Felicity Hammond (b. 1988 in Birmingham, UK) is an artist and educator based in South London. She is a senior lecturer on the MA Photography programme at Kingston University. Hammond received an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art in London in 2014 and a PhD in Contemporary Art Research from Kingston University in 2021. Her first institutional solo exhibition Remains in Development took place in 2020/2021 at C / O Berlin and Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp. She has exhibited her work in international group exhibitions since 2012 at museums and galleries including Fotomuseum Winterthur, VOX Centre de l’image Contemporaine Montreal, Higher Pictures New York and Saatchi Gallery London, amongst others. Hammond has worked on a number of high profile public art works, including a 30 metre site-specific work for Photo 2021 Melbourne, Australia and a large scale installation for Colchester and Ipswich Museum, UK. Hammond’s work has received and been nominated for a number of awards, including being the recipient of the Ampersand Photoworks Fellowship (2023) and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize (longlist, 2019). She was awarded the Lumen Art Prize (2018), FOAM Talent (2016), and the British Journal of Photography International Photography Award (single image winner, 2016). Hammond’s first book, Property, was published in 2019 by SPBH Editions.

felicityhammond@me.com

@flisshammond

EDUCATION

PhD (TECHNE funded) Contemporary Art Research, Kingston University, 2021

MA Photography, Royal College of Art 2014

PGCE Life Long Learning, University of Greenwich 2012

BA Fine Art Photography, University of Gloucestershire 2011

CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS/EXHIBITIONS

Public art commission for Hatch Farm in collaboration with CAN, Eastleigh UK - Autumn 2024

Photoworks/Ampersand fellowship: Photoworks Weekender, QUAD Derby, The Photographers’ Gallery London, Stills Edinburgh (2024/2025)

Fondazione MAST, Bologna, 2025

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Deposits, Gallleria Piu, Bologna, IT

2020

Remains in Development, C/O Berlin and Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp, Germany and Belgium

Signals in Reverse, Turf Projects, Croydon, UK

2019

Surface Treatment, site specific installation at Cleveland Pools. Commissioned by The Edge, Bath UK

A Global Sense of Place, Presentation at Unseen and public city commission, Amsterdam, NL

World Capital, Arebyte, London

2018

Arcades, Contact Gallery, Toronto CA

2017

In Defence of Industry, Signal Film and Media, Barrow-in-Furness, UK

To Soften The Massing, The Cass/Window Space - curated by Whitechapel Gallery MA Curating/onepointfiveone, London

Solo presentation at Art Rotterdam, presented by Space In Between, Rotterdam

2016

Public Protection, Private Collection, Space In Between, London

British Journal of Photography International Photography Award with Juno Calypso, TJ Boulting, London

The Language of Living, University of Brighton Edward Street, Commissioned by Photoworks/House, Brighton UK

2014

Restore to Factory Settings - with Ryan Curtis, Vulpes Vulpes, London

COMMISSIONS

2023 | Forecast, Permanent Public Sculpture in collaboration with CAN, Portslade, Hove, UK

2023 | Power Surge, Public commission as part of Landscape Rebels for Colchester and Ipswich Museums, UK

2022 | Setting the Stage: Photography as Object and Prop. Site-specific workshop and installation for Lunigiana Land Art, Italy

2021 | Fault Line, commissioned by Photo Australia and the Metro Tunnel Creative Program for PHOTO 2021

2019 | Surface Treatment, Site-specific Public commission at Cleveland Pools, Bath UK

2017 | Signal Film and Media, site-specific commission, Barrow-In-Furness, UK

2016 | ING commission for permanent collection (part of Unseen Talent Award, Netherlands)

2016 | The Language of Living, performed at Tate Modern, commissioned by Self Publish Be Happy for Offprint, London

2016 | Photoworks and House 2016 commission, Brighton Visual Arts Festival

2014 | Absolut Vodka commission, Saatchi New Sensations

2013 | ‘Flint House' Commission Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire UK

RESIDENCIES

2019 | Artist in residence, Bath University / Andrew Brownsword Gallery, UK

2014 | Black Cube Collective, Cockenzie, Scotland

2013 | Default 13: ‘On Art, Cities, and Regeneration’ Ramdom (Italy) with Gasworks (UK) and Arthub Asia (China) - Lecce, Italy

2013 | Cite des Artes, supported by RCA, Paris

2013 | Artist in Residence, Bow Arts (Heritage Lottery funded) London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Entanglements, Centre for Visual Art, Denver, USA

Co-evolution, E03 Gallery, 798 Beijing, China

2022

Beijing Media Art Biennale, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, CHINA

2021

Garden State, Garage Rotterdam, NL

Midnight Sun by Urban Night Project, Black Tower Projects, London

2019

The Life of Things, VOX Centre de l'image Contemporaine for Momenta Biennale, Montreal CA

2018

Some Kind of Halfway Place, Higher Pictures, New York

Elephant x Griffin Prize, Elephant West, London

ING Unseen Talent, Lumiere Centre for Photography, Moscow

Work In Process, The Photographer's Gallery, London

H x B x T Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany

Rendered Cities, ApexArt, New York - curated by Angl Collective. [Felicity Hammond, Lawrence Lek, Laura Yuile]

