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Lydia Porter is a contemporary artist based in London, working across photography, video, and bookmaking. These formats are used to investigate the surface of the image as an active site and a means of translation, with a specific focus on tactility and haptic awareness.
Lydia Porter was selected to be a part of Associate Studio Programme 7 2020-22 as an artists in the shared studios in Stockwell, London.
Education:
2017-2019 BA Fine Art: Chelsea College of Art, UAL, London, UK
2016-2017 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Camberwell College of Arts, London UK
Online Works/Commissions:
2021 ‘slipping through the gap’ published on ORBIT
Exhibitions:
2025 The Floor is Lava, group show, Bow Arts, 125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, UK
2024 Fleeting Moments, group show, Open 205, Deptford, London, UK
2023 A Place Bears the Name, collaborative duo show with Sam Wills, Tension Fine Art, London, UK
2023 Cosyganza, screening event, Avalon Cafe, London, UK
2022 Kisses, group show, Associate Studio Programme 7, Acme Studios Stockwell, London, UK
2022 Spectres, solo show, Gower St. Gallery, London, UK
2022 Auntie Freeze 6, art fair, Cave Gallery, London, UK
2022 Testing Grounds, group show, Filet Gallery, London, UK
2022 Waterborne, screening event, BLOQS, London, UK
2021 Auntie Freeze 5, art fair, Cave Gallery, London, UK
2020 UNIQLO TATE LATES: NIGHT IN Tate Modern, Blavatnik Building, London, UK
2019 Suburbia EP launch in collaboration with StevieRay Latham, St Anne’s Arts and Community Centre, Barnstaple, Devon UK
2019 Kino 4 screening event, Spike Island, UWE Bristol, UK
2018 A Thing Like You And Me, group show, Take Courage Gallery, London UK
2018 Kino 3, screening event, Spike Island, UWE Bristol, UK
2018 MESHES presents: ExP, screening event, Genesis Cinema, Mile End, London UK
2017 Obscura, group show, Buster Mantis, London UK