Victoria Smith Photography
Maistor House
High Street, Hull, UK
Enquiries/Bookings: victoriasmith268@outlook.com
Victoria Smith Photography
Maistor House
High Street, Hull, UK
Enquiries/Bookings: victoriasmith268@outlook.com
Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
November 2024
Abstracted - Metaspace Gallery, Merseyside, UK
November 2024
Selected music focused works - Commun’ull, Hull, UK
October 2024
The Westwood Cows - Unthinkable Film Festival, Hull, UK
October 2024
Dust from the Darkroom - Cista Arts, London, UK
August 2024
Dust from the Darkroom - Everyday Life, Collect Artwork, Georgia
April 2023
Red Light - The Story of Photography in the Fire Service
Fireground, Rochdale, UK
December 2019
Dust - Intermission Exhibition, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, UK.
November 2019
Social Structures - Walls & Beyond Exhibition, Cinema Oasis, Bangkok, Thailand.
September 2019
Coastal Visions - IASDR Design Revolutions with Kirsteen Aubrey, Manchester School of Art, UK.
June 2019
The Fall of the Family Album - Saturation Exhibition, Crusader Mills, Manchester, UK.
May 2019
Self Portrait - Too Tired Slideshow Exhibition, Vermont, US.
May 2018
Portals - UNIT X Collaborative screening, NEO SPACE, Manchester, UK.
July 2017
End of Year Show, Hull College, Hull, UK.
Online Exhibitions
Starvin’ Artists, NIAMOS Radical Arts Centre, Manchester, UK.
https://niamos.co.uk/victoria-smith
In Progress, Manchester School of Art, UK.
https://inprogress.mmu.ac.uk/courses/photography/profile/?id=victoria-smith
Everyday Life
https://www.collectartwork.org/post/everyday-life
Curatorial
April 2025
Hull City on Film, Hoi, UK
February 2025
From Ukraine to UK, Hoi, UK
February 2020
Cherish - Link Gallery, Manchester School of Art, UK.
Artist Talks
October 2021
Twenty Twenty One - Publication Launch
A panel discussion between four recent graduates of BA(Hons) Photography and Curator Thomas Dukes at the launch of publication ‘Twenty Twenty
One’.
April 2023
The Role of Photography in the Fire Service
An overview of my artist residency at Fireground, Rochdale.Residency
January - April 2023
12 week artist residency at Fireground Rochdale, exploring the role of photography in the fire service.
October - November 2019
EUNIC Photographic Residency in Bangkok, Thailand. A collaborative workshop and cultural exchange project between 8 European and 8 Thai
students, led by photographers Manit Sriwanichpoom and Gabriel Camelin. Working in a collaborative partnership with Fah-on Mongkolrat, Victoria
Smith spent two weeks making work in response to the theme ‘Walls & Beyond’ - exhibited at Cinema Oasis, Bangkok, November 2019.
Employment History
HOi - Content Creator (2025-)
XWZ Media - Product Videographer (2024-2025)
Visual Love Story - Wedding Photographer, Second Shooter (2024-)
Museum Development Yorkshire - Intern (2021-2023)
Don’t Tell Titus - Head of Marketing (2021-2022)
Junior Jam - Media Instructor (2021)
Curious Minds - Photographer (2021)
Museum Development North West - Photographer and Book Design (2020)
British Haiku Society - Photographer and Book Design (2021-2022)
Bespoken - Digital Marketer & Project Manager (2020-2021)
Volunteer History
Parklife Festival | Promotions Team Member
CottonOnMCR | Gallery Installation Photographer
Manchester Animation Festival | Digital Media Team Member
Bankley Gallery | Assistant Curator of ‘Intermission’
Manchester Metropolitan University | Student Representative
Link Gallery | Co-Curator & Project Manager of ‘Cherish’
Impressions Gallery | Exhibition Assistant Volunteer & New Focus Member
Collected Virtual Dialogues | Resource Provider & Content Writer
Saltaire Collection | Digital Development Officer (including education, collections management and website development)
York Museums Trust | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion group
Education
2017-2020 Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (Hons) Photography (1st Class Honours)
2015-2017 Hull College of Art & Design - Photography Level 3 Extended BTEC (Triple Distinction*)
Internships
Intern - Museum Development Yorkshire
Museum and Art Gallery Photographer -
Museum Development North West & Curious Minds
The London Road Project -
Manchester Metropolitan University
Current
Interchange Artist 2024-25- Humber Street Gallery