2017

POST FAIL, Fotomuseum Winterhur, Switzerland [Adam Basanta, Discipula, Felicity Hammond, Joey Holder, IOCOSE, Michael Mandiberg, Harm van den Dorpel, Jon Rafman]

Combining Materials, Rosenfeld Porcini, London

Geltung [validity] Perception of a natural right, Generator Projects/NEoN Festival, Dundee, UK

Notes On Outrage, Kestle Barton (curated by South Kiosk), Cornwall, UK

Scratching The Surface, Aldama Fabre Gallery, Bilbao, Spain

Object 77b | Laure Genillard, London

FOAM Museum Foam Talent touring show, Beaconsfield Gallery, London

Photo London, Somerset House - work presented by The Photographer’s Gallery, London

AIPAD, presented by The Photographer's Gallery, New York

FOAM Museum Foam Talent touring show, Red Hook Labs, New York

2016

Unseen, presented by South Kiosk, Amsterdam

The Bullet Returns To Where The Shot Was Fired, House of Egorn, Berlin

Identify your limitations, acknowledge the periphery, VITRINE, London

Notes on Outrage, South Kiosk, London

Photo London, Somerset House - work presented by The Photographer’s Gallery, London

2015

UK/RAINE: Emerging Artists from the UK and Ukraine, Saatchi Gallery, London

Right Here, Right Now, Lowry Museum, Manchester

Unseen, presented by South Kiosk, Amsterdam

Catlin Art Prize, Londonewcastle project space, London

Contemporary Visions V, Beers Contemporary, London

2014

Les Recontres Internationales de la Photo de Fes, Morocco

Saatchi New Sensations, Victoria house, London

Sustain RCA, Royal College of Art, London

SHOW RCA, Royal College of Art, London

2013

Splinter, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London

Photo Off Salon, La Bellvilloise, Paris

Open Studios, Cite Internationale des Artes, Paris

Made In Bow, Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts, London

2012

PWP International open call exhibition, .NO Gallery, New York

Tower Hamlets Spring Open, Mile End Art Pavilion, London

Altered Reality, Calumet Photo Gallery, New York

AOP Awards, AOP Gallery, London

AWARDS

2023 | Ampersand Photoworks Fellowship, winner

2021 | a-n Artist Bursary: Time, Space, Money

2021 | Developing Your Creative Practice Grant, Arts Council England

2019 | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, longlist

2018 | Lumen Art Prize, Rapoport award for women, winner

2018 | Elephant x Griffin Art Prize, shortlisted

2017 | FOAM Paul Huf Award, nominated

2016 | TECHNE AHRC funding, Kingston University

2016 | Jerwood/Photoworks Award Shortlist, final 10

2016 | FOAM Talent selected

2016 | ING Unseen Talent Award finalist

2016 | British Journal of Photography International Photography Award, single image winner

2016 | Sky Arts Academy Scholarship, shortlist

2015 | Catlin Art prize, shortlisted

2015 | Magnum and Photo London Inaugural Photographer award, nominated

2014 | Saatchi New Sensations finalist

2014 | Metro Imaging printing award

2014 | ReGeneration 3: New perspectives on photography, shortlisted

2014 | StudioRCA, London, selected by Brian Catling

2014 | SustainRCA, nominated

TALKS / EDUCATION WORK

Lecturing Positions at:

UAL Camberwell College of Art, UAL LCC, Southampton Solent University, ECAL (CH), London Southbank University, University for the Creative Arts Rochester

Selected Visiting Lectures, Workshops and Artist talks at:

Royal Academy Schools, Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths University, UAL Central St Martins, University of Gloucestershire, UCA Farnham, University of Brighton, Newcastle University, UAL Camberwell College of Art, ECAL (CH), Swansea University, Southampton Solent, Photography Studies College Melbourne, University of Lucerne (CH)

Selected Artist talks and In-conversation events:

Feminist Futures - Panel with Sara Knelman for Aperture, 2021

Property, Book Launch. In conversation with Emma Lewis, Tate Modern, 2019

Power City Montage - In conversation with David Campany and Jules Spinatsch, Grand Palais, Paris Photo, Paris, 2019

In-conversation, Tate Modern - 'Tell Them I Said No' during Offprint for Self Publish Be Happy, 2017

Recylart, Artist talk, Brussels, 2017

In-conversation with Emma Lewis (Tate Modern), Free Range show, London, 2015

Museum, Gallery and Schools education:

Schools and inter-generational workshops led at Whitechapel Gallery, National Maritime Museum, Leighton House, Pitzhanger Manor, and various schools and colleges across the UK.

SELECTED FEATURES / PUBLICATIONS

Photography: A Feminist History, Emma Lewis, Tate/Octopus publishing

Photography Now: Fifty Pioneers Defining Photography for the Twenty-First Century, Charlotte Jansen, Tate/Octopus publishing

Aperture, 241 Winter 2020 (print)

British Journal of Photography - feature (print) June 2019

Artist book Property - published by SPBH Editions, May 2019

Time Out review of World Capital, May 2019 (print and online)

Feature in Elephant Magazine, May 2019

Photograph Magazine, 2018 (print)

Foam magazine, 2018 (print) 2018

British Journal of Photography, May 2017

Sleek Magazine, 2017 (print and online)