EXHIBITIONS
2025 Exhibitions
2025 - ‘STILL(FFS)’ Musée Aquarium de Nancy / Aquarium Museum, Nancy, France (5 April - 29 June 2025)
2025 - ‘Plastic Sea’ Rencontres Photographiques, Nouvel Observatoire Photographique Grand Est, Nancy, France (25 April - 18 May 2025)
2024 Exhibitions
2024 - Oceans: Beauty and destruction - ‘Reflections on the work of Mandy Barker and the thoughts of Pope Francis’ Talk with Mons. Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontificia Academia per la Vita and Mandy Barker. Sala Renaixentista, Casa de l’Almoina - Pla de la Seu, 4, Barcelona - 9th September 2024, 7 p.m. Reservations - Limited seating capacity.
2024 - ‘Imagine Another Perspective’ Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany (13 July - 08 September 2024)
2024 - ‘Oceans. From Renoir to Microplastics, with works by Mandy Barker’ Cathederal Museum, Museu Diocesà de Barcelona, Spain, INDEFINITE, SOUP, PENALTY, LUNASEA, Beyond Drifting, SHELF-LIFE, STILL (FFS), (20 March – 22 September 2024)
2024 - ‘Confession to the Earth’, Chungmu Arts Center Gallery, South Korea, SOUP, SHOAL, PENALTY, Hong Kong Soup:1826, STILL (FFS) SHELF-LIFE, (18 April - 8 September 2024)
2024 - ‘Action for a Green Future’ STILL (FFS) Imago Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (26 September - 31 October 2024)
2024 - Paranapiacaba Photography Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil (7 – 15 September 2024)
2024 - Harumi Island Triton Square Office Tower X, 2nd floor lounge, Tokyo, Japan - permanent installation - (May 2024)
2024 - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Annual Exhibition, 100 Bishopgate, London (May 2024 - May 2025)
2024 - ‘Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre’ (STILL - ‘Flying Without Wings’) The Natural History Museum, London (24 May 2024 – 5 January 2025)
2024 - Future Fabrics Expo, SOUP & HKS gateway entrance images, Magazine London, Greenwich Peninsula (25 / 26 June 2024)
2024 - ‘Planet or Plastic?’ National Geographic, Royal Djurgården Maritime History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden (until 24 Febuary 2024)
2024 - ‘CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now’ Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (16 March - 30 June 2024)
2024 - ‘Plastic Sea’ Rennes University Mazier campus, Saint Bieuc, Rennes, France (January – April 2024)
2024 - ‘The Stuff of Life/The Life of Stuff’ Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, England (until 14 January 2024)
2023 Exhibitions
2023 - ‘SOUP’ Photo Taizhou, Taizhou Contemporary Art Museum, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China (1 - 15 December)
2023 - ‘Sea of Artifacts’ Oslo Negativ Festival the Old Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Adamstuen, Norway (13 October – 1 November)
2023 - ‘The Stuff of Life/The Life of Stuff’ Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, England (8 September 2023 – 14 January 2024)
2023 - ‘INDEFINITE’ ‘SOUP’ ‘PENALY’ SHELF-LIFE’ Sondrio Festival, Palazzo Pretorio, Sondrio, Italy (16 - 26 November)
2023 - International Understanding Through Photography (IUTP) Award from the Photographic Society of America - presented in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. The Award annually recognises a photographer whose work has had a unique impact on the world by focusing attention or changing perceptions (30 September)
2023 - ‘Plastic Sea’ Rennes 2 University Villejean campus, Rennes, France (4 September – 8 December)
2023 - ‘Plastic SOUP’ Centre for British Photography, London (8 June to 24 September)
2023 - ‘Responding to Light: the diversity of modern photography’ MAKE Southwest, Devon (16 September - 4 November)
2023 - ‘CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now’ Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, London (2 June - 17 September)
2023 - ‘Planet or Plastic?’ National Geographic Musée Mer Marine - Bordeaux, France (until Dec 31, 2023)
2023 - Festival de Cannes, National Geographic & No More Plastic (Official) La Plage Les Enfants Gâtés, Mondrian Hotel, Cannes (16-27 May)
2023 - ‘Pôle Océan’ Photoclimat, Bonneuil-sur-Marnes swimming pool (outdoor), Val-de-Marne, Paris, France (5 June - 30 October)
2023 - PHOTO LONDON Somerset House, London - Roland Belgrave / Booth W14 (11 - 14 May, VIP Preview 10 May)
2023 - Beyer Artist in Residence, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, US (March/April) - Talk 27 March
