Laura Lancaster
Biography
Born 1979, Hartlepool, UK
1998-2001 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Northumbria University
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Solo Presentation Workplace Gallery at NADA Art Fair, Miami, USA
Laura Lancaster Bailiffgate Museum, Northumberland, UK
2005
Laura Lancaster: New Figurative Paintings Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Lounge I: New Works on Paper by Laura Lancaster Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Dawning Of An Aspect Green On Red Gallery, Dublin
Islands Never Found Touring to Museums in Athens, Napoli, and Valencia
BCN Collection, Coopers Building, Newcastle, UK
Day After Day, Star & Shadow Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Secret Exhibition, Ma2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Ego Documents. The Autobiographical in Contemporary Art Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Salon (The Cartin Collection) Ars Libri, Hartford and Boston, USA
The White, Ma2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Lost & Found Zoo Art Fair, London, UK
Mediations Poznan Biennial, Poland
Behind curated by Ilaria Gianni, MONITOR, Rome, Italy
All My Favourite Singers Couldn't Sing … Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Harker Herald Newcastle upon Tyne
Micro Narratives Musee d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne
Incontri Accademia d'Ungheria a Roma
Past as Present York Art Gallery
2007
October Salon - Micro - Narratives Belgrade Biennial
False Witness Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
Laura Lancaster & Katy Woods the international3, Manchester
SALON07: New British painting and works on paper Art Work Productions, London
2006
Formal Dining Hales Gallery curated by Workplace, London
Giardino Luoghi Della Piccola Realta Palazzo Della Arte Napoli, curated by Lorand Hegyi
Local Stories Museum of Modern Art Oxford
Blue Star Red Wedge Glasgow International 06
When I Lived in Modern Times The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2005
Orphan Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
2004
Camera Mart Middlesbrough
A Thing About Painting Platform3, London
2003
Afterlife Chapter Gallery, Cardiff.
Snow Transition, London
Vaguely Romantic Rosy Wilde, London
Afterlife Vane, Newcastle.
Curwen Gallery, London
Olena Rosy Wilde, London
2002
Fresh Art London
Globe Hub, North Shields
2001
Northern Graduates New Academy Gallery, London
Selected Collections
UBS Bank Collection
The Government Art Collection, UK
Simmons & Simmons Collection
Ernst & Young Collection
Unilever PLC Collection
The Hort Collection, USA
The Lodeveans Collection
The Cartin Collection
Business Network Collection, Newcastle-Gateshead, UK
The Zabludowicz Collection
Deloitte & Touche LLP Collection
John Jones Collection
Private Collections UK
Private Collections USA
Private Collections AUS
Residencies
2008
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Selected Publications
2008
'Ego Documents. The Autobiographical in Contemporary Art' Kunst Museum Bern
ISBN 978-3-86828-005-0
'Micro-Narratives, Tentation des petites realities' Musee Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne.
ISBN 978-88-6130-824-4
2007
'Micro-Narratives', 48th October Salon, Belgrade Biennial
ISBN 978-86-84235-87-1
2006
'Giardino Luoghi Della Piccola Realta''Palazzo della Arte Napoli, exhibition catalogue, L. Hegyl.
ISBN 88-510-0371-8
'Local Stories' Museum of Modern Art Oxford, exhibition catalogue, A. Nairne
ISBN 1-901352-277
2005
'When I Lived in Modern Times' The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, exhibition catalogue, A. Robinson
2004
'What it Takes to Keep a Young Girl Alive', essay by Moira Jeffrey, 'WORKPLACE', pub. Art Editions North, UK
ISBN 1-873757-15-8
Awards
2008
Shortlisted for The Sovereign Art Prize
2001
Winner, Unilever Fresh Graduate Award