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LAURA ALDRIDGE
 
Laura Aldridge
1978 born in Frimley, United Kingdom
Lives in Glasgow, United Kingdom
Education

2006-2008 Transmission Gallery Committee Member
2004-2006 MFA Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2005 Academic Exchange Calarts, Los Angeles
1998-2001 BA Fine Art (Painting) Wimbledon School of Art, London
1997-1998 Diploma in Foundation Studies Wimbledon School of Art

Grants

2009 The Hope Scott Trust Artist Grant
2009 The Scotish Arts Council Amsterdam Residency
2008 Glasgow Visual Arts Grant Scheme Award
2007 The Fairburn Programme, Cove Park, Scotland
2006 Graduate Scholarship Studio Residency, GSS
2006 Scottish Arts Council Creative & Professional Development Award
Dewar Arts Award
2004 Hope Scott Trust Post-Graduate Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions

2010 Cats are not important, Transmission Gallery
2007 The workshop has survived because we love each other, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow
2005 Social Dynamism, Calarts, Los Angeles

Group Exhibitions

2009 Group Show, BoltLang, Zurich
Maison Domino, Generator, Dundee
2008 White White Wine Bar, Dicksmith Gallery, London
You Should be on Holiday!, Annual Members Show, Transmission
Esse quam videri, Fabio Tiboni Gallery, Bologne, Italy
Run Run, curated by Sorcha Dallas and Alex Frost, Collins Gallery
2007Annual Members Show (selected by Stuart Comer, Christabelle Stewart and Polly Staple), Studio Voltaire, London
And the he likes the me, Transmission Gallery Members Show, Transmission, Glasgow
Precarious Rendering, Market Gallery, Glasgow
How the birds came to have a king, Intermedia, Glasgow
2006 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 (collaboration with Alex Gross) Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
2005 Objet D’Art, 507 Rose, Los Angeles (solo)
Hello, My Name is......, Calarts, Los Angeles
BLAM! Group, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Transmission Members Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Social Opportunity, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
MFA Interim, Mackintosh Galleries, Glasgow School of art
2004 FLEA MARKET, temporarycontemporary, London
2003 Turpentine, Studio Voltaire, London

Bibliography

2010 Freize, exhibition review by Sarah Lowndes, Issue 131 May
The List, exhibition review by Talitha Kotze, 19 March issue 652 2009 Map Magazine, exhibition review by Fiona Jardine, Issue 19 2009
The Metro, exhibition review by James Garner, 23 July
Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory, The New Museum, Phaidon
GREENS’ (artist writing) 2HB Volume 3
2008 Artforum, GI Review by Sarah Lowndes, September 2008
Esse quam videri, exhibition catalogue produced by Fabio Tiboni
Artist contribution, Hunter and Cook Magazine
The List, exhibition review by Alexander Kennedy
Frieze, Emerging artists Polly Staple, Issue 112 2008
2007 Map Magazine, Issue 11, article by Francis McKee, Autumn 2007
The workshop has survived because we love each other, exhibition supplement by Fiona Jardine 2007
The Metro, exhibition review by Leon McDermott, 12 July 2007
2006 Marks and Comments, exhibition catalogue, 2006
The Independent, article by Ossian Ward, 29 May
The List, exhibition review by Alexander Kennedy, 22 June-6 July
The Herald, exhibition review by Moira Jeffrey, 16 June
Evening Times, exhibition review by Caroline Wilson, 14 June

Links

www.lauraaldridge.co.uk
www.transmissiongallery.org

Contact
glasgow sculpture Studios
145 Kelvinhaugh street
glasgow
G3 8PX
Email: laura.janealdridge@gmail.com