2023 - 'Intersectional Matter: Waste' Photo/Frome Festival 2023, The Station Gallery, Frome, England (23 June - 8 July)
2023 - ‘Throwaway - the History of a Modern Crisis’ The House of European History, Bruxelles, Belgium (18 February 2023 - 14 January 2024)
2023 - ‘Plastic SOUP’ National Trust, The Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, England (until 16 April 2023) Solo exhibition
2023 - ‘Future is Now’ SHELF-LIFE Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland (25 November 2022 - 31 December 2029)
2023 - ‘Water’ SHELF-LIFE / SOUP The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (October 2023 - October 2033)
2023 - ‘Planet or Plastic?’ National Geographic, Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Germany (12 May - 5 November)
2023 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ Dunfermline Gallery, Fife, Scotland - (25 March - 11 June 2023) Impressions Gallery tour - Solo exhibition
2023 - ‘CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now’ Musei San Domenico, Forlì, Italy - 2 June 2022 - 8 January 2023)
2022 Exhibitions
2022 - ‘Plastic Soup’ Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, England (18 June 2022 - 16 April 2023) Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘SHELF-LIFE’ Te Atamira, Queenstown, New Zealand (5 December 2022 - 23 January 2023) Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ Gallery Oldham, Manchester (10 December 2022 - March 2023) Impressions Gallery tour - Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘SOUP - Festa Del Mare’ PhEST Associazione Culturale, Taranto, Italy (2/3/4/ December)
2022 - ‘PlasticoBis’ École Nationale Supérieure, Le BiS, 52 Bd de la Bastille 75012 Paris (10 November - 11 December)
2022 - Konsum in der Kunst (Consumption & Art), Museum Biberach, Germany (12 November - 16 April 2023)
2022 - Climate Art Fest. STILL (FFS) & SOUP on a historic barge, Port of Hamburg, Germany (8 - 16 October)
2022 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ Inverness Museums & Art Gallery, Scotland - (3 September - 15 October) Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘PENALTY’ Municipal Heritage Museum, Malaga, Spain (15 June - 25 September 2022) Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ The Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Scotland - 6 June - 20 August 2022 Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘Flora Imaginaria’ Museum of Botany / Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida (16 July - 25 September)
2022 - ‘Pôle Océan’ Photoclimat - Ajaccio, Corsica, France (from 20 May - September)
2022 - ‘Follow the Water’ with specially commissioned image ‘DIP Sea KISS’ San Juan, La Union, Philippines - Earth Day April 22 - 30 May
2022 - Festival de fotografia de Paranapiacaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2-4 September)
2022 - ‘Re-Connections: In Kinship with Nature’ United Nations virtual platform for Earth Day un.org. 22 April - 22 June 2022
2022 - ‘A Peninsula of Light’ Sestri Levante Fotografia, Genoa, Italy (from July)
2022 - ‘Ocean Galaxy’ PENALTY series, guest room in Leeds Art Hostel, Leeds, England (permanent installation)
2022 - ‘SHELF-LIFE’ Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand (until 1 May 2022) Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, Teatro Margherita, Bari, Italy (2 December - 13 March 2022)
2022 - ‘Invasion of the Seas’ Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, India (until 12 March 2022) Solo exhibition
2022 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, David Brower Center, Berkeley, California (6 October 2021 - 4 March 2022)
2021 Exhibitions
2021 - ‘Invasion of the Seas’ Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, India (8 December - 12 March 2022) Solo exhibition
2021 - COP26 British Council screening ‘Trapped By Plastic’ a film by First Move Productions showing Barker’s work and process
(31 October - 11 November) Blue Zone, in the Pavilllion
2021 - ‘SHELF-LIFE’ Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand (18 October 2021 - 1 May 2022) Solo show
(Supported by the British Council Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific, and the British High Commission)
2021 - Photoclimat La Seyne sur Mer : Port and Garden, France (November/December 2021)
2021 - The Grand Hotel, Brighton, Cyan Restaurant interior SHELF-LIFE images (permanent installation)
