Matthew Lea

Matthew has over 20 years teaching experience in UK higher education and a proven track record in designing content, validating courses and managing curriculum across all levels of undergraduate and postgraduate provision. He taught at the University of Greenwich, the Bishopsgate Institute and the University of West London before joining Southampton Solent University in September 2016.

Matthew's interests include participatory photography and how it can help improve the lives people living with young-onset and early stage dementia.

Exhibitions:

• Inside; PM Gallery and House, London. 2013
• Contre-nuit Contre-jour; The Waterman’s Arts Centre, London. 2005
• Images from New York; The Bull and Last, Highgate, London. 2002
• The Spaces in Between; Residency showcase, Exhibition Centre, Brussels. 2000
  • The People of Ealing; The Millennium Dome, London. 2000
  • De Bottelerij; Permanent show at the Flemish National Theatre, Brussels. 1999
  • Images from India: The Mason’s Arms, Battersea, London. 1999, Festival of Indian Food and Culture, Aberystwyth (Welsh Arts Council Project). 1999. IDG: The Houses of Parliament, London. 1998 Zoom Photography Gallery, Brussels. 1998

Conferences:

• Practice as Research, Panel Chair; ESADM Symposium, UWL. May 2014.
• Audiences, Mediation and Materials, Panel Chair; ESADM Symposium,UWL. May 2015.

• “Xposed”; Participatory Photography Project; The Cassel Hospital, Therapeutic Community working with young people with personality disorders. Exhibition; The Waterman’s Arts Centre, July 2011.
• “Inside Out”; Participatory Photography Project; The Cassel Hospital, Therapeutic Community working with young people with personality disorders. Exhibition; The Waterman’s Arts Centre, July 2010.
• “The Way We See It”; Participatory Photography Project, Fairbridge/Photovoice August 2009, Exhibition at The Tate Modern, November 2009.
• “Differing Perceptions”; Participatory Photography Project; The Cassel Hospital, Therapeutic Community working with young people with personality disorders. Exhibition; The Waterman’s Arts Centre, July 2009.
• “UR in the Picture”;Participatory Photography Project, United Response/Photovoice. Adults with personality disorders, Littlehampton. Publication and Exhibition at The Bankside Galley, London July 2009.
• “Missing Reflections”; Participatory Photography Project; The Cassel Hospital, Therapeutic Community working with young people with personality disorders. Publication and exhibition; The Waterman’s Arts Centre, July 2008. Tavistock Institute May 2009.
• “Nothing Special”; Participatory Photography Project Inclusion from the outside; Disabled Young People YP-in/KIDS and Photovoice. Publication and Exhibition at the Novas Centre, London 2007.
• “Unheard Voices, Hidden Lives”; Participatory Photography Project, Hyderabad, India International Aids/HIV Alliance. Publication and touring exhibition, Brighton Library and The Commonwealth Institute. November 2006.