LAURA PORTER

Laura is a sculpture and installation artist. She is the director and curator of Studio KIND. in Braunton, and a trustee of The Plough Arts Centre in Torrington and manages the Art Box for The Burton

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Most recent project, Reciprocal Space Residency in collaboration with Lee Mok Yee - funded by Connections Through Culture grants by British Council

Reciprocal Space, virtual residency and exhibition with Lee Mok Yee, funded by British Council Connections Through Culture Grants

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Drawing Room, by Building Nine Collective, Plymouth Art Weekender, Plymouth School of Creative Arts, 2017, Plymouth  

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I Love To Smell The Flowers But I Can't, Laura Porter and Kim Taylor, The Edwardian Cloakroom, 2016, Bristol

 

Vivarium, Laura Porter and Kim Taylor, The Control Room, 2015, Bristol

 

Current: Brick Walls & Glass Ceilings, 2022, 1 Wilson Road, Camberwell, London (4th to 9th July)

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Coming up: Improv, APT Gallery, 2022, London

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Coming up: Unstable Ground, Studio KIND. 2022, North Devon

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Economy of Materials, Camberwell Space, 2022, London (part of the Economy of Materials research project led by Tina Gverović)

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That Art Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, 2022, London

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Material Matters, Sunny Bank Mills, 2021, Leeds

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Past, Present, Future, The Plough Arts Centre, 2020, Torrington

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Craft, Thought Foundation Gallery, 2020, Birtley

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Terra Nostra, Kaleidoscope Gallery, 2019, Sevenoaks

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Affordable Art Fair, Thought Foundation, 2018-2019, Newcastle

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St Margaret of Antioch commission, Heritage Lottery funded exhibition at Left Bank Leeds, 2018, Leeds

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Make Space alongside Woman's Hour Craft Prize, Bristol Museum, 2018, Bristol

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Gender and Sexuality, The Island Gallery, 2017, Bristol

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Broomhill National Sculpture Prize, Broomhill Sculpture Garden, 2016-2017, North Devon

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Imagined Worlds, various locations around the South West, 2016-2017

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Fringe Arts Bath Festival, 2016, Bath

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The Plymouth 'Other' Open, Devonport Live Arts Venue, 2015, Plymouth

 

Apples for Everyone, Tottenham building, 2015, London

 

Bentliff Art Prize, Bentliff Gallery, 2015, Maidstone

 

The Collyer Bristow Graduate Award, Collyer Bristow, 2014-2015, London, Curated by Day + Gluckman

 

Futures, Truman Brewery, 2014, London,

 

The Future Is Leaving, Degree Show, Middlesex University, 2014, London.  

 

PAUSE, Beaconsfield, 2014, London

 

STATE, The Atrium Gallery, 2014, London

 

Broaderlines, The Atrium Gallery, 2012, London

 

The Performance of a Machine, The Atrium Gallery, 2012, London

Project: Reciprocal Space Residency, British Council Connections Through Culture funded project with Lee Mok Yee

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Micro-commission: The Material Will be Quiet Yet Alive, commissioned by Queen's Hall Digital, 2021, in collaboration with Lydia Porter

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Micro-commission: Hyperlocal micro-commission by Arts and Culture Exeter, 2020, Devon

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Bursary: Time, Space, Money, A-n bursary, 2020

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Workshop: Refugee Week workshops across several primary schools, 2019, Devon

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Artist talk: North Devon Arts, June edition, 2019, Barnstaple

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Set Design: The Plough Youth Theatre, collaboration with Emily Megson, The Plough Arts Centre, 2018, Devon

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Workshop: Make Space in association with Woman's Hour Craft Prize, Bristol Museum, 2018, Brisol

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Pop-up event: Drawing Room, Building Nine Collective, Saunton Road Studios, 2017, Devon

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Finalist in Broomhill National Sculpture Prize. For the online catalogue click here

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Winter In London album launch, video installation, Saunton Road Studios, 2017, Devon

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Self-directed residency: Building Nine, 2016, Vienne, and 2019, Limoges, France

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Solo residency:  On Display, Unit 10 Bristol, May 2016, Bristol

For the blog of the residency click here

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Group residency:  Apples for Everyone, Tottenham building, 2015, London 

For the group blog of the residency click here

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Joint curator of STATE, 2014, The Atrium Gallery, London

 

Publication: STATE, 2014, exhibition publications

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