2021 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ The Collection Museum, Lincoln, England (23 October - 18 December) Solo exhibition - Artist Talk 26 November
2021 - Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm, Sweden - projected images on behalf of the British Embassy Stockholm (9th November)
2021 - PHOTO IS:RAEL IPF ‘The Plastic Sea / The Dead Sea’ The Daniel Rowing Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel (17 - 27 November)
2021 - Press Conference - images selected for the British Ambassadors House, British Embassy, Tel-Aviv, Israel (4 November)
2021 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ Dublin’s Dun, Laoghaire Harbour, Dublin, Ireland (13 October - 12 November)
2021 - Photoclimat Place de la Bastille, Paris - SOUP series (18 September – 17 October)
2021 - ‘Broken Nature’ MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) New York, United States (21 November 2020 - 31 August 2021
2021 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow (7 August - 10 October 2021) Solo show
2021 - ‘Sea, Sand & Soil: Plastics in our environment’ Pingyao International Photography Festival, China (19 September - 9 October)
2021 - ‘Oceano Alterado’ Curated by João Kulcsár, SESC Santo André, Brazil (7 October - 6 March 2022)
2021 - Photoclimat IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseilles, France (3 – 11 September)
2021 - ‘Missing Agenda’ Daegu Photo Biennale 21, Daegu Arts Center, Korea ‘CROWN 2.5L’ (9 October - 2 November) Main Program
2021 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic Texas State Aquarium (28 May - 6 September 2021)
2021 - Photoclimat La Seyne sur Mer, Port and Garden, Paris, France (30 October / 09 January 2022)
2021 - ‘Opacity of Water’ LUNASEA, Ci.CLO Bienal de Fotografia do Porto, FBAUP, Portugal (14 May to 1 October) Main Program
2021 - Plàstic Museu de la Pesca de Palamós, Girona, Spain (18 June - September)
2021 - Belfast Photo Festival, Donegall Quay, Belfast, Northern Ireland (3 June - 31 July) Main Program
2021 - National Geographic ‘Planet or Plastic’ Continium Discovery Centre, Kerkrade, Netherlands (2 April 2021 - 31 January 2022)
2021 - ‘Anthropocene - Save Our Planet’ Daegu Beom-Eo Art Street (Beom-Eo Station) South Korea (16 February - 11 April)
2021 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, Nauticus (National Maritime Center) Norfolk, Virginia, United States (30 January - 25 April)
2021 - ‘CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now’ Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe - Mucem, Marseille, France (14 February - 28 June)
2021 - ‘Bye Bye Plastic’ Natural History Museum, London - discussion with Dr Alex Bond & Melati Wijsen (27 January 12.00 - 13.00 GMT)
2021 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, Art Science Museum, Singapore (until - 25 April 2021)
2021 - ‘Anthropocene - Save Our Planet’ Korean Cultural Center, Rue de la Régence 4, Bruxelles, Belgium (booking required - Until April)
2021 - ‘NET - Mandy Barker & CNR Institute of Marine Science’, D3082 Woman Art Venice, Venice (until - 28 February 2021)
2020 Exhibitions
2020 - Art Science Museum, ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, Singapore (12 September - 25 April 2021) Talk as part of ‘Climate Conversations’ Thursday 26 November 5-6pm SGT (10-11am GMT) moderator Amita Kirpalani, curator of the ArtScience Museum
2020 - ‘NET - Mandy Barker & CNR Institute of Marine Science’, D3082 Woman Art Venice, Venice (27 November - 28 February 2021)
2020 - ‘Everywhere: Life in a Littered World’, Plymouth University (online 22 November - 31 January 2021)
2020 - ‘EFFECT - De La Micro La Macro’ Science Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (23 November - 23 December)
2020 - Distinctions Talk Live The Royal Photographic Society - (19 November 19.00 GMT)
2020 - ‘Anthropocene - Save Our Planet’ Photo Brussels Festival PBF (20 November - 23 January 2021)
2020 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ Telli Gallery, 250 Dostyk Avenue, Almaty, Kazakhstan (until June 2021)
2020 - Athens Photo Festival 2020, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (17 September - 15 November) Main Program
2020 - ‘Anthropocene - Save Our Planet’ Busan International Photo Festival, Gecheong Shipyard, Busan, Korea (16 September - 18 October)
2020 - Fotobokfestival Oslo 2020, Oslo, Norway - presentations of Beyond Drifting, Altered Ocean & film (10 - 20 September)
2020 - Winter Garden Photograph Project exhibition, Houston Center of Photography, United States (10 September - 10 January 2021)
