education
BA (Hons) Photography, First Class Honours | Arts University Bournemouth, UK | 2016-2019
exhibitions
that from a long way off look the flies - London- 2019
WIP Fabricate/Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe- Bournemouth- 2019
BA Photography Summer Graduation show- Bournemouth- 2019
Source Graduate Photography - Online -2019
Fabricate at Free Range- BA Photography degree show- London- 2019
Free Range’s selected artists’ work - London- 2019
Suddenly Last Summer -Bournemouth- 2019
ISSUE .07 directory- online- 2020
Retail Therapy (solo show) - London - 2021
Cluster Photography & Print Fair - London - 2022
adidas x Creative Debuts - London - 2022
publications
November 2020 | Common Era
Published by ADM Publishing, in collaboration with ISSUE .07 photographic agency
210mm x 210mm, 40 pages, perfect bound
170 gsm
Edition of 100
January 2021 | Common Era: Artist Edition
Self-published
Print by Newspaper Club, Glasgow, UK
170mm x 250mm, 40 pages with two paper inserts, staple bound
55gsm
Edition of 60
press
‘A plait, a pear and a piano – new photography talent’ | The Guardian (online) 2019
'Lucy Shortman- Common Era' Hannah Geddes for Splash & Grab- 2021
https://www.splashandgrab.co.uk/features/lucy-shortman
'Lucy Shortman-Common Era' Sam Cashmore for Vessel Editions- 2021
https://www.vesseleditions.com/home/lucy-shortman-common-era
'Lucy Shortman: Common Era' The Team for The Pupil Sphere- 2021
https://www.pupilsphere.co.uk/home/lucy-shortman
'Getting To Know: Lucy Shortman' Valeria and Daniel for Cluster London- 2021
'Lucy Shortman: Retail Therapy' The Team for The Pupil Sphere- 2021
https://www.pupilsphere.co.uk/home/lucy-shortman-1
awards + residencies
Selected Winner, Cluster Photography & Print Fair Residency Award- March 2021
clients
14 Bedford Square
experience
Day Assistant, Exhibition preparation- Natasha Caruana- London-2019
Volunteer, Invigilation and Exhibition Installation-Eastside Projects- Digbeth- 2019-2020
Studio Assistant, Cre8 Studio - Simone Lezzi - 2021
Day Assistant, MixMag cover shoot - Dan Medhurst - London - 2021
social media takeovers
Photograd, June 2020
Splash & Grab, December 2020
Splash & Grab, November 2021