Jonathan Lei (b. 2001, Guangdong, China) is a photography artist working between the United Kingdom and China. His work focuses on quiet and often overlooked moments in everyday life, using photography as a way to reflect on memory, family, and the shifting sense of identity in a rapidly changing world. Guided by a contemplative and intimate visual approach, he is interested in emotional traces that exist between presence and absence, personal history and collective experience. His photographs have been exhibited internationally in the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, and Montenegro, forming an ongoing exploration of belonging, time, and lived experience.
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Selected Exhibition
2025.12 Soft Architecture, studiohomeawareness, Milan, Italy
2025.11 THE STILL LIFE, Praxis Gallery & Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA
2025.11 Drifting Selves, Downstairs Brixton, London, UK
2025.10 Nothing holds on its own, ANNEX SPACE, London, UK
2025.10 Identity, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography CIC, Glasgow, UK
2025.09 12th Edition ArtGeminiPrize, The Exhibitionist Hotel, London, UK
2025.07 FYS Art Prize, Fox Yard Studio – Art Gallery, Stowmarket, UK
2025.07 STILLNESS – INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, Montenegro
2025.07 LANDSCAPES, A Smith Gallery, Johnson city, USA
2025.07 By the Sea, Carlotta Gallery, UK
2025.06 COLOURS, Carlotta Gallery, UK
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Award
2026.02 Thames Festival Trust’ s Thames Lens 2026, United Kingdom – Runner Up
2025.12 LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2025 – Finalist
Jonathan Lei 