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| LAURA WHITE |
Laura White is interested in the way we read and view nature. How nature through
the frameworks we set up can seduce us and provide us with unthreatening
pleasure and entertainment, like visiting an aquarium, a zoo, or walking through
urban parkland. This process of visual engagement, often in the work projected as a
moving image is shattered by the viewers acknowledgement of the positioning,
exaggeration and awkward arrangements of the image, or the presence of objects in
the space, which slowly reveal a less entertaining view of nature, one that exposes
its extreme manipulation and often threatening instability, whether that be through
human contamination, misrepresentation, dislocation, or nature’s ability without any
human intervention to destroy.
Qualifications
2004 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
1997 MA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University
1990 BA (Hons) Fine Art: Sculpture. Loughborough University School of Art and Design
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
Small Works, VINEspace, London
Kamikaze Blossom, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Altered Beast. Three Colts Gallery, London.
Eau Savage, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Vine Space, Vyner St, London
2005/06
Basement Screen. BasementArtProject.com
Prussian Blue. Carter Gallery, London.
2005
Yabadabadoo. Cell Project Space, London
For and From. Metropole Galleries, Folkestone.
Sculpture at Canterbury. Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury.
We Have Left the City Gates. Nunnery Gallery, London. Curated by JJ Chalesworth.
Urban Formalism. Cortex Athletico and Museum of Contemporary Art
Bordeaux, France.
Avecom Video Festival, Arnhem, Netherlands.
On the Road. Pro Arts project. California, USA.
2004
Grottos. Video screening, Candid Projection Rooms, London.
Alma Enterprises video screening, London.
Pleasure Garden. Nottingham Castle, Nottingham.
Nowhere Else but Here. Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London.
2003
Inter-mission. Bow Church London.
Imaging London. Houldsworth Gallery, London.
Amplifying Silence/Magnifying Stillness. Foundation D’Art
Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain. France. Curated by Roy Exley.
2002
Lonely This Christmas. i-level, London. James Windsor Art.
Diversion. Museum of Garden History, London. Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art
Exposure. Standpoint Gallery, London. (Two person.)
2001
Fair Charm and Foul Play. Deptford X, London.
2000
Preface. International Biennale. The Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
2000-02
Museum of Installation Box Project. MOI London, Angel Row Gallery
Nottingham, Turnpike Gallery Leigh, Unit 2 Gallery London Guildhall University.
1999
Father Apollinaris Said. Vilma Gold, London.
1998
The Ida Branson Memorial Bequest 98. Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset.
Vital Art. Atlantis , London.
1995
Economist Plaza, London.
Ikon Touring Exhibition, Birmingham.
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2006
Laura White: New Work. Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, Essex.
2005
Projects at Christ Church, Christ Church, Spitalfields, London
Deck George Rodger Gallery, University College for the Creative Arts, Maidstone.
Laura White. Alma Enterprises, London.
2000
Laura White. Fordham Gallery, London.
In-Side. Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University.
1999
City Break. Cable Street Gallery, London.
Everything you do counts here. Margaret Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire.
The Decima Gallery. Decima Gallery, London.
1997
Laura White. Bradford Cathedral.
Selected Commissions and Residencies
1997
Kleinsassen Art Gallery, Germany.
Internationales Obernkirchener Symposium, Germany.
1996
23rd Iwate-Town International Residency, Japan.
1995
Maalot, Israel.
Sheffield Hallam University.
Selected Reviews and Articles
Oct 2005 Art Press No. 317 (Review) ‘Urban Formalism’ Cortex Athletico, France.
Autumn 05 Le Festin No. 55 (Review) ‘Urban Fromalism’ Cortex Athletico. France.
July 2004 Time Out (Review) ‘Pleasure Garden.’ Nottingham Castle.
Oct 2003 Art Review (Review) ‘Imaging London.’ Houldsworth , London.
Sept 2003 Time Out (Review) ‘Inter-mission’ Bow Church, London.
Aug 2002 Time Out (Review) ‘Diversion’ Museum of Garden History, London.
Sept 2001 Time Out (Preview) ‘Fair Charm and Foul Play,’ Deptford X.
April 2001 New Eastenders.’ BBC2 Documentary. (Featured artist.)
The Guardian (G2), Observer, Evening Standard.
March 2001 The Guardian (G2) ‘New Eastenders.’
May 2000 AN Magazine (Review) Fordham Gallery, London.
April 2000 The Guardian (Society) Fordham Gallery, London.
Feb 2000 AN Magazine (Preview) ‘In-Side’. Bonington Gallery, Nottingham.
Feb 2000 Live Art Magazine (Preview) ‘In-Side.’ Bonington Gallery, Nottingham.
Aug 1999 Contemporary Visual Arts Publication. (Preview.) Decima Gallery. Issue 24.
The Guardian. The Guide. (Review.) ‘City Break’. Cable Street, London
Time Out (Review) ‘City Break.’ Cable Street, London.
Selected Publications
2005 We Have Left the City Gates. Exhibition catalogue
2003 Eloge de l’immobilite et du silence. Exhibition catalogue
2000 In-Side. Laura White and RAIR Experimental. Exhibition catalogue
1999 Laura White: Everything you do counts here. Exhibition catalogue
the frameworks we set up can seduce us and provide us with unthreatening
pleasure and entertainment, like visiting an aquarium, a zoo, or walking through
urban parkland. This process of visual engagement, often in the work projected as a
moving image is shattered by the viewers acknowledgement of the positioning,
exaggeration and awkward arrangements of the image, or the presence of objects in
the space, which slowly reveal a less entertaining view of nature, one that exposes
its extreme manipulation and often threatening instability, whether that be through
human contamination, misrepresentation, dislocation, or nature’s ability without any
human intervention to destroy.
Qualifications
2004 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
1997 MA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University
1990 BA (Hons) Fine Art: Sculpture. Loughborough University School of Art and Design
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
Small Works, VINEspace, London
Kamikaze Blossom, Fieldgate Gallery, London
Altered Beast. Three Colts Gallery, London.
Eau Savage, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Vine Space, Vyner St, London
2005/06
Basement Screen. BasementArtProject.com
Prussian Blue. Carter Gallery, London.
2005
Yabadabadoo. Cell Project Space, London
For and From. Metropole Galleries, Folkestone.
Sculpture at Canterbury. Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury.
We Have Left the City Gates. Nunnery Gallery, London. Curated by JJ Chalesworth.
Urban Formalism. Cortex Athletico and Museum of Contemporary Art
Bordeaux, France.
Avecom Video Festival, Arnhem, Netherlands.
On the Road. Pro Arts project. California, USA.
2004
Grottos. Video screening, Candid Projection Rooms, London.
Alma Enterprises video screening, London.
Pleasure Garden. Nottingham Castle, Nottingham.
Nowhere Else but Here. Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London.
2003
Inter-mission. Bow Church London.
Imaging London. Houldsworth Gallery, London.
Amplifying Silence/Magnifying Stillness. Foundation D’Art
Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain. France. Curated by Roy Exley.
2002
Lonely This Christmas. i-level, London. James Windsor Art.
Diversion. Museum of Garden History, London. Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art
Exposure. Standpoint Gallery, London. (Two person.)
2001
Fair Charm and Foul Play. Deptford X, London.
2000
Preface. International Biennale. The Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
2000-02
Museum of Installation Box Project. MOI London, Angel Row Gallery
Nottingham, Turnpike Gallery Leigh, Unit 2 Gallery London Guildhall University.
1999
Father Apollinaris Said. Vilma Gold, London.
1998
The Ida Branson Memorial Bequest 98. Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset.
Vital Art. Atlantis , London.
1995
Economist Plaza, London.
Ikon Touring Exhibition, Birmingham.
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2006
Laura White: New Work. Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, Essex.
2005
Projects at Christ Church, Christ Church, Spitalfields, London
Deck George Rodger Gallery, University College for the Creative Arts, Maidstone.
Laura White. Alma Enterprises, London.
2000
Laura White. Fordham Gallery, London.
In-Side. Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University.
1999
City Break. Cable Street Gallery, London.
Everything you do counts here. Margaret Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire.
The Decima Gallery. Decima Gallery, London.
1997
Laura White. Bradford Cathedral.
Selected Commissions and Residencies
1997
Kleinsassen Art Gallery, Germany.
Internationales Obernkirchener Symposium, Germany.
1996
23rd Iwate-Town International Residency, Japan.
1995
Maalot, Israel.
Sheffield Hallam University.
Selected Reviews and Articles
Oct 2005 Art Press No. 317 (Review) ‘Urban Formalism’ Cortex Athletico, France.
Autumn 05 Le Festin No. 55 (Review) ‘Urban Fromalism’ Cortex Athletico. France.
July 2004 Time Out (Review) ‘Pleasure Garden.’ Nottingham Castle.
Oct 2003 Art Review (Review) ‘Imaging London.’ Houldsworth , London.
Sept 2003 Time Out (Review) ‘Inter-mission’ Bow Church, London.
Aug 2002 Time Out (Review) ‘Diversion’ Museum of Garden History, London.
Sept 2001 Time Out (Preview) ‘Fair Charm and Foul Play,’ Deptford X.
April 2001 New Eastenders.’ BBC2 Documentary. (Featured artist.)
The Guardian (G2), Observer, Evening Standard.
March 2001 The Guardian (G2) ‘New Eastenders.’
May 2000 AN Magazine (Review) Fordham Gallery, London.
April 2000 The Guardian (Society) Fordham Gallery, London.
Feb 2000 AN Magazine (Preview) ‘In-Side’. Bonington Gallery, Nottingham.
Feb 2000 Live Art Magazine (Preview) ‘In-Side.’ Bonington Gallery, Nottingham.
Aug 1999 Contemporary Visual Arts Publication. (Preview.) Decima Gallery. Issue 24.
The Guardian. The Guide. (Review.) ‘City Break’. Cable Street, London
Time Out (Review) ‘City Break.’ Cable Street, London.
Selected Publications
2005 We Have Left the City Gates. Exhibition catalogue
2003 Eloge de l’immobilite et du silence. Exhibition catalogue
2000 In-Side. Laura White and RAIR Experimental. Exhibition catalogue
1999 Laura White: Everything you do counts here. Exhibition catalogue
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