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). She also teaches and programmes artist talks. Her work is held in private collections in the UK and internationally.
| 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 |
| 2005-08 | 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 |
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| Prizes | |
| 2018 | Artquest Peer Forum at Cubitt (group recipiant) |
| 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 | Arts Council England Award Grants for the Arts Award |
| Rye Winter Open, Rye Creative Centre. Rye, Sussex | |
| