self-portrait, 2023.

AJ’s Lens is Arlo Lawton (they/he)

Arlo Lawton is a transmasculine artist who specialises in photography. Their work represents trans bodies, joy, and resistance through visual storytelling. Arlo enjoys finding beauty in seemingly ordinary places, highlighted in their landscape photography.

As an illustrator they use playful designs and elegant line work to project messages of queer power.

Awards

  • Finalist, Middlesex Photographic Portrait Prize, 2018

  • Finalist, Middlesex Photographic Portrait Prize, 2017

Group Exhibitions

  • Kallos (Gray Area Gallery, Norwich, May/June 2024)

  • Close to the Hedge (Gareth Gardner Gallery, London, April/May 2024)

  • Trans Day of Visibility Gallery - Norwich Trans Pride (Millennium Library, Norwich, March/April 2024)

  • UNCENSORED (Bureau of Silly Ideas, Brixton, 16th February 2024)

  • Interrupt - QueerFest (The Undercroft, Norwich, February 2024)

  • Emerge (The Undercroft, Norwich, November 2023)

  • Lingering Memories (Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket, November/December 2023)

  • Revolting (Assembly House, Norwich, July 2023)

  • Pride Gallery (Lush, Norwich, July 2023)

  • Queer East - QueerFest (The Shoe Factory, Norwich, February 2023)

  • Pride Gallery (Lush, Norwich, July 2022)

  • Beyond The Flag (Assembly House, Norwich, July 2022)

  • Trans Awareness Week (Digital Showcase, November 2022)

  • Our Bodies, Our Rights, Our Lives (Digital Showcase, May 2022)

  • Humans - Strength & Frailty (The Yare Gallery, Norwich, March 2022)

  • Out In The Picture (Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich, February 2022)

  • There’s Something Queer About This Art (Circle Space Gallery, Norwich, July 2021)

  • Queer Contemporaries (Digital Showcase, August 2020)

  • Free-Range (The Truman Brewery, London, June 2019)

  • The Collection - Middlesex BA Degree Show (The Truman Brewery, London, June 2019)

  • Unattended (Four Corners Gallery, London, May 2017)

Curated Shows

  • A Week Long Pop-Up Exhibition during QueerFest (The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich, February 2024)

Collaborations

  • Claye Bowler performance photographer for the Henry Moore Institute & Yorkshire Sculpture Foundation (July, 2021)

  • Logo for Wonky Vintage Reworked (November, 2020)

All images are copyright © Arlo Lawton 2024. All rights reserved.

Please note that Arlo has pledged to realistically represent bodies in their photographic work. This includes not digitally manipulating bodies, or skin. Light and contrast adjustments will still be made to images, as well as technical adjustments such as the removal of “dust and scratches” if required.