold Coast City Gallery
Redlands Gallery
Lady Cilento Hospital
Queensland Centre for Photography
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2017 Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize finalist
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize finalist
2016 Clayton Utz Art Award finalist
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize finalist
2015 Artbank/QPAC Photo Playhouse Commission
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize finalist
2014 Churchie National Emerging Art Prize finalist
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize finalist
2012 Arts Queensland Creative Development Grant
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Australian Artists Grant
Ipswich Arts Foundation Scholarship
Capture Magazine Top Emerging Fashion/Editorial Photographer of the
Year
2011 ACMP Australian Student Photographer of the Year