1972 photo by Tina Hall
Lala Meredith-Vula is an artist and professor of art and photography at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Born in Sarajevo in 1966 to an Albanian father and English mother, she moved to England at an early age, returning to the Balkans, after graduating from Goldsmiths University (1988) and taking part in ‘Freeze’ Damien Hirst’s landmark exhibition, famous for launching the Young British Artists (YBA). They represented Albania in the 48th Venice Biennale (1999) and participated in documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (2017). They have exhibited nationally and internationally with many solo shows including: at the Photographers’ Gallery, London; Germany; throughout Italy and Albania. They have also exhibited in many group shows in the UK, USA, China, and Continental Europe. Lala is in the process of working on a book of their Haystack series, curated by Monika Szewczyk and assisted with an award from the Graham Foundation, Chicago. Lala has amassed over 4000 images over the past 30 years and is still on-going! Their recent solo exhibition ‘what I didn’t know I knew’ was held at the Ministry Gallery Kosova in April 2023. They have recently exhibited in two venues in the 40th edition of EVA International Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art August - October 2023.