Linda Chapman

I am an abstract photographic artist and diorama maker whose work explores the colourful, layered narratives hidden within everyday life. Trained in London with a degree in art photography, I began my career as a commercial photographer working across fine art, theatre, music, and fashion. These experiences shaped my visual language, but my artistic practice grew from a more instinctive place—how my mind naturally interprets what I see or hear as vivid, complex stories.
Using only a digital camera and the natural elements around me, I work with light, reflections, and refraction at their most playful and dynamic, without manipulation. The resulting images are layered abstractions drawn from urban environments, inviting viewers to pause, let go of familiar realities, and question what the eye—and the imagination—can truly perceive.
My dioramas extend this vision, becoming miniature worlds shaped from fleeting thoughts: sometimes abstract, sometimes dreamlike, and often quietly humorous.

Westminster College - Photography
Five years working in a top London fine art studio by Royal appointment.
Five years working as photographer in conjunction with top music editors.

2026
Nov. My Red Balloon. Crypt Gallery London
Oct. VAA finalist. Exhibition London
Sept. ArtCan. Artfair Athens.
July. Allan Hall Gallery -Glandford, Norfolk
May. North Norfolk Open Studios -Norfolk

2025
Nov. Manchester Art Fair
Oct. ‘Shadow & Shade’, Bobcat gallery, London
July. VAA Artist of the year, short listed
July. Artcan ‘Vibrancy’ Islington-London
June. Winner Artgemini Prize Photography-London
April. Artcan ‘Stillness’, Islington-London
May. North Norfolk Open Studios, Norfolk, UK
Mar. Espacio Gallery-London
Mar. The Other Art Fair-London
Feb. ‘Existential’, Crypt Gallery-London
Jan. ‘Light & Bright’ Bobcat gallery-London

2024
Oct.The Other Art Fair-London
July. Artcan, ‘Fiesta’ Inky Fingers gallery-London
May. ‘Wunderkammer’ Bobcat Gallery, Shepherds Market-London

2023
Nov. Art Fair East, Norwich-UK
Nov. Manchester Art Fair
Oct. The Other Art Fair-London
Oct. Artcan, ‘Home’  Brixton, London
July. The Other Art Fair-London
June. Week 45 collective,Shepherds Market-London
May. London Lighthouse gallery-London
Mar. The Other Art Fair-London.

2022 November Windsor Art fair
2022 Nov ING Discerning Eye exhibition Mall Galleries, London
2022 The Other Art Fair, London
2022 September Legacy, Crypt Gallery, London
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