Represented by Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane and Michael Reid Galleries Sydney/ Berlin
Associate Lecturer. University of New South Wales. Art & Design. Sydney.
Academic staff. National Art School. Sydney. 2023/2024
Academic staff. Queensland College of Art. Griffith University. Brisbane. 2012- 2016.
2021. PhD. University of New South Wales. Art & Design.
2012. Bachelor of Photography 1st Class Hons. Queensland College of Art. Griffith University.
Solo exhibitions
* Mirage. Jan Murphy Gallery. Brisbane. 2024.
* Glisten. South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA). Bega. 2024.
* Mustang. Michael Reid Galleries. Sydney. 2023.
* Pleasure. The Calile Hotel x Jan Murphy Gallery. Brisbane. 2022.
* Strange Magic. Jan Murphy Gallery. Brisbane. 2022.
* Iridescent. Museum of Sydney. 2021-2022.
* Utopia. Michael Reid Gallery. Berlin. 2021.
* Plush. UNSW Galleries. Sydney. 2021.
* Utopia. Jan Murphy Gallery. Brisbane. 2020.
* Fur. Michael Reid Gallery. Berlin. 2020.
* Heatwave. Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. 2019.
* Fur. Australian Centre for Photography. Sydney. 2018.
* Idols. Jan Murphy Gallery. Brisbane. 2018.
* Alien. Kyoto Art Center. Kyoto. Japan. 2018.
* Bel Air. Ballarat Art Gallery. 2018.
* Heatwave. Singapore International Photography Festival. Singapore. 2018.
* Heatwave. Gould Galleries. Melbourne. 2017.
* Subtropics. Spiro Grace Art Rooms. Brisbane. 2016.
* Paradise. Spiro Grace Art Rooms. Brisbane. 2015.
* Paradise. Kick Contemporary Arts, Cairns. 2014.
* Creature. Brisbane Powerhouse. 2014.
* A Million Bucks. Ipswich Art Gallery. 2013.
* Beast. Spiro Grace Art Rooms. Spring Hill. 2013.
* 50ft McQueenie, Metro Arts. Brisbane. 2012.
* Steel Town Disciples. Queensland Centre for Photography. 2012.
Selected group exhibitions
* de-centre re-centre. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery/ Perth Centre for Photography. 2025.
* HoTA Collects: Directions. 2024/2025.
* synergy: identity, portraiture, and the moving body. Tweed Regional Gallery. 2024.
* Conversations: recent acquisitions. Ipswich Art Gallery. 2024.
* Halfway. Yarrila Arts and Museum. Coffs Harbour. 2023.
* Transcending Likeness. Tweed Regional Gallery. 2022
* Boom Boom. Michael Reid Galleries. Sydney. 2022.
* City in the Sun. Museum of Brisbane. 2021.
* Recent Acquisitions: Works from the RAG Collection. Redland Art Gallery. 2021.
* New Collectors. Hugo Michell Gallery. Adelaide. 2020.
* Pleasure. RMIT Galleries. 2019. 2020.
* Figure and Ground. Hugo Michell Gallery. Adelaide. 2019.
* Less Ordinary. POP Gallery. Brisbane. 2019.
* Dress Code. Museum of Brisbane. 2018.
* Camp Toolkit. RMIT Galleries. 2019.
* Spring 1883. Jan Murphy Gallery. The Windsor. Melbourne. 2018.
* Class Act. Outer Space ARI. Brisbane. 2018.
* We the people that live for the beautiful. Bondi Pavillion. Sydney. 2018.
* Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Caloundra Regional Gallery. 2019, 2018, 2017.
* Olive Cotton Prize for Photographic Portraiture. Tweed Gallery. 2019.
* The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. Monash Gallery of Art. 2019, 2017.
* Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize. Gold Coast City Gallery. 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 & 2014.
* Fisher's Ghost Art Award. Campbelltown Arts Centre. 2017.
* Clayton Utz Art Prize exhibition. Brisbane. 2019, 2016.
* The Churchie Emerging Art Prize. Griffith University Art Gallery. 2014.
* Photo LA. Los Angeles, USA. 2012.
* Flipside: Contemporary Australian Photography, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, USA. 2012
* Photo LA. Los Angeles, USA. 2011
* Polarized: Political Photomedia in Queensland. Colour Factory Melbourne. 2013.
* Uncanny. Group Exhibition. Judith Wright Centre. Fortitude Valley. 2013.
* 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.
Selected Awards & Grants
* Winner of the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture 2023. Finalist in 2021 (Director’s choice winner) and 2019.
