Moyra Davey is an artist, writer, and filmmaker based in New York. Since the mid-2000s, the moving image has become central to her practice, with essay films that blend personal narrative, voice-over, and reflections on literature and philosophy. Her acclaimed videos Les Goddesses (2011) and Hemlock Forest (2016) explore themes of motherhood, memory, and historical biography through the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughters. Davey's films often draw on her own writing, as well as on the work of Walter Benjamin, Jean Genet, and Virginia Woolf. She is the author of Long Life Cool White (2008), Burn the Diaries (2014), and Index Cards (2020). Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in major collections, including MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is a 2020 recipient of the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Davey's most recent solo show Four [чотири] is at greengrassi London (spring 2026).
Last updated May 2026