clients
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Columbia University, BA Visual Arts, 2017
Central Saint Martins, Graphic Design
London College of Communication, Design for Art Direction
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Adolescent Content | Oct 2021 - July 2022 | Assoc. Creative Director
Okayplayer | Oct 2017 - August 2019 | Digital Communications Manager > Marketing Manager
Cornerstone Agency | Feb 2015 - Jan 2016 | Music & Lifestyle Marketing Representative
Parkwood Entertainment | Sep - Dec 2015 | Digital Media Intern
Warner Music Group | Feb - Nov 2015 | Urban Music College Marketing Representative
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2020 — As Told By Us, For Africans By Africans
2020 — In the Hallway Virtual Exhibition, Alternative ROOTS
2020 — Pulsar Presents: Grappe, Home Team Project, London, England
2019 — Sistaspin Presents Gyaldem Honey (Solo Exhibition) , Kinfolk 94, New York, NY
2019 — Home Team Project, N-Studio, London, England
2018 — Black Sand (Solo Exhibition), Okay Space, New York, NY
2018 — Harlem Postcards: Fall 2018, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
2018 — Our Stories: Returning Home, Junior High Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 — Voices From the Frontline, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London, England
2017 — Art Camp, No Bound Fest, Paris, France
2017 — Black Flamingo Zine Exhibit, Tate Britain (un)common space, London, England
2016 — Undergraduate Visual Art Show, Columbia University, New York, NY
2016 — The Future is Now (Joint Exhibition), Columbia University, New York, NY
2016 — Stories Uncovered, Tate Britain Learning Gallery, London, England
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Silver Winner, The Telly Award, Natural Habitat, 2022
Silver Winner, The Telly Award, Put Yourself Out There, 2022
Awesome Foundation Grant, 2021
Favorite Short Film (Nomination), Screen Nation Digital is Media Awards, 2018
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, New Jersey, 2017
Youth Philanthropy Leadership Award, Giving Matters, Sarasota, Florida, 2013
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“Laura Alston on Making Reggae Artist A#keem's New Music Video,” Adolescent, October 2020
“Remember This”, Haute Magazine, Issue 03, Oct. 2020, Pgs 162-167
“The Bond of Brotherhood,” Vero Co, July 2020
“Adolescent’s Round-Up of Black Artists,” Adolescent, June 2020
“15 Young Emerging POC Female Photographers You Should Know”, Unlabelled Magazine, Oct. 2019
“The Black Beauty Issue”, The Press Mag, Issue 01, Sept. 2018, Pgs 70-71
“Photographer Laura Alston Debuts Her ‘Black Sand’ Exhibit”, Okayplayer, April 2018
9 Incredible Photographers Who Are Reimagining Beauty, Stylecaster, March 2018
“10 Emerging Photographers Presenting Fresh Black Narratives” I-D/Vice, Jan 2018
“This Stunning Film Uses Movement to Celebrate African Brotherhood” OkayAfrica, Dec 2017
“Laura Alston” The Ladies Network, May 2016
“Girls’ World: 10 NYC Student Photographers Capturing Girlhood in 2016” I-D/Vice, April 2016
“The Come Up: 7 Student Entrepreneurs to Watch This Year” Columbia University’s Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs, Jan 2015
