DANYAENSING@GMAIL.COM
EDUCATION
BFA Photography | OCAD University, Toronto ON
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, PUBLICATIONS
Culture Source: Creators of Culture | Detroit, MI, 2021
Gateway: Ghost Boards of Detroit | Furrawn Press, 2017
Documenting Detroit Fellowship | 2016
23kg50lb: HIDDEN | 2016
International Arts Collaborations Program (INTAC) | Osaka, Japan, 2015
Youth Photographer's Alliance Mentorship Program | New York NY, 2012
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Art Producer | VMLY&R, Present
Managing Director | Art Detroit Now, Present
Lithography Artist Assistant | Studio Souterre, Present
Letterpress Shop Manager | Signal-Return, 2018-2021
Visual Co-ordinator | Hostel Detroit, 2016-2019
Project Manager & Photographer | THAW, Detroit MI, 2017
Letterpress Studio Assistant | Signal-Return, 2016
Photography Instructor | Lens Work, 2013
Studio Assistant | Krovblit Studios, 2012
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Focus On Detroit Photo Festival | Focus Hope, Detroit MI
2018 Ground Beneath Our Feet | 4840 Mt Elliot, Detroit MI
2017 Facing Change: Documenting Detroit | Photoville, Brooklyn NY
Bent, But Unbroken | Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit MI
Masked | Holding House, Detroit MI
2016 You Are Here | The Carr Center, Detroit MI
Documenting Detroit | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit MI
Wall of 100 Makers | Masonic Temple, Detroit MI
Venus Rising | Tangent Gallery, Detroit MI
2015 Chimera | Plantina Gallery, Stockholm Sweden
Revolution: INTAC | Osaka University of Arts, Osaka Japan
Vienna Photobook Fair | Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna Austria
Altered Landscapes | Open Gallery, Toronto ON
2014 Senior Student Exhibition | Taubman Center, Detroit MI
Spectrum: A Vision for Mental Health | Open Gallery, Toronto ON
2013 Transatlantic Connections | Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh UK
YPA's Hometown Exhibition | Calmut Photo, New York NY
Art of The Figure | The Great Hall, Toronto ON
2012 Signal and Colour | The Transit Space, Toronto ON
2009 Senior Student Exhibiton | The Art's Project, London ON
Carnival Strange | The ArtLab Gallery, London ON
PRESS
Trax Magazine France, "Detroit: 10 Places for a Perfect Stay..."
Culture Source, "21 Distinct Photographers"
OCAD U, "Alumna Danya Ensing: Documenting Detroit"
Young Photographer's Alliance, "Where Are They Now"
Facing Change: Documenting America "Documenting Detroit"