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Education:

BA Photography (First Class Honours)                                                     

Leeds Arts university, UK

    2018 - 2021

Awards, Residencies, Exhibitions, Talks & Publications:

Awards -

 

Aesthetica Art Prize, Shortlist

York Art Gallery, York, UK                 

     March - May 2023

 

BBA ‘One Shot’ Award - TOP10 Shortlisted

BBA Gallery Berlin, Germany                                               

      Feb 2023

D31 Art Prize, Shortlist

Online Exhibition                                                                       

       July 2022

 

The Signature Art Prize, Winner -

Photography and Film Category,                                                          

Bankside Hotel London, UK

       Sep 2021

 

Residencies - 

 

‘Creative in Residence’ 

Leeds Arts University                                                                   

    Feb - July 2024

 

Solo/Duo Exhibitions -

'The Labyrinth' - Solo Commission for Mindfulness Festival

Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, UK.                                                                      

(Arts Council England & Leeds city council funded)

        Oct 2025

 

‘An Isolated State’ - Debut Solo Exhibition, 

Assembly House, Leeds, UK                                                                    

(Leeds Inspired & Leeds city council funded) 

        Dec 2021

 

Selected International Exhibitions -

 

BBA One Shot Award - TOP 10

BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany

‘One Shot Award’ TOP 10 Shortlist                                                   

        Feb 2023

 

‘8x12’ Group Exhibition

FLOOR, Seoul, South Korea                                                                   

     Group Show Contemporary Photography 

           Sep - Nov 2022

 

Rotterdam Photo Festival

Rotterdam Centraal, Netherlands                                                             

Large Single Image Banner

         May 2022

 

International Art Fairs -

2025

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong - 

Linda Blackstone Gallery

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong                                           

Co-Curated and Exhibited

2024

Affordable Art Fair Singapore - 

Linda Blackstone Gallery

Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore                                            

Co-Curated and Exhibited

Affordable Art Fair Austin - Linda Blackstone Gallery
Affordable Art Fair - Austin, Texas, USA                                                
Co-Curated and Exhibited

Affordable Art Fair New York - Linda Blackstone Gallery 

Affordable Art Fair - New York, New York, USA                                      

Spring Edition 

Co-Curated and Exhibited

2023

 

Affordable Art Fair Singapore - 

Linda Blackstone Gallery

Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore                                                 

Co-Curated and Exhibited

 

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong - 

Linda Blackstone Gallery

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong                                             

Co-Curated and Exhibited

2022

 

Affordable Art Fair Singapore -

Linda Blackstone Gallery

Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore                                                

Co-Curated and Exhibited

Affordable Art Fair New York - Linda Blackstone Gallery 

Affordable Art Fair - New York, New York, USA                                     

Spring Edition 

Co-Curated and Exhibited

 

Selected Group Exhibitions (UK)

2025

'40 Years of The Linda Blackstone Gallery'

340 Kings Road, Chelsea, London                                                        

Curated and Exhibited

Assembly House Group Show

Assembly Unit 4, Leeds.                                                                        

‘KAT25’

Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, UK                                                                   

'Labyrinth' (1st Edition) Installed Within Abbey

2024

 

‘Ethereality’
Photo Book Cafe, Shoreditch, London UK                                           
Group show of Emerging Photographers

‘KAT24’
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, UK                                                                     
Public Sculptures Installed Within Abbey

‘Qualia’
AMP Gallery, Peckham, London UK                                                     
Group show of Emerging Conceptual Artists

 

OPO(pen)

Old Parcels Office, Scarborough, UK

Group show                                                                                           

2023

 

‘In House’ 

Hessle Walk, Leeds, UK                                                                        

Conceptual Group Show

 

'Pink Flesh, Finding Unheard Melodies’

Enclave 7, Deptford, London UK                                                          

Group show of Emerging Conceptual Artists

 

‘Collective Unconscious’

Seagulls, Leeds, UK                                                                              

In Collaboration with Assembly House 

 

‘Impermanent’ Group Exhibition

Safehouse 2, Peckham, London, UK                                                  

Group show of Emerging Conceptual Artists

 

