Biography

Amanda Denny is a London-based photographic artist and storyteller. Working with both analogue and digital processes, her practice explores the interplay of image, text, and archival material to create new narrative forms that invite subjective and fluid interpretations. Her projects often originate from chance connections and the archive of memory. Process-driven and often diaristic, her work frequently incorporates physical manipulation and collaboration, with recent explorations into paper structures.

Denny’s work investigates many themes around the human condition and how it is affected by external factors. Specifically she explores memory, mental health, trauma, family dysfunction, and societal prejudices with their achievement-focused narratives. She believes that stories can help you to navigate through the world and that personal expression brings agency to negotiating everyday life.

The photobook and the development of image-text artworks are core to her practice, as is a strong belief in creating tangible, tactile pieces intended to be experienced in person rather than on screen. 
Her work is held in private collections and she has been exhibited in group shows worldwide.

Denny is currently studying an MRes in Creative Practice (part time) at the University of Westminster and holds a first class BA (Hons) in Photography (University of Westminster 2019) and a BA (Hons) in Literature and History.

Her current work in progress is a series called Cartographies of Emotion.  Accidental Joy 2024 is part of this work in progress.

Group Exhibitions and Awards:

  • Keepsake (photo book) and Accidental Joy exhibited by Serchia Gallery at the BOP (books on photography) Festival, Bristol October 2024 and they are currently in their collection.
  • Exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024, 18 June - 18 August 2024
  • Exhibitor in group show We Also Fight Windmills, Berwick upon Tweed, 2024
  • Exhibitor at the Inventory Art Book Fair, Cromwell Place 7-9 June 2024
  • Exhibitor in the International Group Exhibition We Also Fight Windmills at The Fairway Gallery, Oxford University Press 4-26 April 2024
  • Publication of the photobook Keepsake 2024
  • Exhibitor at the ING Discerning Exhibition 2022, running from 11-22 November 2022 at the Mall Galleries London, SW1
  • Selected for the New Platform Art Mentorship scheme 2022
  • Works from The Empty Space and Meanwhile series displayed at
    Bertie Blossoms in association with Open Art Spaces as part of Kensington + Chelsea Art Week 2022 June - September 2022
  • New works from the Meanwhile series were exhibited at Open Art Spaces 9-10 October 2021 at Chelsea Theatre, SW10
  • Participator and Exhibitior in the 2021 "Activating our Archives: Protest and Play" workshop and Pop Up Exhibtion in conjunction with Modern Art Oxford and Fusions Arts Oxford  from 21 August - 28 September 2021.
  • Exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2020 (6 October 2020 - 3 January 2021).
  • Exhibitor and participant:  Modern Art Oxford “Activating our Archives: Community Dialogues” group project March - May 2020. A video and photographs of the work were shown in the MAO Responsive Space alongside Mariana Castillo Deball's exhibition: Between making and knowing something
  • Exhibitor in the nationwide Everyday Delight (Windows) Edition exhibition from 1 - 31 August 2020 (Van Gogh House, Brixton)
  • Joint recepient of the Dentons Art Prize 2020 and Winner of the Dentons Arts Committee Prize 2020.   Exhibition at Dentons Law Firm, London, (December 2019 – September 2020)
  • No Place Like Home photo book was on display at La Biblioteca Nacional de España during the PHotoESPAÑA Festival 2019
  • Cold Cases, Brighton Fringe, The Old Police Cells, Brighton 29 September 2018
  • City to Sea Coney Island* 2018 Wall Ortiz Gallery, NY 13th September 2018 to 15th November 2018
  • Peckham 24 Photography Festival 2018 - featured in the slideshow projection of works at the Overhaul exhibition, 18-20 May 2018, Safehouse 1, 139 Copeland Road, London, SE15 3SN
  • Intrusion 2017 at Paddington Central, London
  • Crossrail's Street Hoardings Photography Display Dean Street W1  2011-2020

Her Book No Place Like Home (2018) was shortlisted for the La Fabrica and Photo London Book Dummy Award 2019 and was nominated for the First Book Award 2018.

For more information on Amanda's work please get in touch.

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