Michael Lindsey Davison
is an Australian photographer, author and book designer.
Since 2012 he has self-published 13 books and zines. His essays on technology have been published in The Lifted Brow, Kill Your Darlings, Arena Magazine, Fragmented and The Age. He edited Issue 3 of Fragmented, a small-press magazine consisting of essays, short fiction, visual art and poetry. His photography has been featured in The Lifted Brow, Fragmented and in i-D. Michael also appeared on 3CR's ‘Dialogues’ program where he discussed his phone free lifestyle.
Exhibitions and Book Fairs
2024_Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria
2023_Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria
2023_Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Photobook Weekend
2023_Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria
2019_Some Cell Sites, CCP Salon, Fitzroy (Winner: Perimeter Books Best Self-Published Photobook)
2019_Some Cell Sites, Missing Persons, Melbourne
2019_Museum of Contemporary Art Zine Fair
2019_Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria (with Bus Projects)
2019_Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair, Trades Hall
2018_Contagion, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray
2018_Australasia Now (Group Show), Brunswick Street Gallery
2018_Museum of Contemporary Art Zine Fair
2018_Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair, Melbourne Town Hall
2017_YAAAS!, Self Made: Zines and Artist Books, State Library of Victoria
2017_CCP Salon
2016_Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria (with Fragmented)
2015_The Quality of Her Care, N/A Space, Brunswick
2013_CCP Salon
2013_Bound Apart (Group Show), Rae & Bennett
2013_Faceless, One for the Books, Ballarat International Foto Biennale
Awards
Education
2020_Some Cell Sites shortlisted for the Cornish Family Award for Art and Design Publishing
2019_Perimeter Books Best Self-Published Photobook, Ilford CCP Salon.
2013_Adobe Best Use of Digital Media, CCP Salon
2013_Finalist, One for the Books, Ballarat International Foto Biennale
2012_Graduate Diploma of Teaching, The University of Melbourne
2010_Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Monash University
2006_Bachelor of Music, The University of Melbourne