Aesthetica Art Prize, Shortlist

York Art Gallery, York, UK March                                                       

2022

 

‘The Sun Is Out’ Group Exhibition

Safehouse 1, Peckham, London, UK                                                   

Group show of Emerging Conceptual Artists

 

‘Put Your Feet Up’ Group Exhibition

Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK                                                        

In Collaboration with Assembly House and HPAC

 

‘I Know a Guy…’ Group Exhibition 

ArtHub Studios, Deptford, London, UK                                               

Group show of Emerging Conceptual Artists

2021

 

‘Print it!’

Aire Place Studios, Leeds, UK                                                          

Photography Group Show

 

‘CreArtives - Our Staff’,

CreArtives, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, UK                                     

Group exhibition of Teaching Staff

 

‘Left Bank Shows…’

Foyer Gallery, Left Bank Leeds, UK                                               

Summer Edition (Small commercial group show)

 

‘TRX’ Group show,

BeaverWorks, Leeds, UK                                                            

Summer Group Exhibition

 

Art Fairs (UK) -

2025

Affordable Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery,

Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK                                       

Autumn Edition (Commercial Group show)

Co-Curated and Exhibited

Affordable Art Fair - BANG 

Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK                                    

Spring Edition (Emerging Commercial Group show)

Curated and Exhibited 

2024

Affordable Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery

Affordable Art Fair - Hampstead, London, UK                                    

(Commercial Group show)

Co-Curated and Exhibited

 

Affordable Art Fair - BANG 

Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK                                      

Spring Edition (Emerging Commercial Group show)

Curated and Exhibited 

2023

 

Game Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery

Alcester, Stratford upon Avon, UK                                                     

(Commercial Group Show)

Co-Curated and Exhibited

 

Affordable Art Fair - BANG  

Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK                                     

Spring Edition (Emerging Commercial Group show)

Curated and Exhibited 

2022

 

FRESH Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery

Cheltenham Race Course, Gloucestershire, UK                             

(Commercial Group show)

Co-Curated and Exhibited

Affordable Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery

Affordable Art Fair - Hampstead, London, UK                                   

(Commercial Group show)

Co-Curated and Exhibited

 

Affordable Art Fair - BANG 

Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK                                   

Spring Edition (Emerging Commercial Group show)

Curated and Exhibited 

2021

 

Manchester Art Fair - LBG x BANG

Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, UK                                                

(Mixed Commercial Group show)

Curated and Exhibited

 

Affordable Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery,

Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK                                       

Autumn Edition (Commercial Group show)

Co-Curated and Exhibited

 

Talks -

'The Commercial Art World: An Artists' Discussion'                        

Assembly House, Leeds

      August 2024

'Practise'

lecture to 3rd year BA Honours students                                          

Leeds Arts University

     March 2024

 

‘Future Now Symposium’

Aesthetica Art Prize                                                                          

York Art Gallery/ York Museum

     March 2023

 

‘The Signature Art Prize’

Winner’s Talk

Photography and Film Category,                                                      

Bankside Hotel London, UK

   Sep 2021

 

Publications -

Generazione Critica

'Nurture, Nature.' Article                                                                   

     Feb 2024

Aesthetica Magazine

‘Future now’             

     March 2023                                                                      

The Pupil Sphere 

Article on ‘An Isolated State’.                                                            

     Nov 2021

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‘Supporting Arts’

Instagram feature of ‘TAKE’     

    Dec 2020

Chromazone Magazine

‘Drip’ Portraits feature.             

   Dec 2020

Artists Responding To - Issue 4

‘Anthropocene’ Project feature 

  Nov 2020

Quaranzine 

Magazine Feature 2020

Dwell Time Press

Article on ‘BOUND64’ Project

Nov 2020

Bulb Magazine - Front Cover

Article on ‘BOUND64’ Project

June 2020

‘Anthropocene’ Self Publication,

Photographic Book 2019

‘The New Age’ Self Publication

Photographic Fashion Zine 2018

© 2019 - 2026 By Jacob Talbot. 

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