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Jacob Talbot is a multidisciplinary artist, manipulating analogue and digital photography, extending into fine art based multi-media pieces. His work encompasses a range of photographic genres exploring both the physical and metaphysical aspects of an image. Alongside and within his photographic practise, Jacob Talbot also utilises the benefits of sculpture to allow, but not restricted to, the objectification of the material image. As a recent 1st Class Honours Graduate of BA Photography (Leeds Arts University 2021), Talbot’s Artistic career has quickly gained the attention of collectors and curators internationally.
As seen in his successful debut solo exhibition, ‘An Isolated State’, funded by Leeds Inspired, Talbot utilises interactive installation as a means to challenge the boundaries between the two mediums and engage a new audience.
During the lead up to his debut solo show ‘An Isolated State’ Talbot was awarded ‘The Signature Art Prize’.
Since then he has gone on to commercially exhibit and sell photography and sculpture throughout art fairs in the UK, Europe, America and Asia; building up a strong client base and collectors alike.
His conceptual work has also been exhibited in multiple group exhibitions in London and Leeds, as well as having work selected for a large scale banner at Rotterdam Photo Festival. Most recently his work was part of a contemporary photographic exhibition in Seoul, South Korea.
Since 2021 Talbot has also been the Head Curator for BANG Galleries, a new branch of the long established and well respected Linda Blackstone Gallery, helping to showcase contemporary emerging artists in a highly competitive commercial setting.
Awards, Exhibitions, Publications
The Signature Art Prize, Winner -
Photography and Film Category, Sep 2021
Bankside Hotel London, UK
D31 Art Prize, Shortlist
July 2022
‘TRX’ Group show,
BeaverWorks, Leeds, UK May 2021
Summer Group Exhibition
‘Left Bank Shows…’
Foyer Gallery, Left Bank Leeds, UK June 2021
Summer Edition (Small commercial group show)
‘CreArtives - Our Staff’,
CreArtives, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, UK July - Aug 2021
Group exhibition of Teaching Staff
‘Print it!’
Aire Place Studios, Leeds, UK Sep 2021
Photography Group Show
Affordable Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery,
Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK Oct 2021
Autumn Edition (Established Commercial Group show)
Manchester Art Fair - LBG x BANG
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, UK Nov 2021
(Mixed Commercial Group show)
‘An Isolated State’ - Debut Solo Exhibition,
Assembly House, Leeds, UK Dec 2021
(Leeds Inspired & Leeds city council funded)
Affordable Art Fair - BANG
Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London, UK March 2022
Spring Edition (Emerging Commercial Group show)
Affordable Art Fair New York - Linda Blackstone Gallery
Affordable Art Fair - New York, New York, USA March 2022
Spring Edition (Established Commercial Group show)
‘I Know a Guy…’ Group Exhibition
ArtHub Studios, Deptford, London, UK April 2022
Group show of Emerging Conceptual Artists
Affordable Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery
Affordable Art Fair - Hampstead, London, UK May 2022
(Established Commercial Group show)
Rotterdam Photo Festival
Rotterdam Centraal, Netherlands May 2022
Large Single Image Banner
FRESH Art Fair - Linda Blackstone Gallery
Cheltenham Race Course, Gloucestershire, UK June 2022
(Established Commercial Group show)
‘Put Your Feet Up’ Group Exhibition
Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK June 2022
In Collaboration with Assembly House and HPAC
‘The Sun Is Out’ Group Exhibition
Safehouse 1&2, Peckham, London, UK July 2022
Group show of Emerging Conceptual Artists
‘8x12’ Group Exhibition
FLOOR, Seoul, South Korea Sep - Nov 2022
Group Show Contemporary Photography
Online Exhibitions
UG12 Online Group Photography exhibition 2020
TSDAP ‘Printed All Sorts’ Jan 2021
TSDAP x Artsy, New Graduates Online group exhibition July - Sep 2021
Source Graduates Online Exhibition 2021
‘Anthropocene’ Self Publication,
Photographic Book 2019
Bulb Magazine - Front Cover
Article on ‘BOUND64’ Project June 2020
Dwell Time Press
Article on ‘BOUND64’ Project Nov 2020
Quaranzine
Magazine Feature 2020
Artists Responding To - Issue 4
‘Anthropocene’ Project feature Nov 2020
Chromazone Magazine
‘Drip’ Portraits feature Dec 2020
‘Supporting Arts’
Instagram feature of ‘TAKE’ Dec 2020
The Pupil Sphere
Article on ‘An Isolated State’ Nov 2021