Teknikk
Maleri, fresko, installasjon, collage
Artist statement
-- Åpent atelier søndag 22.sept 2024, kl 12-17 --
Arna Industrihus
Laura Gaiger (b.1992, Southampton UK) received a BA(Hons) in Painting and Printmaking from The Glasgow School of Art in 2016 and an MFA from the University of Bergen in 2020. Having grown up and studied in the UK, she now lives and works in Bergen, Norway. She has received scholarships from The Royal Scottish Academy, Kulturrådet, Billedkunstneres Vederlagsfond, and a studio scholarship from Vestland Fylkeskommune. Recently Gaiger has taken part in residencies in Norway, Scotland and the USA, and will travel to Svalbard in autumn 2024 for a residency in Ny-Ålesund. Gaiger collaborates with polar scientists on interdisciplinary projects and will continue this work on Svalbard.
Gaiger has had solo exhibitions at USF Visningsrommet (Bergen), Kunstgarasjen (Bergen), Muralverkstedet (Oslo), as well as several solo shows in artist-run spaces in Norway and the UK. She is working towards three solo exhibitions in 2025, at Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst (Trondheim), Lewisham Arthouse (London, UK) and A Place Gallery (Glasgow, UK). Gaiger has taken part in group exhibitions in Norway, the UK, Spain, Malta and New York. In addition to her studio practice, she teaches as lecturer in Painting at The University of Bergen and Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, and recently as guest teacher at Kunstskolen i Bergen and Bergen Arkitekthøgskole.
Besøksadresse
Ytre Arna Atelierfellesskap, Arna Industrihus, Inngang 20, Fabrikkvegen 1
5265 Ytre Arna
Kontakt
Telefon: 46565140
E-postadresse: lauragaiger@gmail.com
Web: https://lauragaiger.no
CV
CURRENT/UPCOMING:
VISP Artist of the Month, June 2024
SOLO EXHIBITION Tragedy of the Commons, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, October 2025
SOLO EXHIBITION Wat Tyler English Rebel, Lewisham Arthouse, London, 2025
SOLO EXHIBITION Moby Dick Psychopomp, A_Place Gallery, Glasgow, 2025
NBK Artist in Residence Programme Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, 2024
BOOK edited by Eamon O’Kane > download: Vitalistic Fantasies // Laura Gaiger
EDUCATION:
KMD (Universitet i Bergen, Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design) - Master in Fine Art 2020
The Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking 2016
Royal Scottish Academy’s John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence 2016
For further information: www.lauragaiger.no
