OLIVER TOOKE

Oliver Tooke is a non-fiction photographer. 

He takes a very long time to work on projects.

Currently working on a nine year series of projects set Europe, Middle East and North Africa, stemming from his teenage years growing up during the Iraq War and War On Terror, which significantly shaped his world view.

He did his MA Photography at the University of the West of England (2021), and his BA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the University of Gloucestershire (2014). 

Day to day he works doing deliveries on his bike. Hand made prints available on request.


Based in Bristol, UK

info@olivertooke.co.uk

IG - @olivertooke


Education

2019-2021 - University of the West of England - MA Photography

2011-2014 - University of Gloucestershire - BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography


Books

2022 - Remix - Self Published

2021 - Arabia Opus - Self Published

2021 - Cohort 2020-21 - Collectively Self Published by 15 photographers - Cohort


Exhibitions

2022 - UWE Graduate Exhibition - Truman Brewery, London, UK

2022 - UWE Graduate Exhibition - Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

2021 - Nexus - Graduate Open Call Exhibition - 46 Space [Online Exhibition]

2019 - Vantage Point Sharjah 7, Sharjah Arts Foundation, UAE

2019 - East Meets West, Format Photo Festival Digital showcase, Derby, UK

2019 - East Meets West, Derby Photo Fringe, Derby, UK

2018 - Journeys, Keighley Creative Space, Keighley, UK

2017 - Lodz Foto Festival, Grand Prix Finalist, Lodz, Poland

2016 - Encontros da Imagem, Photobook Market, Portugal

2015 - Bar Tur Photobook Award projection, Photographers Gallery, London

2015 - AOP Awards Final, Old Truman Brewery, London

2015 - Photon Festival, Photo Collective projection event, Valencia, Spain

2015 - Foto39, Bath Arts Festival, UK

2014 - Foto39, Bristol, UK

2014 - Magnum/Ideastap Photographic Award, Old Truman Brewery, London

2014 - University of Gloucestershire Degree Show, Cheltenham, UK

2014 - Retina Photos Exhibition One, Centrespace, Bristol, UK

2013 - Landscape exhibition, University of Gloucestershire, UK


Awards/Recognition

2021 - BarTur Photo Award - 2021 Student Application: Unity in Diversity - Shortlisted

2021 - PhotoGrad - 10 Highly Commended MA graduates

2019 - Guernsey Photo Festival, Top 20 Shortlist

2019 - Royal Photographic Society, Shortlisted for International Photography Exhibition 162, UK

2017 - Lodz Foto Festival, Poland, Grand Prix Finalist

2017 - Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Award Winner

2015 - Bar Tur Photobook award Shortlisted, The Photographers Gallery

2015 - AOP Open Awards Finalist

2014 - Slim Hewitt Award, University of Gloucestershire

2014 - Magnum/Ideastap Photographic Award, Shortlisted