b.1982 Melbourne (Naarm)
Living and working between Melbourne, Australia and Sicily, Italy.


Education


Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours)
  • Expected 2028

Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting (First Class Honours)
2007

Spatial/Interior Projects


  • Casa Giglio
Cammarata (AG), Italy
2026-Work in progress

Garden & Studio
Cammarata (AG), Italy
2026-Work in progress

Life in Ruins?
Cammarata (AG), Italy
2026-Work in progress

  • A Long Walk
  • A ~15,000 metre walk from Cammarata to Santiago
  • 2026-Work in progress 

A Sicilian Walk: An ode to Richard Long
Cammini del Sud, Palermo to Agrigento
  • 2026-Work in progress

WePlay
Medibank
Australian Open
2015

Creative Direction/Strategy


Unstoppable
ABB, Global brand campaign
2023
Delivered by studio DIAZ DAVIS
State of Living
Liveability Victoria International
Event experience strategy and design
2019
Delivered by studio DIAZ DAVIS
Mages Ruiz Diaz
Identity project
Melbourne, Australia
2018

Brightwood
Branding and identity project
Sydney, Australia
2018-2020

  • Sensory Experiments
  • NGV Melbourne Design Week
  • Mission to Seafarers Victoria and the Norla Dome
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • March 16, 2019

Solo Exhibitions


Previous Owner: Unknown
Blindside
Melbourne, Australia
November 8-24, 2007
The online archive was published at www.previousowner.blogspot.com
  • He wrote re:beautiful / Letters from a Really Tacky Dating Website
  • Victoria Park Gallery
  • Melbourne, Australia
November, 2007
Artist book 
He wrote re: beautiful’/ ‘Letters from a Really Tacky Dating Website’
Self-published as a downloadable PDF.

Nine Beginnings
Digital artwork 
http://www.ninebeginnings.org
2007

Workbook/19.10.2007
Digital artwork, online generative drawing
2007

  • Hanoi Boys
  • Runt Space, Monash University
  • Melbourne, Australia
2007

Group Exhibitions


Self
Driven By, curated by StreetTo
Via Roma, Cammarata, Sicily
December 23-28, January 5, 2022

Take,
Debut IV, cur. Dr Marion Piper
Blindside
Melbourne, Australia
31 January-16 February, 2008
  • Accompanied by a series of keywords printed on takeaway-style paper sheets.

Take
,
Atrium Gallery, Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
October 25-28, 2007
  • Accompanied by a series of keywords printed on ‘take-home’ paper sheets.

I’m Not Looking Forward to the Future Very Much
Runt Space, Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
2007

Found Digital Photographs
Centre for Contemporary Photography
Fitzroy, Melbourne
25 May-7 July 2007

Artist Books and Writings


Portals
A speculative interior
Edition 1/1 October 2025


Here---There
A meditation on spatial awareness
Edition 1/1
June 2025

He wrote re: beautiful Letters from a Really Tacky Dating Website

Online digital file download
Via http://www.victoriaparkgallery.com

November, 2007


Awards and Grants

Joseph Beuys Award for Excellence
Faculty of Drawing, Monash University 
2008

Interdisciplinary Faculty Award
Monash University
2008


Publications


To the Left and Back Some
Blindside
Published by Blindside
2014

Ode to Istanbul

Open Field Magazine Issue One
Edited and published by Kirsten Alexander
March 2011
© Copyright 2026 Emma J Davis. 

Spatial Design, Interiors, Art & Research
Email: Emma@emmajdavis.com
@emmajdavis_
Casa Giglio
Via Sottotenente C. Giglio
92022 Cammarata (AG)
Sicily, Italy 
L4 80 Market Street
South Melbourne (Naarm)
Victoria, Australia 3205