CURRICULUM VITAE
Davina Shefet
25/02/1988
Nationality Danish, born and raised in France
Trilingual French, English, Danish
Currently based in Brighton, England
+44 (0)7 306 51 07 08
EDUCATION
2014: Bachelor - École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication, with options in illustration and a discipline named «Acte IV» which focused on realizing artistic projects and Contemporary Art Culture - Paris
2006: French Baccalauréat with a special in Literature and Drama obtained with Honors - Lycée Bristol, Cannes
EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
2021: Storefront Studio on Trafalgar Street in Brighton from December 2020 to December 2021
November 2019-January 2020: Solo exhibition «Opium Dreams» at the Leslie Curran Gallery, Florida, US (Leslie Curran representation until 2021)
March-April 2018: Solo exhibition of the Series «The Opium Dream» Espace Rue Bernard Palissy, Saint-Germain-des-Prés - Paris
2017: Commission installation and performance adapted from the video project I made in 2015 «Amour et liberté» for Agency CC and inauguration of Hotel Sir Nikolaï - Hamburg, Germany
2015: Commission of silk paintings and sculptures for «Arts for Patròn» event organized by Le Fruit Studio agency for Patròn Tequila - Atelier Basfroi, Paris
2013: Group exhibition «Nomad Utopia» Caroussel du Louvre, Tranoï - Paris
DISTINCTIONS
Press: Featured in House & Garden UK, Bo Bedre DK, Elle DK, Coveteur, RTL, Libération
2018: Featured in Saatchi Art Collection «Meet The New Figurative Painters»
Featured in Bo Bedre, article referencing the best places to buy art prints online
2016: Finalist at «Entrepreneurs des Métiers d’Art» organized by the Institut des Métiers d’Arts and Ernest and Young for the fashion brand project
2014: Finalist at Contest «Meilleurs Dessinateurs» Best Drawers held by newspaper Libération with the imposed theme: "Nocturnal portraits" - Series of illustrations, mixed media
OTHER ART-RELATED AND CREATIVE EXPERIENCES
2015 - 2018: Founder and Creative Director of fashion brand Davina Shefet which mainly focused on semi couture unique pieces, textile design, silk paintings and kimonos - Paris, France
2017: Scriptwriting of an original series called «Dreams and sticks», an autobiographical musical drama. The writing of this project lead me to intern at the Art Department at Zentropa during the filming of Lars Von Trier's movie: «The House that Jack Built» - Copenhagen, Denmark
2014: Internship at Christian Lacroix, Studio Department, Graphic Design - Paris, France
Since forever: Songwriting, singing, producing - Pop, Soul, Jazz, Opera