* Winner of the Clayton Utz Art Award 2023. Finalist in 2022, 2020, 2019, 2016.
* National Photographic Portrait Prize finalist. National Portrait Gallery. 2023
* The Bowness Photography Prize finalist. Museum of Australian Photography. 2023, 2019, 2017.
* Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 & 2017.
* The Alice Art Prize finalist 2020 (highly commended), 2018.
* Brisbane Portrait Prize finalist 2024, 2019.
* Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize finalist 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 & 2014.
* Fisher's Ghost Art Award finalist. Campbelltown Arts Centre 2017.
* UNSW PostGrad Research Scholarship. 2017 - 2020.
* Churchie National Emerging Art Prize finalist 2014.
* Kyoto Arts Centre Exchange. Australia Council Residency and Grant. 2018.
* Museum of Brisbane. Artist residency. 2018.
* Art Bank/ QPAC Photo Playhouse Commission. 2015.
* Arts Queensland Creative Development Grant.
* National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Australian Artists Grant
* Ipswich Arts Foundation Scholarship 2012 recipient.
* Capture Magazine Top Emerging Fashion/Editorial Photographer of 2012.
* ACMP Australian Student Photographer of the Year, ACMP. 2011.
Projects, Publications & Presentations
* Hermès collaboration — Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane store windows 2022.
* Queen Victoria Building Sydney collaboration 2021.
* The Australian. Wish Magazine: Art Issue. Benjamen Judd. May 2022.
* Sydney Morning Herald/ The Age. Jane Albert. September 2021.
* The Guardian. Steve Dow. December 2021.
* Harper’s Bazaar Australia. November 2021.
* Art Almanac Magazine. Gerwyn Davies - Plush. Dr Joseph Brennan. March 2021.
* Plush - Gerwyn Davies. Hamish Sawyer - catalogue essay. February 2021.
* Art Edit Magazine. Summer 2020.
* British Journal of Photography. Gerwyn Davies’ Beast. September 2013.
* The Weekend Australian. Heart of the Nation. October 2018.
* The Courier Mail. Dress Code: Museum of Brisbane. November 2018.
* Art Guide Australia. Dress Code. October 2018.
* Artlink Magazine. Dress Code. November 2018.
* Australian Arts Review. Dress Code. November 2018.
* Art Guide Australia. Gerwyn Davies: Fur. June 2018.
* Runway - Australian Experimental Art. Fursona Grata. March 2018.
* 摂影是芸術. Gerwyn Davies. Issue 5. May 2018.
* Sturgeon Magazine. Gerwyn Davies: Chux, Glitter and the Occasional Hissy Fits. April 2015.
* Plastik Magazine. Gerwyn Davies: The Tacky & Grotesque of Life Down Under. Spring 2017.
* Carnival Magazine. Gerwyn Davies. Beast | Paradise. 2014.
* Liam Bryan-Brown. Glisten: Gerwyn Davies' Subtropics. 2016.
* Dr Nadia Buick. The Body Made Strange: Gerwyn Davies' Beast. 2013.
* ‘Pleasure Plus: Art or Pornography’. Artist panel. RMIT Gallery. Melbourne 2020.
* Razzle Dazzle. Artist Panel. Museum of Brisbane. 2020.
* Fashion Beyond Fabric. Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas. Sydney. 2019.
* ‘The Fashioning of Identity’. Artist panel. Griffith University Art Museum. 2017.
* GoMA | Gallery of Modern Art. Brisbane. Cindy Sherman: Public program artist talk. July 2016.
* Museum of Brisbane. Costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Public artist talk. April 2015.
Collections
* Sydney Living Museums Iridescent suite (2021)
* City of Sydney. Justice and Police Museum (2021), Kyoto IV (2018), Kyoto VI (2018)
* Museum of Brisbane Flamingo (2018)
* Tweed Regional Galleries Replica (2023) Float (2020)
* ArtBank Roland (2015) and Milk (2013)
* Home of the Arts (HOTA Gold Coast) Poodle (2016), Prawn (2016) and Paradise (2014)
* Ipswich Art Gallery. Vaucluse House II and Susannah Place (2021).
* Redland Gallery Pineapple (2016) Tropics (2016)
* Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
* Brisbane Children’s Hospital Flamingo (2018), Okinawa II (2018) Pineapple (2016) Tropics (2016) and Banana (2013),
* Queensland Centre for Photography/ Rockhampton Art Gallery Butcher (2010)
* private collections