Biography

Victoria grew up near the idyllic north Cornwall coastline, in the south west of England, an environment of green fields, open spaces, expansive Moore land areas all littered with small towns and tiny villages, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. It is a place of inspiration where nature more then man has shaped the landscape through time.

From Cornwall She moved to the city in 1996 to study photography and then in 2000 chose London to follow a career as an artist and photographer.

The contrast Victoria experienced between this rural environment and the urban landscape of the city with its eclectic mix of people, buzzing street scenes and impressive architecture is what inspired her to create and develop her art projects. Victoria is captivated by the way we construct our environments “everywhere I look I see the result of human thought and endeavour, buildings and scenes that have come in to existence shaped through imagination, economics and cultural dynamics”.

“I love city life, when I look at a long stretch of buildings I am reminded that behind each window/door exists another life, whether at work or at home someone fills that space.”

Education
Plymouth College of Art and Design PCAD
1996 – 1997 Foundation lens based media
1997 - 1999 Higher National Diploma media production
1997 – 2000 Bachelor of Arts with Honours
2000 Distinction Professional qualifying exam for the British institute of professional photography.

Her Work

Victoria Dawe is a 29-year-old professional photographer, After pursuing a career as an assistant photographer working with over 30 top London and New York based photographers, travelling the world shooting ads, celebrity portraits and fashion, she is now a successful commercial photographer in her own right. Shooting events for Harpers and Queen Tatler and Vogue and working for corporate clients, Debretts, Hermes, BBC, Virgin and Sony.

Victoria travels extensively with commissions in Venice, Paris, Rome, and New York and Her charity work with Comic Relief has taken her across various parts of East Africa and India.

Over the past 10 years Victoria has kept working on her art projects in order to perfect a way to present her ideas about the buzz of city life and its architecture.

Victoria has exhibited continually with enviedart in their Paris galleries for the past year since November 2005 and currently has an exhibition in London.

“I feel honoured that through my art a part of me and my ideas will live on after I am gone”

Email Victoria HERE