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Victoria Smith is a photographic artist based in the North of England 




Education
Manchester Metropolitan University
MA Photography
2025-present

Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography (1st class)
2017-20

Hull College of Art & Design
Photography Level 3 Extended BTEC (Triple Distinction*)
2015-17



Exhibitions
Dark Peak Photo Festival
Glossop
February 2026

The Darkroom Exhibition
HOi, Hull, UK
February 2026


What Have We Seen?
BREW, Hull, UK
December 2025


Affinity without Finality
Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK
November 2025


Big Picture Show
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, UK
November 2025


A City of Music
HOi, Hull, UK
July 2025


Abstracted
Metaspace Gallery, Merseyside, UK
November 2024


Unthinkable Film Festival
Polar Bear, Hull, UK
October 2024


Time: The Passage of Time & Cycles of Life
Cista Arts, London, UK
October 2024


Everyday Life, 
Collect Artwork, Georgia, GE
August 2024


The Story of Photography in the Fire Service
Fireground, Rochdale, UK
April 2023


Intermission Exhibition
Bankley Gallery, Manchester, UK
December 2019


Walls & Beyond
Cinema Oasis, Thailand, TH
November 2019


IASDR Design Revolutions with Kirsteen Aubrey
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
September 2019


Saturation Exhibition
Crusader Mills, Manchester, UK
June 2019


Too Tired
Vermont Centre of Photography, Vermont, US
May 2019


UNIT X Screening
NEO SPACE, Manchester, UK
May 2018


End of Year Show
Hull College, Hull, UK
July 2017




Curatorial
The Darkroom Exhibition
HOi, UK
February 2025

A CITY OF MUSIC #2
CIME, UK
September 2025

Inspired in Prague
HOi, UK
July 2025

A CITY OF MUSIC
HOi, UK
June 2025

Hull City on Film
HOi, UK
April 2025

From Ukraine to UK
HOi, UK
February 2025

Cherish
Link Gallery, 
Manchester Metropolitan University,  UK
February 2020



Artist Residencies
Interchange Artist Development Programme
Humber Street Gallery
2024-25

The Story of Photography in the Fire Service
Residency at Fireground Museum, Rochdale
2023

EUNIC Photographic Residency selected by the British Council
Silpakorn University International College, Bangkok, Thailand
2020

The London Road Research and Education Internship
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
2020



Awards
Community Cohesion Award
Hull City Council
2025

THUD Enterprise Award Winner 
Hull City Council
2025

Touchstones Award for Distinguished Book Design
British Haiku Society
2022

Castlefield Gallery  Associate Award
Castlefield Gallery
2020

High Achiever Award
Hull College of Art & Design 
2017





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