Mitch Karunaratne is a documentary landscape photographer, based in the UK. Her work is principally concerned with how stories are held within the land and the relationship between the land and regional identities.

For the past years, she has been focusing on the northern parts of the world, where she explores the process of changing relationships with the land. Mitch received her MA in Photography from University of Brighton in 2012. She has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad, most recently in Norway and Italy. She is a founding member of the MAP6 collective.

EDUCATION

  • Certificate in Fine Art Printmaking - Curwen Print Study Centre ( 2025)

  • MA Photography (Merit)  - University of Brighton, 2012

  • Urban Photography Summer School, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2010

  • MA Art and Design in Education, Institute of Education, University of London, 1995

  • Ba(hons) 2:1 Human Geography, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1991

 

SOLO SHOWS:

  •Babel Gallery, Trondheim, Norway. October 2014

  •Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend. January 2013- March 2013

RECENT GROUP SHOWS

  • Wales Landscape Project - Oriel Colwyn Galley - January 2026

  • Wales Landscape Project - Brighton Photo Fringe October 2024

  • Three Times To The Moon & Back. PhotoFringe. Brighton. October 2018

  • That Which is Lost - Vallum Gallery. Carlisle. July 2017

  • Exhausting Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Art Gallery, April 2017

  • Landslag – Northern Light. SIA Gallery. Sheffield July 2016

  • That Which is Lost - Safehouse Peckham, May 2016

  • That Which is Lost - Hastings Arts Forum. April 2016

  • Landslag – Arts Pavilion, London. November 2015

  • Star City – Of People and Places, Oxford House Gallery. London February 2015

  • Beyond the Fields – Le Loggia, Assisi, Italy. November – December 2014

  • Star City – Carlisle Photo Festival. Carlisle. November 2014

  • Silver of the Sea – Foto39, Bristol. November 2014

  • Star City – Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton. October – November 2014

  • Star City – Tower Gallery, London. March – May 2014

  • Silver of the Sea – Rauði Klefinn, Skagaströnd, Iceland. August 2013

  • Passante – Carlisle Photo Festival. April 2013

  • Welcome to Bata – Deja Vu. The Dentist, London. November 2012

  • Welcome to Bata – Deja Vu. University of Brighton. September 2012

  • Last Stop Hollywood – C Photobook Show. Brighton. August 2012

  • Welcome to Bata – Photobook Show. Margate. July 2012

COLLABORATIONS / AWARDS

• Carlisle Photo Festival - Bursary Award Winner. April 2015

• Invited resident at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Norway. September – October 2014

• Artist in Residence Mount Subasio National Park, Italy. April 2014

• Vignette Documentary Photographer Awards. Finalist 2013

• Artist In Residence, Skagaströnd, Iceland. August 2013.