Contact: hollybirtles@hotmail.co.uk

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

The Slade School of Fine Art
(September 2009 – Currently Studying)  MFA Fine Art

The University of Westminster
(September 2005 – July 2008) BA Hons Photographic Arts: First Class Honours

South East Essex College
(September 2003 – June 2005) - BTEC National Diploma Photography: Triple Distinction Award

Upcoming Exhibitions:Galerie Ute Parduhn, Artist Books Kaiserswerther Markt 6a
,40489 Düsseldorf, (5th February – 15th March)

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

The Visual Arts Centre, Cheltenham (January 15th 2010)
The Browns, Coventry (24th – 27th September 2009) A Thing about Machines festival
The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, Atlantis (T1) (19th -23rd June, 2008) The University of Westminster Photography Degree Show
P3 Gallery, Marylebone Road, London (2nd – 14th June, 2008) The University of Westminster Photography Degree Show
Gallery West, Harrow, Middlesex (May 22nd-29th 2008) Pin-Yin
A group show, re-contextualising a photographic collaboration with photographers from The Nanjing Normal University – 6 months on.
The Foundry, Shoreditch, London (2nd April) Terra Incognita
A group exhibition based around the often uncontrollable responses of an unfamiliar and ‘unknown land’.
Nanjing Normal University Gallery, Nanjing, China (November 2007) Same Light: Different View
A collaborative project based in the city of Nanjing. The project explored the themes of: city, home, face and memory; the exhibition showcased both collaborative and individual projects, constructed over the time we worked together.
The Nolias Gallery, Islington, London (May 2007) When the Sky Turns Purple
A group show featuring the work of five artists, exploring the notion of photographic practice, in terms of perception and reality.
The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London (June 2004) I am  
A large group show, combining commercial and fine art photography – demonstrating the diversity of photographic

Publications: Creative Review, September Issue, 2008