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Lydia Porter is a contemporary artist based in London, working across video, writing, 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:
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 ‘Degree Show’ Chelsea College of Arts, London UK
2019 ‘Kino 4’ screening event, Spike Island, UWE Bristol, UK
2019 ‘Translations’ The Morgue, Chelsea College Of Arts, London 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