Lily Donaldson is a London-based painter and filmmaker whose practice explores the interconnected themes of home, heritage, and memory. Her work investigates how personal and collective histories shape identity and belonging, often drawing from lived experience and archival material.
Residencies:
October 2025- March 2026: ACME
Memberships
Selected Group ExhibitionsÂ
20-24 March 2026: ACME Residency open studios and archive: Time, Well Spent
8 March 2026: Get Out of Frame: An evening of short film hosted by the Swamp Witches
29 November- 3 December 2025: Art Club Collective- Group exhibition at Peckham Rye Waiting Room
23 October- 2 November 2025: Autumn Salon: Candid Arts Trust
26 July- 9 August 2025: A Gallery of One's Own at Ethereal Maison Gallery
3 July 2025: Modern Art Oxford- Grafters Collective screening
10 May 2025: Grafters in Residence at Hypha Studios
10 April -17 May 2025: Home is Where the Art is, Grafters Collective at Hypha Studios
2024: Chaos, Impreint
2021: Works from Home at Hundred Years Gallery
Press
Suboart Magazine: Nr. 51 December/January 2025
FAD Magazine: Home is where the art is, by Grafters Collective at Hypha HQ
a-n: Class of 2021
Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, 2018-2021
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, West Suffolk College, 2017-2018
Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design, West Suffolk College, 2015-2017