Artist Statement
Steven Barritt is an artist and photographer based in London whose work has been shown in The National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers Gallery, The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, as well as selected group shows and solo exhibitions. His work encompasses portraiture, landscape and constructed narrative, exploring recurring themes of human relationships with the environment and relationships with each other.
His work shows a constant questioning of the reality of the photograph as it presents itself on the surface - photography is capable of representing the physical world with such veracity yet it reveals only an interpreted reality. This is exemplified in his constant attraction to man-made or altered landscapes and the manipulation of our environment, the manipulation of a sitter to extract a portrait that both reveals yet obscures meaning, or constructing entire alternate realities and personas exploring the darker reality of the human condition. He works almost exclusively with traditional analogue photographic techniques to produce his work, finding an irony in the perceived purity of meaning of analogue processes that seeming preclude the use of manipulation.
Selected Exhibitions
Sep 2018 |
"Portrait Of Britain" - Book. - Hoxton Mini Press |
Sep 2018 |
"Portrait Of Britain" - Group Show. - Nationwide , Britain |
July 2018 |
"BYOP" - Group Show. - Recontres D'Arles, Arles |
July 2018 |
"Voies Off Awards" - Curated Projection. - Voies Off Festival, Arles |
June 2018 |
"Coincident" - Joint Show. - PremArts, Berlin |
May 2018 |
"New Chic" - Curated Projection. - Riga Photo Month, Riga |
June 2017 |
"Art On A Postcard" - Group Show. - The Printspace, London |
Jan 2017 |
"Myth & Lore" - Group Show. - Styx, London |
Jun 2016 |
"Seeds" - Group Show. - The Vortegern Gallery, Margate |
Apr 2016 |
"Best Portfolio" - Award. - Format Festival, Derby |
Apr 2015 |
"Exposure" - Artist Talk. - The Photographers Gallery, London |
Nov 2013 |
"Of The Afternoon" - Group Show. - The Power Station Gallery, London |
Feb 2013 |
"The Bigger Picture" - Group Show. - The Underground Gallery, London |
Aug 2012 |
"The World In London" - Group Show. - Victoria Park & Park House, London |
Jul 2012 |
"Underground Birthday Show" - Group Show. - The Underground Gallery, London |
Feb 2012 |
"Dust and Scratches" - Group Show. - Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow |
Jan 2012 |
"MDX MA Showcase" - Group Show. - The Underground Gallery, London |
Sep 2011 |
"Human/ Nature" - Solo Show. - Ketchum Pleon - London |
Nov 2010 |
Taylor-Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 - The National Portrait Gallery, London |
May 2010 |
Fresh Faced And Wild Eyed 2010 - The Photographers Gallery, London |
May 2010 |
AOP Student Awards 2010 - Association Of Photographers, London |
Mar 2010 |
Sunday Times Style : Greatest Fashion Show On Earth - Westfield Shopping Centre, London |
Feb 2010 |
On|Off Fashion week - Victoria House, London |
Nov 2009 |
Taylor-Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 - National Portrait Gallery, London |
Aug 2009 |
New Talent Student Showcase - Abbott Mead Vickers, London |
Jul 2009 |
D&AD New Blood, London - Kensington Olympia, London |
Jun 2009 |
RapidEye Interns Show, London - Studio D201, London |
Jun 2009 |
FreeRange, Graduate Show - Old Truman Brewery, London |