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Education
2017 - Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, New College, Nottingham - Distinction
2016 - 2020: BA Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL - First Class Honours
Awards
2017 - The Painters Stainers’ Company Scholarship
2017 - The Richard Ford Award
2017 - The Faculty Scholarship of Excellence Award
2018 - The Hix Award Shortlist
2020 - The Slade Prize
2020 - The Dean's List
2020 - UCL East Provost Art Prize
Group Exhibitions
2017 ‘Bloom,’ The Copeland Gallery, London
2017 ‘Ollio,’ The Crypt Gallery St Pancreas, London
2018 ‘Bridge,’ IZO Art Gallery, Moscow
2018 ‘Plus One,’ APT Gallery, London
2018 ‘The Hix Award,’ Hix Art Gallery
2018 ‘Stars On Canvas,’ Piccadilly
2018 ‘Gift’ APT Gallery, London
2019 Coutts Bank, (Hix Award) London
2020 ‘Drawn Together,’ Unit London, (online)
2020 'Circa' Piccadilly Lights, W1 London
2021 'Slade Summer Show,' London
2022 'The Reality in Whytch you Create,' Studio West, London
2022 'Introducing,' Gallery Rosenfeld, London
2023 ‘The Scalpel, Chaucer Group,’ London
2023 ‘Works on Paper 5,’ Blue Shop Gallery, (online)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 'Catharsis in the Flame,' Studio West, London
Experience
2018 - Completed the Rome Art Programme
2019 - Teaching Assistant for Rome Art Program
Publications
2017 'Off the Wall.'
https://thepilgrm.com/404
2018 ‘The Hix award shortlist.’ https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Lydia-Makin/958D1C0A27E5BC6D
2020 ‘Interview with Isacc Nugent,’ a-n Degree show Guide 2020, Art in an age of uncertainty.'
https://www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows/feature/class-of-2020-lydia-makin/
2022 'Collectible Dry Magazine.'
https://collectibledry.com/art-design/the-reality-in-whytch-you-create-at-studio-west
2022 'The Times, featuring 'Grace.'
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/news-in-pictures-saturday-january-15-2022-sf5js8ctn
2023 'The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in London right now,' FAD Magazine.'
https://fadmagazine.com/2023/01/29/the-top-5-exhibitions-to-see-in-london-right-now-5/
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