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manon@manonouimet.com
@manongraphy
I started out taking portraits, quickly realising that photography, for me, is a vehicle with which to explore my relationship with what it means to be human, be it through others as the subject, or, occasionally, turning the camera onto myself. I got my Masters at the University of West England where I made my award-winning project ALTERED, a series that focused on people who have been subject to life-altering bodily changes. My work explores the function and composition of the human form and I’m ever-focusing on identity, visual representation and celebrating the body in abstracted and sculptural capacities. My work has been featured in many international publications and exhibitions, including the Saatchi Gallery and the Jewish Museum London, and 2021 saw my first solo exhibition at Belfast Exposed Gallery. My awards include the British Photography Award 2021, Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award 2021 and the Monochrome Awards 2019. I am also supported by Arts Council England. Compelled to explore themes of identity through moving image, I began making films in 2021. 2024 sees the release of my debut feature documentary Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, co-directed with Jacob Perlmutter, is set for release in 2025. The film is produced by Manon et Jacob and the six-time Oscar®-nominated production company Final Cut for Real. Notably, the film won a Special Mention Award at CPH:DOX and has been longlisted for a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) in two categories: Best Documentary and Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary.
Supported by ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND
My Name is Maya - Full Project Grant - 2021
STIMMING - R&D in collaboration with Susanna Dye - 2021
AWARDS
RBSA Photography Prize 2021 - Portrait of Dan, Selected Artist - 2021
British Photography Award - Portrait of Dan, Winner - 2021
Jerwood Photoworks Award 2021 - My Name is Maya - Longlist -2021
Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards - Winner - ALTERED - 2021
ND Awards - Honorable Mention - Portrait of Dan - 2020
Futures Artists, Belfast Exposed - Placement awarded - 2020
Monochrome Awards - Nude - 1st Place Winner 2019
Prix de la Photographie - 2nd Place 2019
Robert Walters Group UK Young Artist of the Year Award - Nominee 2019
TOKYO Photo Awards - Honorable Mention 2019 People / Portrait
International Photography Award - Nominee 2018
EXHIBITIONS
PAST
Reflection, a curation of Joel Meyerowitz self-portraits - Picasso Museum Malaga, 15th of June - 15th of December 2024
My Name is Maya, photographic book - Format Festival, 17th of March - 9th of April 2023
My Name is Maya, solo show - West London Synagogue, 01st November - 31st December 2022
My Name is Maya, installation - Pitch Up - Jewish Museum London, 8th July 2022 - 6th January 2023
STIMMING - Digital Installation - Lewisham Arthouse, Liberty Festival 2022, 22nd July - 24th July 2022
ALTERED - IPE 162 - Museum of Gloucester, 27 January – 5 June 2022
My Name is Maya - Solo Show - Finchley Progressive Synagogue, 18th of November - 20th of April 2022
My Name is Maya - Solo Show - Belfast Exposed Gallery, 07th - 29th of October 2021
Crossing Sectors, The Open Eye Gallery, October 2021
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?! - Corona Culture, Alte Münze Berlin - 13th October - 20th of November 2021
RBSA Photography Prize 2021, RBSA - 3rd September - 16 October 2021
IPE 162 - The Museum of Somerset Taunton from 17 May – 10 July 2021
IPE 162 - Oriel Art Gallery, Theatr Clwyd, Flintshire: 28 November 2020 – 16 January 2021
IPE 162 - RPS House, Bristol: 23rd January 2021
Future Now 2020 - Aesthetica Magazine, York - 12th March 2020 - unknown
IPE 162 - Beverley Art Gallery, Beverley, East Yorkshire: 19 September – 16 November 2020
Sustainable Connection - Unobvious Lab, Lisbon - 25th January – 14th March 2020
IPE 162 - RPS House, Bristol: 15 February – 22 March 2020
Mass Isolation - FORMAT - Auckland Festival of Photography, New Zealand - 2020
Me, Myself and I - Collyer Bristow: 28th February - 10th June 2020
IPE 162 - Royal Albert Hall, London: 2 April – 27 April 2020 [curtailed due to COVID-19]
ROBERT WALTERS GROUP UK YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR Saatchi Gallery 2019
OUT OF THE MIST, ABC South Bank - Melbourne 2019 + Brisbane City Hall 2019
PX3 STATE OF THE WORLD Espace Beaurepaire 2019
PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY 200 shortlisted 1854 Media 2019
BELFAST EXPOSED 2019
THE MOMENT IS THEN Alice Black Gallery 2018
FOUNDATIONS Martin Parr Foundation 2018
VETERANS WORK Ham Yard 2017
ARTIST TALKS
University of the West of England 2021
University of Plymouth 2021
Boomsatsuma 2021
Redeye 2021
RESIDENCIES
Siobhan Davies Dance - Web Residency - STIMMING with Susanna Dye - 2020
Supported by Arts Council England
CLIENTS INCLUDE
PUBLICATIONS
PORTRAITS INCLUDE
Joanna Lumley | Nick Knowles | Ray Fearon | Marli Siu | Bettina Arndt | Judge Rinder | Harry Goodwins | DJ RHYME [recording artist] | Kenzie May [recording artist] | Lou Stone [recording artist]