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Digby Duncan was born in Albury NSW. Her love of photography goes back to her childhood box brownie camera. As a young adult she moved to Sydney worked as an accountant, a documentary filmmaker and a film producer for many years before returning to photography.<\/p>\n

Her first solo exhibition (\u201cSea Script”, Gallery East, 2003) captured the unique shapes, textures and patterns formed by seaweed washed up on the sand. The sequencing of these photographs evoked calligraphy, alphabets and secret languages. Her second exhibition (\u201cLingua Marina\u201d, Gallery East 2004) featured sand patterns and the work of small mollusks. Using a macro lens she captured the drawing-like marks they make as they plough through the sand.<\/p>\n

In 2011 as an artist\u2013in\u2013resident at Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, Digby photographed the night street life of Feijiacun, a small village slated for demolition. Moving through the village at night she impressionistically portrayed the mood and ambience of life after dark (ARTHERE \u201cAfter Dark\u201d, Syndicate at Danks Gallery 2011). In 2013 Digby was an artist-in- residence in Oaxaca, Mexico where she photographed Day of the Dead celebrations. Together with Sarah Gibson, she developed the blog \u201cJourneys to the Underworld\u201d exploring the Mexican attitude to death. See\u00a0http:\/\/journeystotheunderworld.com\/category\/journey\/mexico\/<\/p>\n

In 2014 she was a contributor to ARTHERE group exhibition \u201cOctober Unseen\u201d,10X8 Gallery. She exhibited work from her \u201cOutside-In\u201d series in which she observes ordinary moments glimpsed as we pass by a window or a door at night. Her cinematic images draw us into their intimate interiors yet position us as outside observers left to imagine our own micro narratives. Some images from this series appear in the publication \u201cPhoto Compendium Australia 11\u201d and were exhibited at Spot 81 Gallery in November 2014. She exhibited recent work from this series as part of “Coterie” exhibition at Depot Gallery, Danks St, Waterloo in 2016.<\/p>\n

In 2015 Digby undertook an artist residency at Green Olive Arts, Tetouan, Morocco where she photographed the daily life of local people.<\/p>\n

She was a finalist in the Muswellbrook (2014) and Mosman (2009) photographic competitions. Her work is held in private collections in Australia, USA, UK, and Italy and in the University of Wollongong Art Collection. Her group exhibitions have included images of Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras events and desert and costal landscapes. Her portrait photography has been featured in Art Monthly and MCA publications.<\/p>\n

Solo Exhibitions<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Lingua Marina – Gallery East, Clovelly, Nov 2004<\/p>\n

Sea Script – Gallery East, Clovelly, Dec 2003<\/p>\n

Competitions<\/span><\/h4>\n

Finalist Muswellbrook Photography Award 2014<\/p>\n

Finalist Mosman Photography Competition 2009<\/p>\n

\u00a0Residencies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Green Olive Arts, Tetouan, Morocco, Sept- October 2015<\/p>\n

Obracadobra Oaxaca Mexico, Nov.2013<\/p>\n

Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, May 2011<\/p>\n

Group Exhibitions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Coterie, Depot Gallery, Danks St, Waterloo, May 2016<\/p>\n

Green Olive Arts Gallery, Tetouan, Morocco, October 2015<\/p>\n

Photo Compendium Exhibition- Spot 81 Gallery, Nov 2014<\/p>\n

October Unseen-10X8 Gallery- Oct. 2014<\/p>\n

BentART Annual Exhibition – Wentworth Falls, June 2014<\/p>\n

Lost in Place-Damien Minton Gallery, Nov.2013<\/p>\n

BentART Annual Exhibition- Wentworth Falls-June 2013<\/p>\n

Red Gate Revisited Transxpress Postcard Exhibition, May 2013<\/p>\n

4A Annual Members Exhibition- Haymarket, 2012<\/p>\n

Kitsch and Clich\u00e9-NG Art Gallery, Chippendale, Feb.2012<\/span><\/h5>\n

4A Annual Members Exhibition, Haymarket, 2011<\/p>\n

After Dark- Syndicate Gallery, Danks St, Waterloo, Oct 2011<\/p>\n

Red Gate Gallery Open Studio Exhibition \u2013 Beijing, May 2011<\/p>\n

Private Passions \u2013 Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Feb 2011<\/p>\n

Mosman\u00a0 Photography Competition\u00a0 – Mosman Art Gallery, Oct 2009<\/p>\n

Australian Centre for Photography Print Exhibition – ACP, Oct 2009<\/p>\n

ACP Print Exhibition at Gartner Symposium Itxpo, Nov 2009<\/p>\n

Clovelly Artists – Gallery East, Dec 2008<\/p>\n

Spinning Opposites – Yuga Gallery, Glebe, March 2007<\/p>\n

Light and Dark – Tripod Gallery Caf\u00e9- Darlington, Feb 2005<\/p>\n

Gay Games Opening, Sydney – stills video installation, Nov 2002<\/p>\n

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Lesbian & Gay Sydney – 1902-2001 – NSW State Parliament House, 2001<\/p>\n

Absolutely Mardi Gras – Power House Museum,\u00a0 Feb 1996<\/p>\n

Out With Pride – bare gallery, Newtown, 1994<\/p>\n

Publications<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Photo Compendium by Bob Kersey and Mary Meyer,Black Mountain, 2014<\/p>\n

Dancing Up Country: The Art of Dorothy Napanardi\u00a0 MCA Catalogue Dec 2002 – portrait \u201cDorothy Napangardi”<\/p>\n

Art Monthly No 136, Dec 2000 – portrait \u201cDorothy Napangardi ”<\/p>\n

It Was A Riot -Sydney\u2019s First Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras- 78\u2019ers Group, 1998<\/p>\n

Absolutely Mardi Gras – Powerhouse Publishing & Doubleday, 1997<\/p>\n

The Night of Your Life – Rural & City Media Services, 1995<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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