Malcolm Leyland

Biographical statement

Malcolm Leyland (born in Whiston, Lancashire, UK) lives and works in London and the southeast of England.

As a London-based professional photographer, Malcolm specialised in still life advertising. He was commissioned by many well-known advertising and design agencies and publications. He built a reputation for an individual and stylised approach to representing visual messaging for many brands throughout the eighties and nineties.

During this period, Malcolm developed an aesthetic and visual signature that stood apart from commercial influences or constraints. He never veered away from the principles of a private statement and a commitment he made to himself when at art school. Fully committed to the medium, he knew that photography had a vast, unexplored and unrealised creativity at that time. He wanted to move the medium of photography toward something new.

Now, having abandoned commercial work entirely, Malcolm is committed solely to developing those early ideas, building on his aesthetic, and experimenting with the medium. Malcolm’s current work is a result of that.

1972 - 75 Warrington college of art, Cheshire, UK.
1975 - 78 Rochester College of Art, Kent, UK. Studying photography.
1980-2001 Advertising photographer based in London.

Silverlock Ward Gallery | Group show | London. | 11 Apr 2025


SOLO SHOW | From The Forest | New Art House Gallery, Guildford | 25Oct -3Nov


The Glasgow Gallery of Photography | Group show | Dec 2023

SOLO 3 Group Show | Shortwave Cafe Bermondsey | Nov 2018

SOLO 2 & Art Junction PopUp exhibition | Aug 2016

Inaugural Open Photographic Exhibition | The Lightbox Woking | Jan 2015

The Other Art Fair | October 2014

Photography Now | Bricklane gallery | August 2014

The Other Art Fair | August 2014