Laura Aldridge

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1978
Lives: Glasgow

Education
2006-2008 Transmission Gallery Committee Member
2004-2006 MFA Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2005 Exchange California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles
1998-2001 BA (hons) Fine Art (Painting) Wimbledon School of Art, London
1997-1998 Diploma in Foundation Studies Wimbledon School of Art, London


Solo Exhibitions
2007 The workshop has survived because we love each other,
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, with commissioned text by Fiona Jardine

Group Exhibitions
2006 And the he likes the me, members show, Transmission, Glasgow
Precarious Renderings, Market Gallery Glasgow
How the Birds Came to Have a King, Intermedia, Glasgow
You’ve Got Your Head on Backwards, One Ton Prop, Glasgow
Goods to Declare, Bezalel 100/Terminal 1, Tel Aviv
Marks and Comments, Museum for Contemporary Art, Rosskilde, Denmark
Hiscox MFA Degree Show, Tramway, Glasgow
A is to B as B is to C, low salt, Glasgow
The Fountain of Youth, with Alex Gross, Glasgow project Room, Glasgow
2005 Objet D’Art, 507 Rose, Los Angeles
Social Dynamism, Calarts, Los Angeles
Transmission Members Show, Transmission, Glasgow
Social Opportunity, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
MFA Interim, Mackintosh Galleries, Glasgow School of art
2004 FLEA MARKET, temporarycontemporary, London


Bibliography
2007 MAP, issue 11 Autumn 2007, article by Francis McKee
The Metro, exhibition review by Leon McDermott, 11 July
2006 The Independent, Article by Ossian Ward, 29 May
The List, Review by Alexander Kennedy, 22 June-6 July
The Herald, Review by Moira Jeffrey, 16 June
Evening Times, Review by Caroline Wilson, 14 June


Grants/Awards
2007 Esmee Fairbairn Residency Programme, Cove Park Scotland
2006 Scottish Arts Council Creative Development Award
Dewar Arts Award
Glasgow Sculpture Studios Graduate Scholarship
2005 Sam Meavor Bequest Travel Scholarship
Sidney Perry Foundation Grant
2004 Hope Scott Trust Post-Graduate Scholarship

Publications
The Workshop has Survived because we love each other, commissioned text by Fiona Jardine.