London born Poppy de Villeneuve grew up dividing her time between West Sussex country life and her mother’s family home in Ohio. In 2002 she received a BA in photography from London College of Printing, graduating with the cover of the prestigious Art Review’s student issue. The following two years she trained in the Method acting technique, influencing Poppy’s ongoing projects as a professional photographer. De Villeneuve has exhibited in group and solo shows in the UK and US. Shows in London included “Culture Bound VII” at The Courtauld Institute and “I shot Norman Foster” commissioned by The Architecture Foundation as well as solo show “The Strangers” at University of the Arts gallery, May 2007, as part of its emerging artists program. Poppy was part of “Being True” a group show for Nike in New York and Los Angeles. Most recently Poppy was commissioned by London’s Bloomberg Space for “Within,” an exhibition where she photographed sextuplets and their relationships with each other. Living in New York, de Villeneuve divides her energy between fashion and fine art, bringing life to both in equal measure.
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