Alexandra Lethbridge

Module Leader & Deputy Course Leader, Visual Communication BA(Hons) (Online)

Contemporary visual artist and educator, Alexandra Lethbridge is Deputy Course Leader for BA(Hons) Visual Communication (Online). Alexandra's creative practice includes the use of found and appropriated imagery, sculpture and installation and has been exhibited internationally, with her work included in collections such as MoMA, New York and ING, Amsterdam. Her practice focuses on a research-informed approach that bridges experimental media and conceptual image-making.

Alexandra is committed to creative pedagogy, academic quality, and student development, with a focus on professional practice. Skilled in assessment design, module leadership, and online delivery.

Alexandra is an Associate Fellow for the Higher Education Academy, and she is a member of the Association for Photographic Education.

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Contact details

Email alexandra.lethbridge@falmouth.ac.uk

    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Year Qualification Awarding body
    2014 Masters, Photography University of Brighton
    2011 One-Year Certificate, General Studies International Center of Photography
    2009 First Class Honours Bachelor of Art, Graphic Arts Specialising; Photography University of Southampton

    Membership of external committees

    Member of APHE

    Research Interests

    Research interests and expertise

    Alexandra's research interests are around experimental photography, installation and curation and photobook design.

    Teaching

    Areas of teaching

    • Design
    • Photography

    Professional Engagement

    Independent professional practice

    Honours & awards

    2023: Finalist, Getxo Photo Festival Selection
    2023: Finalist, PH Museum Photography Grant
    2021: Winner, Spotlight Award, Belfast Photo Festival
    2020: Shortlisted Foam Talent
    2019: Finalist, LensCulture Art Photography Award
    2019: Shortlisted Foam Talent
    2019: Selected Voies Off, Arles
    2018: Selected Singapore Photo Festival
    2018: Winner Voies Off, Arles
    2017: Finalist ING Unseen Talent Award
    2017: Arles Photo Review Awards Special mention
    2017: Winner Flash Forward Magenta Foundation
    2017: Winner FORMAT Festival Affinity Award
    2017: Finalist Grand Prix, Fotofestiwal Lodz
    2016: Shortlisted Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN16
    2016: Winner Dentons Art Prize, The Meteorite Hunter
    2016: Nominated Magnum Photo & PhotoLondon Graduate Photographers Award
    2015: Selected The Anamorphosis Prize
    2015: Winner Moscow International Photo Awards
    2015: Winner Circulations Festival Open Call
    2015: Shortlisted 30 Guernsey International Photography Competition
    2015: Finalist Renaissance Photography Prize
    2015: Selected Fresh Faced & Wild Eyed, The Photographers’ Gallery
    2015: Winner Flash Forward Magenta Foundation, UK
    2015: Nominated Magnum Photo & PhotoLondon Graduate Photographers Award
    2015: Shortlisted Barcelona International Photography Awards
    2015: Shortlisted Athens Photo Festival, Greece
    2015: Winner FORMAT Festival Clifton Cameras Prize
    2014: Shortlisted Aperture Foundation Paris Photo First Photobook Award
    2014: Winner Danny Wilson Memorial Professionals Choice Award, Brighton Photo Fringe

    Exhibitions

    2022: Solo Exhibition: Belfast Photo Festival, Ireland
    2022: PHOTO22, Australia
    2021: Homecoming Gallery, Amsterdam
    2021: ING Discerning Eye, London
    2021: Solo Exhibition: The Eye Sees, Arles, France
    2021: Solo Exhibition: Other Size Gallery, Milan
    2021: Shapeshifters: The Image in Flux, online, Open Doors Gallery
    2021: Bruton Correspondence School, ‘I didn’t lick it’, UK
    2021: Belfast Photo Festival, Ireland
    2021: Phroom- ‘Zapping the Archive’, Ukraine
    2020: Phroom – ‘Zapping the Archive’, Online
    2020: Winchester School of Art 150th anniversary – solo exhibition, UK
    2019: Fly Me To The Moon, Leica Gallery, Milan
    2019: Art Stays Festival, Slovenia
    2019: Solo Exhibition Format Festival, Derby
    2019: 209 Women Commission, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
    2019: Solo Exhibition Brooklyn Media Centre, New York
    2018: 209 Women Commission, Westminster, London
    2018: Singapore Photo Festival
    2018: Emerging Talents Festival, Italy
    2018: Solo Exhibition Copenhagen Photo Festival
    2018: Lumiere Center, Moscow
    2018: Griffin Gallery, London
    2018: A Voice of a Generation, The Quin Hotel, New York
    2017: Unfold Space Festival, London
    2017: Unseen Festival, Amsterdam
    2017: Solo Exhibition Fabrica Inbetween Gallery, Brighton
    2017: Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland
    2016: Red Herrings, Gallery 40, Brighton Photo Fringe
    2016: 6th Annual Zine & Self-Published Photo Book Fair, New York
    2016: Circulations Festival, Paris
    2016: PHOTOUKINDIA, Origins, India.
    2015: Seeing is Believing, Encontros da Imagem, Portugal
    2015: Humble Arts Foundations, Group Show 47: Space Jamz
    2015: Beyond the Camera, Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
    2015: Mt. Figure, Unseen Photo Fair & Festival, Amsterdam
    2015: Fresh Faced +Wild Eyed, The Photographer’s Gallery, London
    2015: Fotografia Europea Festival, Italy
    2015: Kijk:papers, Kessel, Germany
    2015: Photo Book Melbourne Festival, Australia
    2015: IMA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

    Engagement with professional associations and societies

    • Member of Association of Photographic Education
    • Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy