Artist & Multidisciplinary Ecologist

Maxwell James Connolly


Ecologist, poet, musician & film photographer from Hull, UK.

Master of International Law and Global Sustainability (2025-2026)Bachelor of Laws, 1st Class (2022-2025)

Image by Lewis Monk Hart.

Musicianship

Maxwell is a graduate of the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance’s Mixing & Sound Engineering Summer School, acting as a mixing, mastering and recording engineer, as well as background vocalist and producer of a track yet to be released under the band North Church Spaces.Working with Warren Records, Maxwell previously successfully launched his own artist project, Dacre, focusing singer-songwriter contemporary folk-jazz-blues, forming honest, spiritual musings on love and connection to the earth.Performances as Dacre include those at Polar Bear Music Club, Wrecking Ball Music & Books and Ella St. Festival.Maxwell is a long-term member of Hull University Music Society (HUMS) Ensembles. After spending two years ensembles such as Funk & Soul and Pop, Maxwell is now the Ensemble Lead for Pop Ensemble 2026/2027.

Photography Exhibitions & Markets

Ferens Open Call Exhibition 2026 - “Ancestral Lines” Exhibited 16.10.26 onwards.Out The Mud Creator’s Market - 03.05.26, Various works, framed & unframed prints and stickers.A CITY OF MUSIC #2 - "The clock in the back of Polar Bear"
Curated by Victoria Smith, held at Creative Infusions Music Education in Hull, raising over £1000 for children's music education.

Photography Publications

Inkbloom Literary Review - Issue 1: "Dahlias, Into The Pond"

Haunted Portal Mag - Issue 1: "Star Pool"

Poetry Publications

Maxwell’s poetry on nature, spirituality and relationships can be found in several digital and in-print magazines, including Mosaic Lit (Issue 13), Le Culturae Magazine (Issue 1 & 2), Eurydice Lit (Issue 1), Not Quite Sure Lit Mag (Issue 1), HU Writes (Deception & Betrayal), Dice Roll (Issue 1) and Bluebird Anthology (Issue 3).Maxwell is in the formation of an anthology of his own work - “Sruth,” (the Irish / Gaeilge word for ‘flow’) which may be printing as soon as Winter 2026.

Image of Dacre for The Sesh at Polar Bear Music Club by @dandrewphotographyAll other images by Maxwell James Connolly © 2026