I am available for commissions in North England. For enquiries please use the contact form.

ABOUT

I am a photographer and educator currently living and working in North England. My practice uses methods of documentary, portraiture and performance through still and moving image. I am the winner of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Prize 2022 and was shortlisted for BJP Portrait of Britain 2023. My work has been exhibited at Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography and at the Open Eye Gallery as part of the Collective Matters exhibition. I have held a number of residencies, including at Outlandia in Scotland. I have extensive experience in community engagement and arts education. I was Arts Outreach Coordinator at Locws International and currently work at the University of Salford.


Art In Liverpool Review: I became a mother

The Mill Article: How do you persuade ordinary Mancunians to let you photograph them in their houses? Their cats

Culture Warrington press release for I became a mother

Lāsma Poiša interview for Open Eye Gallery

Lāsma Poiša on Redeye 

Lāsma Poiša in Outlandia



Education:  

2018-2020 MA Socially Engaged Photography Practice with a Community Experience University of Salford

2008-2012 BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts Swansea Metropolitan University

 

 Exhibitions:

2024 Returnings solo exhibition - Imaginary Wines, Todmorden

2024 Salford Open group exhibition - Salford Museum, Salford

2024 I became a mother solo exhibition - Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington

2023 FILM group exhibition - Format International Photography Festival, LCB Depot, Leicester

2023 Mother Earth event exhibition - HOME, Manchester

2023 Artist/Parent group exhibition - Air Gallery, Manchester

2022 Warrington Open group exhibition - Warrington Museum and Art Gallery

2021 Collective Matters group exhibition - Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

2020 MA Socially Engaged Photography Graduate Show - New Adelphi, Manchester

2019 Disclosures Up North group exhibition - PS Mirabel Gallery, Manchester

2016 Process group exhibition - Bankley Gallery, Manchester

2016 Helpful Change group exhibition - Havas Lynx, Manchester

2015 Volunteer group exhibition - Venture Arts, Manchester

2013 Apophany Artists in Residence exhibition - Dynevor Centre of Art and Design, Swansea

2013 From Common Differences group exhibition - Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography, St David's Hall, Cardiff          

2012 Final Degree exhibition - The Old Truman Brewery, London

2011 The Fall group exhibition - Dynevor Centre of Art and Design, Swansea

 

Commissions:

2023 Bolton At Home Portrait Commission, Blackley, Manchester

2023 Mothers Who Make Commission, HOME, Manchester

2020 Portrait Photography Commission, Touchstones, Rochdale



Publications:

2023 Portrait of Britain Volume 6 (Bluecoat Press)

2023 Eye Mama: Poetic Truths on Home and Motherhood (teNeues)

2016 Nido Magazine (Germany)

2013 From Common Differences (Swansea Metropolitan University)