Biography
Biography
Laura Moreton-Griffiths (British. B. 1967 Nuneaton) is a London-based artist, writer and curator. Studies include: Royal College of Art. MA Contemporary Art Practice, Critical Practice (2019-2021); The Royal Drawing School Drawing Intensive Scholarship Programme (2019); Turps Correspondence Course (2016-2019); Camberwell College of Arts BA Painting (2005-2008); Interactive Multimedia at the ARTEC (1993); Foundation at St Martins School of Art (1986). Recent collaborative projects include: PeerSocial hosted by Raven Row (2020), and Cubitt (2019) supported by Artquest Peer Forum. She teaches and programmes artist talks. Highlights include: Co-programmer Her Art-Story Talks; ‘Feminism, the near future and non linear time’ with Nina Power and Victoria Browne and a conversation with Marvin Gaye Chetwydn for ArtVerve. Her work is held in private collections in the UK and internationally. She is Resident Artist for the Museum of Youth Culture. Since 2016 Laura’s practice has focussed on experimental, immersive and interactive visual storytelling.
| Education | |
| 2019-21 | Royal College of Art, London – MA Contemporary Art / Practice Critical Practice |
| 2019 | The Royal Drawing School, London – Drawing Intensive Scholarship Programme |
| 2016-19 | Turps Painters Correspondence Course (Painting) |
| Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts, London – BA (Hons) Painting | |
| 1993 | The ARTEC, London – Interactive Multimedia |
| 1986 | St Martins School of Art, London – Foundation |
| Awards | |
| 2020 | Arts Council England Emergency Response Fund Award |
| 2017 | Arts Council England Award Grants for the Arts Award |
| Residencies | |
| 2020 | PeerSocial hosted by Raven Row. London (group recipient) |
| 2018-19 | Artquest PeerSocial at Cubitt. London (group recipient) |
| 2017-20 | Resident Artist at the Museum of Youth Culture, London |
| 2017 | London Creative Network programme at SPACE. London |
| 2016 | Residency at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. London |
| 2014 | Finders Keepers. SLWArtists Residency at Conway Hall. London |
| Talks | |
| 2020 | Co-producer Her Art-Story talks with Matt Roberts, featuring: Cathy Lomax & Cathie Pilkington at Bow Arts; Emma Hill and Liliane Lijn |
| 2019 | Co-producer Her Art-Story talks with Matt Roberts, featuring: Althea Greenan & Barby Asante at The Lightbox, Woking Melanie Jackson & Erika Tan at Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University Cathy Lomax & Eleanor Moreton at Block 336, Brixton Laura Moreton-Griffiths & Laura Lancaster at South Hill Park, Bracknell – supported by Arts Council England |
| 2019 | Programmed for SLWArtists: Elsa and the Urinal by Dr Glyn Thompson |
| 2017 | Nina Power & Victoria Browne discussing Feminism, Non Linear Time and the Near Future, part of Truth Lies Within supported by Arts Council England |
| Selected | |
| 2020 | PeerSocial Group Showcase hosted by Raven Row. London |
| 2018 | Constructors Gallery, hoardings at Blackfriars Bridge Southern Side |
| Craft+Conflict. Rural Touring Scheme. Cumbria, Co Durham & Northumberland | |
| Altered States. The London Group. The Crypt, St John’s, Waterloo, London | |
| 2017 | Rye Winter Open, Rye Creative Centre. Rye, Sussex |
| Pay And Display. Centrespace Gallery. Bristol | |
| London Creative Network SPACE / LCN Showcase 2nd Edition at SPACE. London | |
| 2016 | Bankley Open. Bankley Studios and Gallery. Manchester |
| 2015 | Finders Keepers. SLWArtists Residency, Visual Arts Award shortlisted. Southwark Arts Forum |
| Finders Keepers. SLWArtists Residency, Community Arts Award nomination. SAF | |
| Hidden Narratives Dangerous Erasions, SLWArtists, The Big Draw Award Runner Up | |
| 2013 | Dinner Party. SLWArtists. SAFTA Visual Arts Award. Southwark Arts Forum |
| Inspired London, Fold Gallery. London | |
| 2010 | CG @ Deptford X. Core Gallery. London |
| Artworks Open 2010, Barbican Arts Group Trust. London | |
| Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010. London | |
| Exhibitions | |
| 2020 | 302_Redirect live reading on this is tomorrow (16 May) |
| 302_Redirect on Montez Press Radio, NY (27 April) | |
| 302_Redirect Instagram Takeover on Low_Res_Camera_Roll | |
| 302_Redirect circulated by the ICA, London | |
| Equinox, SLWArtists at St. Marylebone Parish Church. London | |
| RCA WIP Show, Battersea Campus. London | |
| 2019 | Cash is King. Museum of Youth Culture/Mad In Margate, Artgame, Margate |
| Return of Come Kiss a Stranger, Art Licks. Peckham, London | |
| Pillow Talk: conversations with women SLWA/WAL Collaboration at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Nothing Less! 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage | |
| Work Shop at Bell House for Dulwich Festival, London | |
| Spike Island Open Studios (Studio 105), Bristol | |
| Still Life. Asylum Chapel, London | |
| Gallery Below, St Mary-le-Bow Church Cheapside, London | |
| 2018 | Art Car Boot Fair. Granary Square King’s Cross and Lambeth, London |
| Genesis Light Magic. St John’s Bethnal Green, London | |
| Strong and Stable. Asylum Chapel, London | |
| Why Don’t You?… HQ. Art Licks Weekend. Peckham, London | |
| Dreaming Awake at Safe House 1. Dulwich Festival. Peckham, London | |
| Pillow Talk at Uniqlo Tate Lates February. Tate Modern, London | |
| 2017 | The Lucky Seven Rides Again. Why Don’t You…HQ. Art Licks Weekend. London |
| Truth Lies Within. Phytology at The Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London | |
| Truth Lies Within. The Subculture Archives. London | |
| The Arches Studios Dulwich Open House. Peckham, London | |
| Spike Island Open Studios. Bristol | |
| Blink. Market Peckham, SLWArtists. London | |
| 2016 | Olympic Dreams. Market. Peckham, London |
| Pillow Talk at BBC 100 Women. Broadcasting House. London | |
| Hidden Narratives Dangerous Erasions. SLWArtists. Women Centre Stage, Hampstead Theatre. London | |
| Pillow Talk. SLWArtists at TEDx UCLWomen. London | |
| Return of the Lucky Seven. Art Licks Weekend. Peckham, London | |
| Annual Open #32, CGP London. London | |
| Sluice_ Space and Space Time Agency. The Averard Hotel. London | |
| Pillow Talk, SLWArtists and the Women’s Art Library. Brixton East. London | |
| 2015 | Lucky Seven. Why Don’t You…? Art Licks Weekend. Peckham, London |
| Annual Open #31, CGP London. London | |
| Live Drawing. One Nation Under a Groove. Festival of Love. Southbank Centre. London | |
| Eye music. Dulwich Festival. The Arches Courtyard Space. Peckham, London | |
| Say what! Gambardella Art. London | |
| Burlesque & Allegory. Asylum. London | |
| Urban. SLWArtists. Brixton East. London | |
| South London Art Map Last Fridays The Arches Studios. Peckham, London | |
| 2014 | Finders Keepers Losers Weepers. Conway Hall. London |
| Hidden Narratives Dangerous Erasions. Deptford X. London | |
| Friends Open, Dulwich Picture Gallery. London | |
| The Machine of Visual Delights. Pentapaper at the Alternative Village Fete with Homeliveart. National Theatre. London | |
| Summer Open. The Arches Studios. Peckham, London | |
| South London Art Map Last Fridays, The Arches Studios. Peckham, London | |
| That’s Not What, Hide Gallery Leathermarket. Leathermarket, London | |
| 2013 | A Public Airing. Deptford to Parliament Square. The WHYfront. London |
| It’s In The Bag. Hide Gallery Leathermarket. SLWArtists as Parliament Week Partner. London | |
| A Public Airing. Peckham to Canary Wharf, The WHYfront. London | |
| The Fine Art of Ceramics. Hide Gallery Leathermarket. Leathermarket, London | |
| Artlicks Weekend. Hide Gallery Leathermarket. Leathermarket, London | |
| Swimming Against The Tide, Hide Gallery Leathermarket. Leathermarket, London | |
| From The Archive. Bermondsey Street Festival. London | |
| Piece work. Espacio Gallery. Shoreditch, London | |
| Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition. ASC Studios. Deptford, London | |
| Summer Open, The Arches Studios. Peckham, London | |
| Brixton Art Trail. London | |
| Curious Exchange. West Norwood Cemetery, London | |
| 2012 | The Dinner Party. SLWArtists at 4749 Tanner St. London |
| SLWArtists Postcard Exhibition. WoW Festival. The Royal Festival Hall. London | |
| Inspired London. Fold Gallery. London | |
| Between Lines. The Arches Courtyard Space. Peckham, London | |
| International Postcard Show. Surface Gallery. Nottingham | |
| snap!SLWArtists at Bankside Gallery. London | |
| asylum. London | |
| South London Art Map Last Fridays, The Arches Studios. Peckham, London | |
| Annual Open #28, CGP London. London | |
| Private Dreams. Private Myths. SLWArtists at Dulwich Library. London | |
| 2011 | RyanRooneySpace. Dulwich Open House. London |
| Glimpsed. House Gallery. SLWArtists, London | |
