Elissa Jane Diver (b. London 1966) lives and works in Brighton. Elissa studied Photography at the University of Brighton, receiving BA First Class Honours in 2012. After working as a photographer and raising two boys, she returned to education and graduated from the Royal College of Art (MA Photography) in 2022, with a distinction for her dissertation exploring notions of the wild in art and culture.
Education
2022 | MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London
2012 | BA Photography (Hons) 1st Class, University of Brighton
1988 | BA English and French Literature (Hons) 2:1, University of Southampton
Exhibitions
Oct 2023 Unnatural Women Women in Art Fair, Mall Galleries, SW1
May 2023 Meat Market #2 31, Tanner's Hill, Deptford
Jan 2023 HIGH at SCOOP Saatchi Gallery, London SW3
Jan 2023 BEYOND SILVER The Hive, Vittoria St, Birmingham
Oct 2022 WILDING – Elissa Jane Diver Photo Fringe 2022 - The Regency Town House
Oct 2022 RWA Annual Open Royal West of England Academy
Oct 2022 Travers Smith Award Snow Hill, London
Aug 2022 After The Waiting Room Copeland Gallery, Peckham
Jul 2022 RCA 2022 Royal College of Art, Battersea
Aug 2021 Common Objects A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas USA
Aug 2021 Salon 2021 Photofusion, London
Jan 2021 WIP 2021 Royal College of Art, Battersea
Oct 2018 Tim Andrews – Over the Hill Regency Town House, Brighton
May 2014 Stone in my Shoe at Studio 323 Palmeira Square, Hove
Dec 2012 Salon 2012 Photofusion, London
Aug 2012 F.E.A.T Contemporary Art exhibition Rottingdean Windmill, Brighton
Jul 2012 Learning to Dance Red Gallery, Rivington Street, London
Jun 2012 University of Brighton Photography Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton
May 2011 University of Brighton Photography Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome
Mar 2011 Grammar Nonsense Imagination Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton
Awards
May 2023 Travers Smith CSR Art Awards - People's Choice
May 2023 Travers Smith CSR Art Awards - Highly Commended
Oct 2022 Brighton Photo Fringe Danny Smith Memorial Award - People's Choice
Sep 2022 BBA Photography Prize - longlisted
Jul 2022 HIGH prize for excellence - shortlisted
Publications
2023 Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal
2022 Source Magazine - Print edition Graduate Photography
2022 Travers Smith Art Programme Exhibition Catalogue
2021 Operculum Casebound artists book
2021 The Waiting Room RCA postcard exhibition in a box
2018 Over the Hill Exhibition Catalogue
2012 Learning to Dance Exhibition Catalogue