BEX DAY
Bex Day is a photographer and director from London. Her work focuses on challenging rigid beauty ideals and the themes of gender, identity, diversity and freedom of choice.
Day has lectured about her work at Nicer Tuesdays (It’s Nice That), Cambridge University, The Hepworth Gallery, and the Vogue Italia ‘The Female Gaze’ 2016 and Masculinity Now 2018 exhibition. She has also displayed her work, and was nominated, for the Magnum Graduate Award 2016, C/O Berlin Talent Award 2020, This is Gender 2020, Wolf Suschitzky Prize 2021, Royal Photographic Society IPE 163 Shortlist 2021 and British Journal of Photography Portrait of Humanity Shortlist 2021.
In April 2019, Day completed her first solo exhibition and film, ‘Hen’, at Herrick Gallery, London, which was centered around the older transgender and non-binary communities in the UK.
In July 2022, Day displayed her series and film Children of Covid, at Offshoot Gallery London. Channel 4 later went on to create a micro-documentary based on the series.
Her selected editorial and commercial clients include Adidas, Adobe, AnOther Magazine, Apple, Bodyform, Burberry, Dazed and Confused, Fendi, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D (UK/DE), Levi’s, Louis Vuitton, The New York Times, Stella McCartney, Swarovski Vogue Italia and Vogue Mexico.
Petal
EXHIBITION AT HAVE A BUTCHERS
15TH SEPTEMBER - 6th OCTOBER 2023
HAVE A BUTCHERS proudly presents PETAL by Bex Day, a solo exhibition and debut launch of her first photographic book.
PETAL celebrates the uniqueness of the vulva and demystifies the reality of what it is to own a vulva in society as we know it. With fearless and refreshing sincerity, Day champions realistic representations and invites her audience to take an up close and personal look at what makes every vulva simultaneously unique and homogenous, and importantly - something to be celebrated.
The London based photographer and director comments, “I’ve always believed that rigid beauty ideals are a burden to our society, inhibiting freedom and expression of who we are. Wxmen are so regularly forced to bear the weight of these expectations and as a result our bodies are often left shrouded in shame or hidden away in the hopes that they can swerve judgement.
Challenging these rigid beauty ideals has always been the focus of my work, and PETAL felt like the right, natural progression. I wanted to subvert standardised beauty by focusing on the uniqueness of the vulva and celebrating the similarities and differences they share.” - Bex Day
Every vulva pictured in the collection is covered, to varying degrees, by a single flower or petal that in some way holds a particular sense of significance to the individual. Images are accompanied by a written account from the subject, detailing their own feelings and experiences of their body: deeply personal stories of love, loss, pleasure, pain, survival, rebirth and reclamation.
Join us on September 14th, 6:30-9PM at HAVE A BUTCHERS to celebrate the launch of this unique show. With special thanks to HEMPSTEAD MAY for printing the show.
A big thank you to our supporters: Hempstead May, Ellis Wines, Three Spirit, Brixton Brewery, HER, Flo, Beija, SheSpot, Puck Studio and FRMD.
Opening Night
14th September, 6:30-9PM
HAVE A BUTCHERS
65 Dalston Lane
E8 2NG
Show Dates
15th May - October 6th
Monday to Friday
10am to 5pm
ARTWORKS
Digitalis by Bex Day (2023)
50 x 40”
Edition of 10
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.‘‘
Magnolia Grandiflora by Bex Day (2021)
30 x 24”
Edition of 15
Unframed
Papave Orientale by Bex Day (2023)
50 x 40”
Edition of 10
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Tulipa by Bex Day (2022)
30 x 24”
Edition of 15
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Anemone by Bex Day (2022)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Protea by Bex Day (2022)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Brassica Oleraceaby Bex Day (2022)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Hydrangea by Bex Day (2022)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Narcissus by Bex Day (2021)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Dahlia by Bex Day (2022)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Rudbeckia Fulgida by Bex Day (2023)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Primula by Bex Day (2023)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Tulipa Purissima by Bex Day (2021)
30 x 24”
Edition of 15
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Iris by Bex Day (2021)
30 x 24”
Edition of 15
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Papaver Rhoeas by Bex Day (2023)
50 x 40”
Edition of 10
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Gerbera by Bex Day (2021)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Clematis by Bex Day (2023)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Anemone by Bex Day (2022)
50 x 40”
Edition of 10
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Anthurium by Bex Day (2021)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Hydrangea by Bex Day (2023)
50 x 40”
Edition of 10
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Gerbera by Bex Day (2023)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Orchidaceae by Bex Day (2021)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Orchidaceae by Bex Day (2023)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Lathyrus Odoratus by Bex Day (2023)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Viola Tricolor Var. Hortensis by Bex Day (2021)
10 x 8”
Edition of 150
Unframed
Artwork printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper 285gsm. Signed and numbered on reverse with a Certificate of Authenticity.