2020 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic Museon, The Hague, Netherlands (1 June - 11 April 2021)
2020 - ‘Les Femmes S’Exposent Festival’ Houlgate, France, (7 August - 25 September)
2020 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ virtual exhibition Brighton Museum, Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton, England (25 July - October)
2020 - ‘Beyond Drifting’, Castel Stenico & the Adamello Brenta National Park, Italy (16 July - 1 November) Solo exhibition
2020 - ‘Not In My Planet’ Castel Beseno, Trento, Italy (4 July - 1 November) - Solo exhibition
2020 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ 20:21 Visual Arts, Lincolnshire, England (31 July - 25 October) - Solo exhibition / also view Online Virtual Tour
2020 - ‘50 Artists 50 Photographers’, Fotografiska Open Air Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden (27 April - 10th May)
2020 - Artist in Residence, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, US - 50th Anniversary of Earth Day (postponed due to Covid-19)
2020 - ‘Climate Crisis: Informing a Global Audience’ Photo London, talk & panel discussion 2.30pm 17 May (postponed due to Covid-19)
2020 - ‘Indefinite’ NHS Foundation Trust - Royal United Hospitals Bath (19 March - 29 April)
2020 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic travelling exhibition - Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, Australia (23 November - 1 March)
2020 - ‘Altered Ocean’ Leeds International Festival, UK (30 April - 9 May) Talk 1pm 30 April - Solo exhibition (postponed due to Covid-19)
2020 - ‘Sea of Artifacts’ Fotografiska - Tallinn, Estonia (15 November - 9 February 2020) - Solo exhibition
2020 - 'Ending Ocean Plastic through the Lens of Change' Miami Super Bowl 2020, Miami, Florida United States (31 January & 1 February)
2020 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ Waterside, Sale, Manchester, England (10 January - 07 March) - Solo exhibition
2020 - ‘Contaminazioni’ Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy (February - June) - Solo exhibition
2020 - ‘Not In My Planet’ Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Italy (December 2019 - June 2020) - Solo exhibition
2020 - ‘Herbarios imaginados - Between Science and Art’ Centro de Arte Complutense, Madrid, Spain (16 January - 31 March)
2020 - 'CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now' Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand (4 April - 4 October 2020)
2020 - 'A History of Photography: Daguerreotype to Digital', The Victoria & Albert Museum, London (ongoing - September 2020)
2019 Exhibitions - Solo
2019 - Fotografiska - Tallinn, Estonia, ‘Sea of Artifacts’ (opening 15 November)
2019 - ‘Ocean Obscura’ Kadmos Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (1 November - 31 March 2020)
2019 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ NG, Camera dei Deputati (Italian Parliament) & Complesso di Vicolo Valdina, Rome, Italy (18 October - 14 November)
2019 - Roma Palazzo Montecitorio ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, Rome, Italy (13 October)
2019 - Roma MAXXI ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, Rome, Italy (6th October)
2019 - ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ Impressions Gallery of Photography, Bradford, UK (27 June - 21 September) opening & talk Saturday 13th July
2019 - ‘Sea of Artifacts’ Fotografiska, Stockholm - opening on World Oceans Day 8 June (until 25 August)
2019 - ‘Altered Ocean’ The Royal Photographic Society - first solo exhibition at the new RPS House, Bristol, England (4th April - 23 June) - In conversation with scientist Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Friday 5th April, The RPS House, Bristol
2019 - ‘Sopa De Plastico’ - Avda. da Marina, Sada (19 September - 20 October)
2019 - ‘SOUP’ Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, Foyer Sinopoli, Rome, Italy (8 April onwards)
2019 - Complesso monumentale Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna, Italy (12 April - 22 September)
2019 - 'Not In My Planet', Science Museum Trento - Museo della Scienza (MUSE) Trento, Italy (12 April - 5 June)
2019 Exhibitions - Group
2019 - 'Observe Experiment Archive’ Northern Centre of Photography (NEPN) University of Sunderland, UK (15 November - 2 January 2020)
2019 - Guernsey Photographic Festival 2019, Guernsey, UK (from September - opening talk 16 November)
