Laura Aldridge
b: 1978, Frimley, UK
lives and works in Glasgow

e: laura.janealdridge[at]gmail.com

Education  
2006-2008 Transmission Gallery Committee Member
2004-2006 MFA Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2005 Academic Exchange (MFA Programme), California Institute for the Arts (Calarts), 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
 
Exhibitions  
2010 Reflections on Black: CCA Artists Cinema, CCA, Glasgow
  The shoe in the shoe, an exhibition curated by Jim Lambie and Nicolas Party, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow
  Cats are not important, Transmission, Glasgow (solo) *
2009 Studio Voltaire Presents..., BolteLang, Zurich
  Maison Domino, with Conal McStravick, Generator Projects, Dundee
  Die Die Die, Annual Members Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2008 White White Wine Bar, Dicksmith Gallery, London
  You Should be on Holiday!, Annual Members Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
  Esse Quam Videri, Fabio Tiboni Gallery, Bologne, Italy *
  Run Run, curated by Sorcha Dallas and Alex Frost, Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2007 Members Show (selected by Stuart Comer, Christabelle Stewart and Polly Staple), Studio Voltaire, London
  And the he likes the me, Annual Members Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
  The workshop has survived because we love each other, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow (solo) *
  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
  Social Dynamism, Calarts, Los Angeles (solo)
  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
 
* publication produced
Residencies  
2009 - 2010 The Scottish Arts Council Amsterdam Residency
2007 The Fairburn Programme, Cove Park, Scotland
2006 Graduate Scholarship Studio Residency, Glasgow Sculpture Studios
   
Publications  
2010 Laura Aldridge/Leslie Dick, Transmission Gallery
2009 Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory, The New Museum / Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni & Laura Hoptman. Phaidon Press
  Green's, (artist writing) 2HB Volume 3, published by CCA Glasgow
2008 Esse Quam Videri, exhibition catalogue produced by Fabio Tiboni
  Artist contribution, Hunter and Cook Magazine, Vancouver
2007 The workshop has survived because we love each other, exhibition supplement with text and design by Fiona Jardine
2006 Marks and Comments, exhibition catalogue produced by Glasgow School of Art
   
Reviews/Articles  
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 Summer 2009
  The Metro, exhibition review by James Garner, 23 July
  Map Magazine, Roundtable discussion, Issue 17 Spring 2009
2008 The Scotsman, article by Susan Mansfield, 26 December
  Artforum, GI Review by Sarah Lowndes, September 2008
  The Metro, exhibition review, 20 July
  The List, exhibition review by Alexander Kennedy, 24 April – 8 May
  Frieze, Emerging artists Polly Staple, Issue 112
2007 Map Magazine, Issue 11, article by Francis McKee, Autumn
  The Metro, exhibition review by Leon McDermott, 12 July
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
   
Awards  
2009 The Hope Scott Trust Artist Grant
2008 Glasgow Visual Arts Grant Award
2006 Scottish Arts Council Creative and Professional Development Award
  Dewar Arts Award
2005 Womens’ Careers Foundation Award
  Sidney Perry Foundation Grant
  Sam Meavor Bequest Travel Scholarship
2004 The Hope Scott Trust Post-Graduate Scholarship