Natalia Davtyan

Moscow, Russia, 1993
Currently based in Barcelona, Spain


natalia.davtyan@gmail.com
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@nataliadi


Natalia Davtyan is an Armenian photographer and visual artist, mostly working in the realms of documentary and portrait photography. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interior and Spatial Design from UAL, London and a Master in Photography and Design in ELISAVA in Barcelona. She has worked as a brand manager at Stride running store and in 2017 started publishing Stride Mag, a printed and online magazine about runners.

Since 2011 Natalia had been into mobile photography but had never seen herself as a ‘real’ photographer. She had her first photoshoots for Stride Mag and after its closure, she decided to continue her training with postgraduate studies.

Natalia makes her work about identity, women and ecological crisis and photography is the medium that helps her to speak about them. She is currently developing a long-term project about her mother and grandmother and the impact of the early marriages on their personal lives.

Education

2019-2020 Master in Photography and Design, ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, Barcelona, Spain

2012-2015 BA Interior and Spatial Design, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, London, UK

Awards

2020  Blurring the Lines, finalist

Group exhibitions

2020  Art Photo Bcn, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain / upcoming

2020  Simbiosis, Can Framis Museum, Vila Casas Foundation, Barcelona, Spain / upcoming

2020  Togethering, Houston Center for Photography, hcponline.org

2020  #PHEdesdemibalcón, PHotoESPAÑA, phe.es

Publications

2020   I dreamed about walking in the streets in slippers, zine, ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering

2019   Broken elevator, zine, self-published

2019   Humans of Psycho Daily, dummy

Clients

Psycho Daily
Kruzhok band
Stride Mag
Sberbank
Coca-Cola
Pressing Matters
Villee Wood