2019 - Shanghai Centre of Photography, Peer to Peer, China (8 December - 9 February 2020)
2019 - National Geographic Aveiro Exodux Festival Porto, Portugal - speaker 30 November / 1 December)
2019 - Codes of Earth Today Lishui Biannual Photography Exhibition, LSPF, Lishui, China (8 November - 8 December)
2019 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ National Geographic, University of Macerata; Italy (19 November - 10 December)
2019 - ‘Peer to Peer’ LOOK Photo Biennial, St George’s Hall, Liverpool, England (17 October - 22 December)
2019 - Fete de la Science, Château de Voltaire à Fervey, France (13 October 2019 10h - 18h)
2019 - Watson Institute, Brown University, United States - Live discussion with Chris Jordan about plastic pollution - 10th October
2019 - ‘Planet or Plastic’ United Nations Visitor’s Centre, New York, United States (24 May - 24 June)
2019 - 'CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now' National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Australia (13 September - 2 February 2020)
2019 - ‘Single-Use Planet: A call to Action’ IDB Cultural Centre, 1300 New York Avenue, Washington DC (3 October - February 2020)
2019 - National Geographic Festival of Sciences, Rome, Italy - Invention - (8 - 14 April) Festival talk Thursday 11 April
2019 - Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (23 August - 20 October)
2019 - 'Stories on Earthly Survival' Porto Biennale 2019, The Portuguese Centre of Photography, Porto, Portugal (from 15 May)
2019 - 'Football is Art' National Football Museum, Manchester, England (4 April - 27 October)
2019 - 'CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now' UCCA Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (9 March - 19 May)
2019 - XXII Triennale di Milano, 'Broken Nature: Design Takes On Human Survival', Foundazione La Triennale di Milano, Italy (1 March - 1 Sept)
2019 - Museu Vida Rural - Museum of Rural life, Carulla Foundation, Espluga de Francoli, Catalonia, Spain (16 February - 5 January 2020)
2019 - 'Plastic Fantastic' Corn Exchange, Leeds, England - Bettakultcha talk (27 February)
2019 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin (extended until 10 February)
2018 Exhibitions
2018 - Atlantico Festival, Torre Velasca, Milan, talk with National Geographic, Marco Mengoni, & Mandy Barker - Friday 30 November 5pm
2018 - 'A History of Photography: Daguerreotype to Digital', The Victoria & Albert Museum, London (12 October 2018 - September 2020)
2018 - 'Window on the World - 130 Years of National Geographic' Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid, Spain (7 November - 24 February 2019)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Flowers Gallery, New York (1 - 13 November)
2018 - International Science Film Festival, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 'Beyond Drifting' (07 - 11 November)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin (16 November 2018 - 20 January 2019)
2018 - 'CIVILISATION: The Way We Live Now' National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (18 October - 17 February 2019)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Global Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey (18 September - 17 October)
2018 - Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CCFCA) 'Hong Kong Soup:1826' Manchester, England (12 October 2018 - 20 January 2019)
2018 - In conversation with Paul Herman, director of Redeye, Thursday 7 - 8pm, 29 November 2018 at CCFCA Manchester
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - EPFL ArtLab, Lausanne, Switzerland (10 - 30 September)
2018 - BredaPhoto, Breda, The Netherlands (opening week 5-9 September - until October)
2018 - PhEST 'See Beyond the Sea' Palazzo Palmieri Palace, Monopoli, Italy (opening week 6 September - until 4 November)
2018 - Mar De Mares Festival, A Coruna, Spain - A Celebration Dos Oceanos (20 - 23 September)
2018 - Cork Photo - 4th Edition: A Photobook Show, Mardyke Walk, Cork, Ireland (5 September - 17 October)
2018 - Euro Conference, GlobalCapital Sustainable & Responsible Capital Markets Forum, Amsterdam - opening keynote (4 September)
2018 - Naiman International Photography Festival, Inner Mongolia, China (29 August - 4 September)
2018 - Almedalen Week - seminar on behalf of the British Embassy & British Council - Visby, island of Gotland, Sweden (4 July)
