Education


Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours)
  • Expected 2028

Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting (First Class Honours)
2007

Interior & Spatial Design


  • Casa Giglio
Cammarata (AG), Italy
2026-Work in progress

Studio Emma J Davis
Cammarata (AG), Italy
2026-Work in progress

Life in Ruins?
Cammarata (AG), Italy
2026-Work in progress

  • A Long Walk
  • A ~15,000 metre walk from Cammarata to Santiago
  • 2026-Work in progress 

A Sicilian Walk: An ode to Richard Long
Cammini del Sud, Palermo to Agrigento
  • 2026-Work in progress 

  • Sensory Experiments
  • NGV Melbourne Design Week
  • Mission to Seafarers Victoria and the Norla Dome
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • March 16, 2019

Creative Direction


Unstoppable
ABB
Global brand campaign
2023
  • Delivered by studio DIAZ DAVIS

State of Living
Liveability Victoria International
Event experience strategy and design
2019
  • Delivered by studio DIAZ DAVIS

Mages Ruiz Diaz
Identity project
Melbourne, Australia
2018

Brightwood
Branding and identity project
Sydney, Australia
2018-2020

Spiritual Nutrition
Identity project
Melbourne, Australia
2017

Koko Black

Creative Director
Melbourne, Australia
2015-2017


Styling, Display & Set Design


James Vivian
Seasonal Interior Styling
Melbourne, Australia
2018-ongoing

WePlay

Medibank
Australian Open
2015

(lt) x IDES
Dining experience curated by (lt) and IDES
Melbourne, Australia
June, 2015

Oblivious Ends
Exhibition curated by Laura Thompson (lt)
Melbourne, Australia
September 5, 2014

Aēsop
Visual Merchandising
Melbourne, Australia
2008-2010

Solo Exhibitions


Previous Owner: Unknown
Blindside
Melbourne, Australia
November 8-24, 2007
The online archive was published at www.previousowner.blogspot.com
  • He wrote re:beautiful / Letters from a Really Tacky Dating Website
  • Victoria Park Gallery
  • Melbourne, Australia
November, 2007
Artist book 
He wrote re: beautiful’/ ‘Letters from a Really Tacky Dating Website’
Self-published as a downloadable PDF.

Nine Beginnings
Digital artwork 
http://www.ninebeginnings.org
2007

Workbook/19.10.2007
Digital artwork, online generative drawing
2007

  • Hanoi Boys
  • Runt Space, Monash University
  • Melbourne, Australia
2007

Artist Books and Writings


Portals
A speculative interior
Edition 1/1
October 2025

Here---There
A meditation on spatial awareness
Edition 1/1
June 2025

He wrote re: beautiful Letters from a Really Tacky Dating Website

Online digital file download
Via http://www.victoriaparkgallery.com
November, 2007

Group Exhibitions


Self
Driven By, curated by StreetTo
Via Roma, Cammarata, Sicily
December 23-28, January 5, 2022

Take,
Debut IV, cur. Dr Marion Piper
Blindside
Melbourne, Australia
31 January-16 February, 2008
  • Accompanied by a series of keywords printed on takeaway-style paper sheets.

Take
,
Atrium Gallery, Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
October 25-28, 2007
  • Accompanied by a series of keywords printed on ‘take-home’ paper sheets.

I’m Not Looking Forward to the Future Very Much
Runt Space, Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
2007

Found Digital Photographs
Centre for Contemporary Photography
Fitzroy, Melbourne
25 May-7 July 2007

Awards and Grants

Joseph Beuys Award for Excellence
Faculty of Drawing, Monash University 
2008

Interdisciplinary Faculty Award
Monash University
2008


Publications


To the Left and Back Some
Blindside
Published by Blindside
2014

Ode to Istanbul

Open Field Magazine Issue One
Edited and published by Kirsten Alexander
March 2011
© Copyright 2026 Emma J Davis. 

Interior Design, Creative Direction, Art & Research
Email: Emma@emmajdavis.com
Casa Giglio
Via Sottotenente C. Giglio
92022 Cammarata (AG)
Sicily, Italy 
L4 80 Market Street
South Melbourne (Naarm)
Victoria, Australia 3205