Emily Damyan is a Turkish-British artist who lives and works in Nottingham, UK. Her practice explores intersections between health, biopolitics and identity.
She graduated from the University of East London in 2024, where she exhibited her award-winning installation The Weight of Silence, which was also part of Photo Fringe, Brighton. Her work has been selected by LENSCRATCH’s Top 25 to Watch Internationally (2024), and has exhibited in group exhibitions across the UK.
Exhibitions and Talks
2025/26 – The Sisterhood Collective Exhibition, Central Library, Nottingham 2024 – How not to be in the dark: Abortion Fabrica Gallery, Brighton 2024 – The Weight of Silence, Photo Fringe, Brighton 2024 – Graduate show, AVA Building UEL, London
2023 – Analogue+, Way Out East Gallery, London
2023 – Now and Then, The Cattle Market, Nottingham
2023 – YouTopia?, Way Out East Gallery, London
Awards
2024 – Photo Fringe, Exhibitor’s Choice: Online Exhibition
2024 – LENSCRATCH, Top 25 to Watch
2024 – Dean’s Prize: Photography, University of East London
2019 – Young Creative Awards, Highly Commended: Creative Writing
Interviews
2025 – LENSCRATCH Photographers on Photographers: Emily Damyan in Conversation with Paloma Tendero
Education
BA Photography University of East London, 2021 - 2024