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Harry Lawson

Harry Lawson (b. 1994) is an artist from Sunderland, UK.

He has made experimental moving image work across exhibition, installation and online formats since 2017. His work has been exhibited internationally, with recent shows at Chemist Gallery (London), Zumzeig (Barcelona) and Floating (Berlin).

He has been commissioned and supported by British Film Institute, Arts Council England, Wellcome Trust, Jupiter Woods, Block9 and The FA, amongst others.

His work has been shown on BBCOne, and featured in publications such as The Guardian, Huck, Plaster, Crack, Resident Advisor, Mixmag, Mundial, Copa90 and Hypebeast. His 2020 film, Meat Rack, was selected in The Observer’s Guide to Summer Culture.

In 2023, he exhibited Millwall On The Screen, a three-screen film about football and its role in the South East Bermondsey community- first as a site-specific installation at Wheel Shunters Social Club then as a solo show at Chemist Gallery in Lewisham. It ‘asked viewers to consider their own prejudices’ (The Guardian) and was described as ‘striking and unexpected’ (Huck Magazine).

Harry is currently developing Stepney Western, a participatory arts project centred on a film made in collaboration with a group of young inner city horse riders from Newcastle.

He continues to work as Director of Film and Photography at Identifying The Displaced (an interdisciplinary research project investigating the value of personal effects in the migration context)

Harry holds a BA in English Literature from King’s College London and a MA in Ethnographic Documentary Film from UCL.

Filmography

Stepney Western (2025), Millwall On The Screen (2023), Identifying The Displaced (2022), Meat Rack (2020), Ochre (2019)

Thursday 27 March, 12:00

A film, installation, and exhibition by artist and filmmaker Harry Lawson, created in collaboration with young inner-city horse riders from Stepney Bank Stables in Newcastle. Reimagining Byker as the Wild West, the project blurs the line between fact and fiction, weaving together recontextualised iPhone footage shot by the riders, archival material from the North East Film Archive, and Lawson’s own cinematography.

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Run Time

40 mins

Year

2025
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Saturday 29 March, 10:00

Two participatory art projects from the North East where young people were asked to consider their perception of, and experiences in, local communities in Wooler, Northumberland and Byker, Newcastle. The young artists worked with a filmmaker to explore the rich archives of their local areas, uncovering histories and thinking about their identities in relation to notions of place.

Run Time

69 mins
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