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Here rests a wanderer, a symphony of light and dark, the creative mind that tirelessly strived to connect the living + the dead from no place or time 
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— of many unlike most. 
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ABOUT

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Jay Davani is Providence’s pioneering death influencer—a multifaceted artist, speaker, and hospice grief facilitator with a passion for exploring life’s final frontier. Born in Tehran, Iran and now based in Rhode Island, she embraces death positivity with high ethical standards, inviting conversations around mortality that are both profound and transformative.

​Jay is an experienced Death Cafés facilitator and completed Ayatana’s Death Residency at a renowned death-positive thanatology school for artists, where she delved into the practical, cultural, and existential dimensions of death and mourning.

Her work has taken her to respected venues including the RISD Museum, North Burial Ground, Biophillum Death Club, and she has served as a Santa Muerte Artist in Residence, capturing the interplay between cemeteries and Persian death rituals through evocative photography.

​In addition to planning funerals, memorials, and organizing estate clean-outs, Jay actively participates in Life and Death Cafés, doula and grief trainings, and death book talks, further cementing her role as a transformative voice in the dialogue around life, death, and rebirth.

EXPERIENCE

Mortem Death School — Graduate 
Santa Muerte — Artist in Residence 
​City of Providence — Death Cafe Facilitator 
Hope Hospice — Grief Support Facilitator 

​RECENT PRESS

Q&A WITH ARTIST JAY DAVANI
Pell Center,  November 2024

TALKING ABOUT DEATH
TCS Monitor, May 2024

PIONEER IN DEATH INFLUENCE
Motif Magazine,  October 2023

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OUR REGIONS FIRST DEATH INFLUENCER
Rhode Island Monthly Magazine, September 2023

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A frequency of information on
​death, dying + mortality. 
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A public playlist of curated songs
​about death, dying + our mortality. 
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​death, dying + mortality. 
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