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Yoanna

Walden

I am a UK-based photographer (b. 2003) who, employing found objects, diy props, and my own body, stages images exploring themes of confinement, constraint and connection. Rooted in personal experience and shaped by an autodidactic approach, my practice interrogates systems of control and the social construction of madness. I engage with texts concerned with power and institutionalization, extracting words / phrases that inspire me and generate visual impulses which I then turn into photographs. Via my work I seek to create a space in which historical experience, artistic response and contemporary reflection can co-exist.

Disciplines: Photography

Location: Sheffield

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Previous Experience

Education I left formal education at 15, and self-educated subsequently. I am now completing an MA in Creative Practice at Make Happen Institute, and have just completed a 3-month one-to-one mentorship programme with Beyond Studio’s Marisa Bellani. 2026 Group Exhibitions Summer Exhibition, Gallery At Home, Llancayo, Wales OffBeat Art Club, OffBeat Folk Film Club, Staffodshire St Gallery, London, UK Stilleben, Galleria Toinen Silmä, Helsinki, Finland Postcards: Images and Whispers, Women’s Photo Festival, Athens, Greece LOOP, Image Print Centre / The Little Studio, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK Ode To Us, Ode To Them, Galleria Objets, London, UK OPO Open, Old Parcels Office, Scarborough, UK The Shape of Anxiety, Chilli Gallery, London, UK A New Feeling, K:art Studio, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK Plural, Cambridge Photography Gallery, Virtual Gallery Evidence of Existence, Griffin Museum of Photography, Virtual Gallery

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