{"id":5767,"date":"2021-11-11T05:10:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/staff\/richard-billingham-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:31:29","slug":"richard-billingham","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/profile\/richard-billingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Billingham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard has been with University of Gloucestershire since 2006 and is a critically acclaimed artist, photographer and filmmaker.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was the first in his family to attend university, graduating from Sunderland University, 1994 with a B.A in painting. During this time, he turned to photography and whilst still a student was invited by curator Val Williams to exhibit a photographic triptych of his father in Who\u2019s looking at the Family<\/em>, at the Barbican Art Gallery London – a landmark exhibition and the first in the UK to survey work made by photographers whose inspiration was their own family.<\/p>\n

He received gallery representation by Anthony Reynolds, London and was the first recipient of the City Bank Prize for Photography (now the\u00a0Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation Prize) in 1997. In the same year he <\/strong>exhibited in Sensation at the Royal Academy, London and was nominated for the Turner Prize 2001. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Billingham\u2019s first feature film Ray & Liz<\/em><\/a> was based on his lived experience of growing up in a high rise flat in the West Midlands. It received 18 awards and a further 25 nominations, including a BAFTA for Best Debut Feature Film 2019. It holds 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 81% on Metacritic<\/a> indicating \u2018Universal Acclaim.\u2019 He currently has two further features in development.<\/p>\n

A new, revised publication of Billingham\u2019s early photographic work Ray\u2019s a Laugh<\/em> was published by\u00a0Mack Books<\/a> in 2024. This was accompanied by a Ray\u2019s a Laugh Reader<\/em> edited by Liz Joby that traces the works history and impact.<\/p>\n

Richard\u2019s photography and video work is held in many public collections including MoMA New York, Metropolitan Museum New York, MoMA San Francisco, The UK Government Art Collection, The Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Galleries London.<\/p>\n

Richard received an Honorary Fellowship<\/a> 2025 from the Royal Photographic Society in recognition of a \u2018significant personal achievement in photography.\u2019<\/p>\n

He is represented by the Anthony Wilkinson Gallery London and Casarotto Ramsey and Associates London.<\/p>\n\n\n

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