Lydia Blakeley completed her BA (Hons) Fine Art at Leeds College of Art (2013-2016) and then an MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths (2017-2019), she lives and works in North Yorkshire (UK). Solo exhibitions include Niru Ratnam Gallery (London) and Southwark Park Galleries (London).  Group exhibitions include 'Bright Star', Galleria Mattia De Luca (Rome), 'Siren Song', Sixi Musum (Nanjing), 'Present Tense’, Hauser & Wirth (Somerset), 'Stilled Images', Tube (Palma), 'A New Sensation', Galerie Marguo (Paris), ‘Mixing It Up: Painting Today’, Hayward Gallery (London) 'Everyday Heroes', Hayward Gallery/South Bank Centre (London).