Spotlight on David Manley
David Manley is a Sydney based artist educator. He is a lecturer in Photo media at the National Art School Australia and holds a PhD in Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts by Research from the University of New South Wales Art and Design.
Manley’s work is concerned with the interplay between architecture, the image and human psychology. He was a winner of the Head On Portrait Prize and a four-time finalist in the Bowness Photography Prize.
Manley’s visual and textural work has been published in Australia and internationally. Some venues that his work has been exhibited in include – Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Monash Gallery of Art, the Australian Centre for Photography, Verge Gallery, Galerie Pompom, Blackeye Contemporary Photography Space, NSW Parliament, Customs House Sydney, the Ulsan Cultural Arts Centre, South Korea, the Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney and Hongik Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.
Our Local Creatives
Each month we showcase some of the talented people who live and work in our community, exploring the diversity of artistic and creative practices on the Northern Beaches.
Our creative community
The Northern Beaches is home to a higher than average percentage of artists, creatives and cultural workers.
Our local creative community generated $915 million in value added for the Northern Beaches in 2022/23. This is 6.1% of total Gross Value Added, above the Greater Sydney average (5.1%). Our artists and creatives are the drivers of a vibrant local economy.
Architectural Services was the top employing Creative and Cultural industry in the Northern Beaches, and Advertising Services was the top industry for employed residents living in the Northern Beaches. Book and magazine wholesaling employed 2.8 times more people than the Greater Sydney average, and photography was the largest specialised occupation with 2 times more people employed than the Greater Sydney average.
Our creative economy supported 6,992 local jobs (6% of total jobs in the LGA) and provided employment for 11,832 residents (7.4% of all employed residents) in 2022/23.
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