Bio
Laura Blight is a photographer, visual artist and educator from Essex, living and working in Cornwall.
Traces left by human activity are recurring themes throughout Laura's work, exploring the tension between the familiar and unknown in domestic environments. Laura adopts a curious and intuitive approach to image making where presence, or rather absence is evidenced.
In September 2024, Laura was selected to give a presentation titled Invisible Worlds: The Interplay of Photography, Death, and Commemoration at the DeathXDesignXCulture conference hosted by the Graphic Design department at Falmouth University.
In August 2022 Laura co-designed and facilitated a ReWilding Creativity Residency with artist/educator Jessie Edwards-Thomas in Glastonbury for creative practitioners. The residency included a series of process-led photographic workshops utilising organic materials and sustainable processes, providing a creative and supportive environment in which artists can immerse themselves.
Laura is a full-time Lecturer at Falmouth University on the BA Commercial Photography course and also teaches on BA Photography. Laura brings 10 years of stills production experience working as a producer.
Forthcoming Exhibitions
Research Lab | Shore, Newlyn Art Gallery, October 2025
Exhibitions
UK Women - British Photography between social criticism and identity IKS Photo Institute (Germany) May - September 2024
Terra, Grays Wharf (Penryn) April 2023
26 Places, Cornwall, The Poly (Falmouth) March 2023
My House is an Island, Arthousehaus (London) October 2020
Home Sweet Home, Institut pour la photographie, (Lille) October - December 2019
Collective Strategies, Lewisham Art House, (London) October 2019
Salon 19 New Approaches to Photography, Fourcorners Gallery (London) October 2019
Beyond the Camera, Pingyao International Photography Festival (China) September 2019
Home Sweet Home, Arles International Photography Festival (Arles) July - September 2019
Interiors PEP (Berlin) August - 2019
Uprooted, Art Hub Studios (London) May 2019
Fire in the Swimming Pool, Pocko Galley (London) - 2019
Surfaces, Loosen Art (Rome) - 2018
Umbra: MA Photography Final Show, University of Arts (London) - 2018
FreeRange, Truman Brewery - (London) 2010
Teaching & Facilitation
Full-time Lecturer, BA Commercial Photography, Falmouth University, 2021 - present
Part-time Lecturer, BA Photography, Falmouth University, 2023-present
Visiting Lecturer at The School of Art, Sunway University, Malaysia, 2023.
Co-Founder & Facilitator - ReWilding Creativity Residency, Glastonbury, 2022
Creative Lead - Springboard Studios, Falmouth University, Cornwall, 2022
Part Time Hourly Lecturer, BA Photography, Norwich University of the Arts, 2021
Visiting Lecturer in BA Photography, University of Gloucestershire, 2020
Workshop Facilitator (Talent Works Programme), University of the Arts London, 2018 - 2019
Publications
Here/Now - A publication with 2nd year Graphic Design students, Falmouth University, 2023
Locating the Self, Welcoming the Other In British and Irish Art, 1990-2020 - chapter 3 'Transitional Objects: Collecting, recollecting, reconnecting' by Valerie Morrison (Peter Lang Publishing) 2022.
EXIT Magazine, #84 House & Home Issue, October 2021
Home Sweet Home (Les Editions Textuel). Accompanying exhibition in Arles and Lille, 2019
Conferences
Presentation at DeathXDesignXCulture September 2024
Awards & Funding
Arts Lab - FEAST selected for the Arts Lab programme, 2023/2024
Early Career Research Network (ECRN) Small grant winner, 2023
Aurora Programme (Advance HE) - A leadership development initiative for women, 2022/2023
London Creative Network (LCN) programme, 2019
Education
A*, PGCert in Creative Education, University for the Creative Arts, 2020 - 2021
Distinction, MA Photography, University of the Arts London, 2017 - 2018
2:1, BA Photography, Middlesex University, 2007-2010