2018 - FotoFestiwal, Lodz, Poland - Beyond Drifting: Imperfectly Known Animals / SOUP (21 June - 1 July)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - CAMERA Italian Centre for Photography, Turin, Italy (23 May - 26 August)
2018 - Hamburg Triennial of Photography [ENTER] Deichtorhallen Square, Hamburg, Germany (opening week 7-17 June - until September)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Foundation CAB, Brussels (8 - 30 June)
2018 - Pure Waste, La Beinnale 1.618 curated by COAL, Le Carreau Du Temple, Paris (1.2.3 June)
2018 - Photo London presented by East Wing Gallery, Booth F05 (17-20 May)
2018 - Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie. 10. "Perspectives - Photographic Action Strategies' Darmstadt, Germany (20 - 22 April)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City (2 March - 22 April)
2018 - The Royal Photographic Society, SHOAL, NEC Birmingham (21 - 23 March)
2018 - San Francisco PhotoFair, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, solo presentation by East Wing Gallery (23 - 25 February)
2018 - PLASTIC SEA - opening solo exhibition East Wing Gallery, Design District d3, Dubai (10 December - 10 February)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Mouravieff-Apostol House & Museum, Moscow, Russia (19 January - 18 February)
2018 - Prix Pictet SPACE - House of Economy, Stuttgart, Germany (1-24 February)
2018 - National Geographic Photography Seminar - speaker, Washington DC, United States, 11 January
2017 Exhibitions
2017 - PLASTIC SEA - opening solo exhibition East Wing Gallery, Design District d3, Dubai (10 December - 10 February)\
2017 - Prix Pictet SPACE - Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan (23 November - 7 December)
2017 - SPACE - 'Beyond Drifting' LUMA Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland (22 September - 29 October)
2017 - Steppes Beyond, The Royal Geographical Society, London, guest speaker (30 September - 1 October)
2017 - Gexto Photo 2017, Ereaga Beach and Algorta Metro, Getxo, Bilbao, Spain 'SOUP' (31 August - 1 October)
2017 - Landskrona Foto Festival, Sweden "Studioscape" curated by East Wing 'Beyond Drifting' plus talk, & book signing (8 -17 September)
2017 - San Francisco Museum, San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, C-4, C Plaza, Departures Level 2 (29 August - 5 December)
2017 - Fine Foundation Gallery, Durlston Castle, Dorset Coast, Swanage, England, UK 'SOUP' (11 - 28 August)
2017 - United Nations Headquarters, New York, presented by the German Government Environment Mission (Oceans Conference 5-9 June)
2017 - Prix Pictet Award SPACE The Victoria & Albert Museum, Finalists' Exhibition (5 - 28 May) - touring 12 international venues
including; Zurich, Tokyo, Stuttgart, Moscow, Dublin, San Diego, Houston, Rome & Athens
2017 - f2 Fotofestival Dortmund Germany "What are limits" (22 June - 16 July)
2017 - 'Imperfectly Known Animals' Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork, Ireland 27 May - 2 July (public opening Saturday 27 May- Artist Talk 2pm)
2017 - 'Guardians / PLASTIC: Fossil to Fossil' Noorderlicht Natuurmuseum Fryslan, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands (25 April - 30 June)
2017 - FORMAT Photography Festival HABITAT (24 March - 23 April)
2017 - The Deep, Hull opening exhibition for UK City of Culture 2017, (private view 5 January - public January & February)
2016 Exhibitions
2016 - UNSEEN Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Represented by East Wing Gallery, Dubai (23 - 25 September)
2016 - Fotoistanbul International Photography Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (1 - 30 October)
2016 - Singapore International Photo Festival SIPF 2016 (September - October)
2016 - Noorderlicht 2016 Photofestival ARENA, Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, The Netherlands (22 May - 14 August)
2016 - FotoFest 2016 Biennale, Houston, Texas, USA 'Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet' (12 March - 24 April)
2016 - 'Seen on Earth' Kunst Haus Wein, Vienna. Photographs by Mandy Barker, Eduardo Leal and Simon Norfolk in - collaboration with LensCulture and Foto Leutner (17 March - 30 June)
2016 - IKEA Art Event 2016 - Limited Edition poster event worldwide - 11 Contemporary Photographers (March onwards)
2016 - GYRE - San Jose State University Thompson Gallery, San Jose, California, USA (February 2 - March 25 2016)
2016 - London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London - 'My Life in Art' 20-24 January 2016
