
BILLY-JAY STONEMAN
Curator & Exhibitions Manager (Royal Photographic Society, UK)
Billy-Jay manages exhibitions for The Royal Photographic Society, responsible for the curation and delivery of exhibitions, call for entries, tours and other collaborative projects. Her curated exhibitions for The RPS have included most recently To Shine a Light / Who Dared to Dream, Only Human: Aneesa Dawoojee, as well as the RPS International Photography Exhibition. Billy-Jay’s key interests are accessibility for all, supporting emerging artists and photographers, community engagement and contemporary storytelling.
Billy-Jay studied BA Documentary Photography at Newport (UWCN) with her degree show focusing on studies of a community in Ireland connected to her grandfather. She developed extensive experience in the commercial and advertising photography sector after graduating.
Billy-Jay is interested in seeing all kinds of work including documentary photography, fine art, portraiture, editorial and projects that focus on raising awareness to political and social issues.
Spoken Languages: English.