BIO

Alana Lake (b. 1981) in Tamworth, Staffordshire, holds a bachelor’s in photography from Arts University College, Bournemouth (2004), and completed postgraduate studies in Fine Art at the Royal Academy of Arts Schools, London (2009). Based in Berlin for eight years, Lake founded the award winning project space ‘Gravity Seeks Love’, primarily supporting queer and female identifying curators. Currently pursuing a PhD at Manchester School of Art. ‘Towards a Pathology of Desire’, examines addiction through glass, ceramic, and expanded drawing, exploring its biological and psychological dimensions.

AWARDS / FUNDING

DYCP, ACE, 2024-25
Andrew Stuart Artist Award (Sculpture), 2023
Research Scholarship, The Senate Department for Culture and Europe in Berlin, 2022
Studio Funding, Atelierbüro im Kulturwerk des BBK Berlin, 2021-24
NEUSTART KULTUR (DIGITAL), BBK Bundesverband, 2021
Project Space & Initiatives Award, The Senate Department for Culture and Europe in Berlin, 2018
Dunoyer de Segonzac Award, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 2009
Michael Moser Award, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 2008
Hines Photographic Scholarship, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 2008 and 2007

TEACHING

Associate Lecturer
Manchester School of Art, BA (Fine Art), Manchester Metropolitan University, 2022-present

Guest Lecturer
Royal College of Printmaking Arts, Stockholm, 2018
Östra Grevie Folkhögskola, Stockholm, 2015
Portfolio Berlin run by Syracuse University, New York in Berlin, 2014
Sheffield Hallum University, BA Photography Department, 2012
Arts University College at Bournemouth, BA Photography Department, 2007

Teacher of Photography
The College of Richard Collyer, Horsham 2004-2006

A-Level Mentor
Henrietta Barnett School, London 2007-8
Camden School for Girls, London 2007-8

PhD
Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2022-present