| From Blake to Space. House Gallery. London | |
| South London Art Map Last Fridays, The Arches Studios. Peckham, London | |
| Property crime: Marxist postcard. Toutes Directions. Peckham, London | |
| Open Exhibition. CGP London. London | |
| 2010 | CG @ Deptford X. Core Gallery. London |
| Peckham Space Open. London | |
| Staffordshire Street. Jane Newbery Gallery. London | |
| RyanRooneySpace. Dulwich Open House. London | |
| 2009 | Open at The Arches Studios. Peckham, London |
| RyanRooneySpace, Dulwich Open House. London | |
| Celebrating Women Artists. SLWArtists at Dulwich Library. London | |
| 2008 | Recent Graduates. The Affordable Art Fair. London |
| Open at The Arches Studios. Peckham, London | |
| Open Exhibition, CGP London. London | |
| Degree Show. Camberwell College of Art. London | |
| 2007 | Inside Outside. Mile End Art Pavilion. London |
| Cornered. Centenary Gallery. London | |
| Publications | |
| 2020 | + Podcast about the implications of COVID-19 on the arts and its future. Talking with journalist Millen Brown-Ewens and Sarah Philp, Director of Programme and policies at Art Fund. |
| 2019 | + LCN Story: Peer Social – Artists Beyond LCN with Kathrin Böhm |
| 2018 | + Conversation with Laura Lancaster at South Hill Park for Her Art-Story Talks |
| + Strong and Stable. SLWArtists by Alana Fialkoff for Dulwich on View | |
| + PEER FORUM at Cubitt | |
| + Kitmapper Instagram feature 12 March 2018 | |
| 2017 | + The end is where we start from: history painting the future. Essay by Anna McNay, Assistant Editor, Art Quarterly |
| Axisweb #WEEKLY ROUND UP #HIGHLIGHTS | |
| + SPACE / LCN Participant Feature. London Creative Network at SPACE | |
| + Like The Myth of Pandora – Essay by Anna McNay Art writer and Assistant Editor, Art Quarterly. Art-Corpus | |
| Nympenburg Trials. Lighthouse Journal. Gatehouse Press | |
| + Matriarchs, Monsters and Feral Children. Wolf Crossing, The Learned Pig Spring/Summer | |
| Olympic Dreams. Art Reveal Magazine p76-81 | |
| 2016 | Marvin Gaye Chetwydn in conversation. ArtVerve Magazine. Issue 6. SLWArtists. Publishing |
| Olympic Dreams Zine | |
| + Olympic Dreams | |
| Axisweb Homepage callout feature | |
| Women On The Frontline. ArtVerve Magazine. Issue 5. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| In photos: Pillow Talk at Brixton East. Mike Urban, BrixtonBuzz | |
| Liberties Review. ArtVerve Magazine. Issue 4. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| SLWA Art School. ArtVerve . Issue 3. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| Eye music – a rare exhibition. Dulwich OnView | |
| The 365 Artists 365 Days Project. Online publication, Wisconsin | |
| Finders Keepers Losers Weepers. Archaelogy of mind. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| The Dinner Party. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| A PUBLIC AIRING. Feminist & Women’s Studies Association | |
| 2013 | The Personal is Political. UK Parliament |
| Piecework. Catalogue By Jackie Brown, Pia Goddard & Pat Kaey. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| Artist Quarterly Autumn 2013. Tour London Art Trail 4 Peckham p.59 | |
| Artlyst Featured Artist Member. 26.07.13 | |
| 200 Magazine, Issue 6, Quarterly magazine. Available online, app & in print p.144 | |
| Art Of The Week #1. Twenty Something London. Online showcase | |
| A Public Airing. The Feminist and Women’s Studies Association. FWSA Blog | |
| Visual Creativity, 2nd edition. A showcase of painting & illustration | |
| snap! SLWArtists catalogue. Text by Dr Lara Perry, Althea Greenan & Sarah Sparkes | |
| 2011 | Landscape = Landskip, Onestepfastforward. Art Architecture Design blog |
| Bankside Exhibition catalogue. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| Women and Books, Exhibition catalogue. SLWArtists Publishing | |
| Brighten Your Life. Dulwich OnView | |
| Glimpsed by Kim Thornton. Dulwich OnView | |
| 2010 | From Blake To Space. Review by Cat Weiner. The Londonist |
| Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010 Exhibition Review by Amelia Gregory. Amelia’s Magazine | |
| Becoming Part of Something. Project blogs by Rosalind Davis. Artists Talking | |
| Pastoral Parody by Anna Maria Di Brina. Dulwich OnView | |
| 2008 | The Affordable Art Fair. Recent Graduates section of catalogue |
| Things Magazine. Online publication. Royal College of Art | |