Artist Statement
My personal works are visual narratives, gathered over extended periods of time. My approach is influenced greatly by my deep interest in social, political and environmental concerns, with a particular focus on exploring the issues of migration and borders.
1983 Born in West Cumbria, England
2006 Graduated in documentary photography from the University of Wales, Newport
Awards
Awarded 2012 Imaginaid Award, Switzerland
Nominated for 2011 and 2012 Hyères Photo Festival Award, France
Awarded 2010-2011 Fabrica Scholarship, Treviso, Italy
Awarded 2010 Magenta Flash Forward Honourable mention, UK
Awarded 2008 Gareth Jones Memorial Travelling Scholarship, UK?
Awarded 2008 Made in China Award at Fotofestiwal ?ód?, Poland
Nominated for 2007/2008 GD4ART Photographic Award, Italy
Awarded 2006 Observer David Hodge Award (Student Prize), UK?
Awarded 2006 Reginald Salisbury Award (University of Wales), UK
Solo Shows
Qi Lihe, Galerie Premarts, Berlin, Germany, 2012
Group Shows
Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, UK, 2012
Organ Vida Photography Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2012
Photon Festival, Valencia, Spain, 2012
100 years of photography at Newport, Wall Gallery, Newport, Wales, UK, 2012
FotoNoviembre, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain, 2011
GD4PhotoArt Award, Palazzo Pepoli Campo Grande, Bologna, Italy, 2008
Observer Hodge Award, Observer & Guardian Newsroom, London, UK, 2006?
Ian Parry Scholarship, The Getty Images Gallery, London, UK, 2006
Newport Degree Show, Herd Gallery, Newport, Wales, UK, 2006?
Base Camp 2, Kunst Meran/o Arte, Merano, South Tyrol, Italy, 2006?
Valdarno una visione in movimento - Cantieri culturali La Ginestra,?Montevarchi, Tuscany, Italy, 2006
Lectures
Universita Della Svizzera Italiana, Academy of Architecture, November 2012
Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Journalism, February 2010
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