Emily Damyan (b.2000) is a Turkish-British born artist who works with photography, sculpture and installation. She lives and works in Nottingham, UK. Her work explores intersections between health, biopolitics and identity. She graduated in 2024 from the University of East London, where she received an honorary prize from the dean for her photography and exhibited her award-winning installation ‘The Weight of Silence’. She has been selected internationally as part of the LENSCRATCH Top 25 to Watch (2024) and was a part of the Photo Fringe Festival (2024), where she received the Danny Wilson Prize. She is also part of The Sisterhood Collective in Nottingham, participating in their first group show at the Nottingham Central Library (2025).

Exhibitions and Talks

2025 – 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