2015 - Seeing Connection: Photolucida's Critical Mass Top 50 – GuatePhoto International Photography Festival (12 – 30 November)
2015 - GYRE - USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (2 September – 21 November)
2015 - Syngenta Photography Award Exhibition - Scarcity/Waste, Centro Cultural de Sao Paulo, Brazil (from 24 June)
2015 - GYRE - The David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Atlanta, Georgia (26 January – 19 June)
2015 - WYNG Masters Award Exhibition, Exhibition Hall, Low Block, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong (19 – 29 April)
2015 - Playing with Beauty, The Month of Photography, Redline Gallery, Denver, United States (14 March – 25 April)
2015 - Syngenta Photography Award Exhibition – Scarcity/Waste, Somerset House, London (11 March – 10 April)
2015 - Grays: Explorations of preservation, symbolism and metaphor, Space Gallery, Denver, United States (12 February – 22 March)
2014 - Huangshan Yixian International Photography Exhibition, China (7 -12 November)
2014 - 3rd International Biennial Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Municipal Heritage Museum, Malaga, Spain (18 September - 9 November)
2014 - GYRE - The Anchorage Museum, Alaska (7 February – 6 September 2014)
2014 - OFF Brussels Contemporary Art Fair BE (April 25 – 29)
2014 - Healthy Oceans Productive Ecosystems, European Commission, Brussels (3-4 March)
2013 - The Charles K Kao Auditorium, Science & Technology Park, Hong Kong (21-23 November)
2013 - AAF Hamburg, Germany (13-17 November)
2013 - Salon QP, Schofield Watch Company, Saatchi Gallery, London (7-9 November)
2013 - The Lumen Gallery Selection – Top 100 (September onwards).
2013 - Belfast Photography Festival, Actual Colours May Vary – public projection (June)
2013 - SOUP The Sugar Store Gallery, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (8 April - 16 May)
2013 - RPS Biennial – Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London (27 March – 28 April)
2013 - EU International Marine Debris Conference – Abion Spreebogen Hotel, Berlin
2013 - POS South-East Asia. ‘An Eye for an Ear’, ChinaHouse, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia (28 March-17 April)
2013 - RPS Biennial Exhibition. The Harlequin Gallery, Watford (3-16 February) & touring.
2013 - REALISME 13 Amsterdam (17-20 January)
2012 - Fotofever. Brussels, Belgium (3-7 October)
2012 - ‘An Eye for an Ear’. Galerie Huit, Arles, France (2 July – 23 September)
2012 - Expedition MED. Touring Exhibition in selected Mediterranean ports (2 years)
2012 - Renaissance Photography Prize. Mall Galleries, London (11 – 16 June)
2012 - Rhubarb Rhubarb, The Gathering. Diemar/Noble Photography Gallery, London
2012 - Battersea Art Fair, London. (15 – 18 March)
2012 - Where Creativity Lives. Open-Air Street Gallery, Fitzroy Place, London (February)
2012 - REALISME 12 Amsterdam (18 – 22 January)
2012 - Worldwide Photography Biennial International Exhibition. The Borges Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina (19 January-27 February)
2011 - ESA Come Find Us. Leeds (10.12.11)
2011 - ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. Mall Galleries, The Mall, London (November)
2011 - London Independent Photography. Strand Gallery, London (October)
2011 - Open Up North. Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (October)
2011 - Blurb PBN 2011 Awards – The Aperture Foundation, New York (September)
2011 - Cork Street Open Exhibition. Cork Street Gallery, London (August)
2011 - Fitzrovia Photography Prize Exhibition. Diemar Noble Gallery, London (July)
2011 - Shine Business Conference Centre, Leeds – (April/June)
2010 - Salon. Union 105, Leeds (March/April)
2009 - Fujifilm Awards, Bayeux, London (August/October)
2009 - Penguin Books, Strand, London (Fuji Award, June)
2009 - Armley Mills, Leeds (May/June)
2009 - Red Eric, Leeds (May)
2009 - Shine Business Conference Centre, Leeds (February/November)
2009 - Doppelganger. Dortmund, Germany (February)
2008 - Social Club Salon. East Street Arts, Leeds. (December)
2008 - Direct Studios, London (Fuji Award, July)
2006 - The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne (Summer Exhibition)
2006 - Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (Summer Exhibition)
2005 - The White Wall Gallery, Leeds (July/August)
2001 - The Photographers Gallery, London (Snapshot of Britain, June/July)
2001 - Open Eye, Liverpool (Snapshot of Britain, May/July)
2000 - Libertys, London