Sophie Lee Lecturer, Photography

I am an artist working predominantly with photography, video, and creative writing.

I am interested in uncovering the stories we tell about care, gendered time, and familial relationships through participatory and collaborative methods. Presenting work through public performance, screening, and exhibition.

Exhibitions & performances include Paper Geographies, group exhibition, Atelier Alonso, Arles, France (2022), Always Something Moves, solo show, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, UK (2020), A Built Moment, Performance, Manchester Central Library, UK

(2020), Make Place, solo show, ArtWork Atelier, Salford, UK (2017),

Conversations Series I, BALTIC Gateshead, UK, (2016). Did you see them? SIM House, Reykjavik, Iceland (2015)

Contact

sophie.lee@mmu.ac.uk

www.sophie-lee.com

Office

Lowry

Research

Exhibitions

Suleman, B., 2025. British Academy Exhibition of Research - North West and North Wales Launch, University of Lancaster - LICA Building, 6/2/2025 - 6/2/2025.

Akers, C., Lee, S., Watson, Z., Hemmersbach, L., Blaszkzok, S., Steeper, L., 2025. LULL at The Birley, The Birley Project Space, Preston, North Lancs, 26/4/2025 - 10/5/2025.

Akers, C., Lee, S., Blaszczok, S., Steeper, L., Hemmersbach, L., 2024. LULL Exhibition, Paradise Works, 16/11/2024 - 24/11/2024.

Palmerini, P., 2023. Freedom, desire, community, Modal, School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, 23/5/2023 - 26/5/2023.

Page, R., Fox, S., Preston, Y.W., Lee, S., Bonnell, S., Parry, G., Skorska, E., Howe, S., Robinshaw, J., Jones, A., Waltering, S., 2022. Paper Geographies - A collective exhibition of staff and students photographs from MMU/SODA, Artelier Alonso, Arles France, 4/7/2022 - 11/7/2022.

Lee, S., Devereux, M., 2020. Always Something Moves, Solo Exhibition, Bankley Gallery, 11/2/2020 - 9/3/2020.

Lee, S., 2017. Make Place, Solo Exhibition, Artwork Atelier, Salford, UK, 30/3/2017 - 9/4/2017.

Sutton, A., Robertson, R., Lindezey, H., 2016. OutsiderXchanges Exhibition, BALTIC Gateshead, 1/10/2016 - 30/10/2016.

Performances

Lee, S., 2020. 'A Built Moment', Manchester Central Library, 5/2/2020.

Conference Papers

Lee, S., 2025. 'Finding our place in the world; Memory, architecture and the fragment', Literary Architecture, 1500-Present, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 27/3/2025 - 28/3/2025.