Becky Probert is a Photographic Artist creating work exploring the areas of astrophysics and environmental science. She is interested in how lenses and technology such as space probes affect our perceptions of the universe, acting as both a translator and impediment to how we experience the other bodies in our solar system and beyond. Using both analogue and digital techniques, her images are created through a combination of astrophotography and exploration of details within commonplace items through a macro lens, using the camera as a conduit to open up doors to the possibilities of what exists in the vastness of space. Through exploring the science and the wonders of the cosmos on the larger scale we can gain a greater perspective and understanding of our own planet and its fragility, highlighting the true importance of looking after our environment and preserving the Earth for future generations.
She is currently based in Glasgow. 

Residencies

Return of the Light Virtual Residency with Lumen Studios 25th March – 22nd July 2021

Watching the Sun Virtual Residency with Mayes Creative 30th November – 4th December 2020

Ardrossan to Oban Expedition Super/Collider and Sail Britain Sailing Residency 4th – 11th May 2019

Writing Skyscapes Workshop Creative writing workshop with Nottingham Trent University and Creswell Crags 30th – 31st March 2019

Exhibitions

Aesthetica Art Prize 2023 York Art Gallery, York 24th March - 4th June 2023

Seascapes Photography Exhibition The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow July 2022

Shutter Hub Yearbook 2021 Online at shutterhub.org.uk 16th September -16th October 2021

Ways of Seeing: Spotlighting Women and Photography in Scotland Online at shutterhub.org.uk & large scale projection at Glasgow Women’s Library, Glasgow 29th October - 24th December 2020

The Fragile Ocean Lumen Studios & St John on Bethnal Green, London 22nd - 24th November 2019

Landscape Photography Exhibition The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow 1st - 11th October 2019

Time to Think (Shutter Hub group exhibition) Festival Pil’ours, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France 1st July - 30th November 2019 & 24th July - 30th November 2020

Phõs (Hosted by Tyro Collective) The Photo Parlour, Nottingham 30th April - 5th May 2019

Writing Skyscapes Backlit Gallery, Nottingham 3rd - 14th April 2019 Creswell Crags Museum and Heritage Centre, Nottinghamshire 15th - 28th April 2019

Shutter Hub Open Old Truman Brewery, London 4th - 9th October 2018 5&33 Gallery, Amsterdam 7th December 2018 - 21st January 2019

Because We Can! (Shutter Hub group exhibition) Festival Pil’ours, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France 8th July - 31st August 2018

Artificial Things (Shutter Hub group exhibition) Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge, Cambridge 3rd November 2017 - 19th January 2018

Other Worlds MA Fine Art/Photography Graduate Show, Calcutta House, London Metropolitan University, Aldgate 8th - 16th September 2017

MA Interim Show Central House, London Metropolitan University, Aldgate 13th February - 5th March 2017

Awards

Aesthetica Art Prize 2023 Finalist for ‘Invisible Planets’

Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021 Silver in the Science: Other category for ‘Invisible Planets’

Budapest International Foto Awards 2020 Silver in Science: Other and Bronze in Fine Art: Abstract categories for ‘The Silence of the Universe’

Publications

Aesthetica Magazine Issue 112 April/May 2023

Future Now: Aesthetica Art Prize 2023 Anthology March 2023

Seisma Magazine 02: Astrophysics November 2021

Shutter Hub Yearbook 2021 September 2021

Watching the Sun Residency Folio Curated folio of work produced by all participants during the Watching the Sun Virtual Residency, to be housed in the Royal Astronomical Society Library. Published by Mayes Creative May 2021

The Shape of Water Self-published book February 2021

Under Different Skies Self-published book November 2017

Artist Talks

15 Minutes with Aesthetica Art Prize Finalists Future Now Aesthetica Symposium, Yorkshire Museum, York 23rd March 2023

London Independent Photography - Online talk hosted by Jennifer Nash 3rd December 2020

RedEye Hothouse The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester 17th February 2018

Education

MA Photography, London Metropolitan University (2017) BA(hons) Design: Illustration, University of Plymouth (2004) Foundation in Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design (1998)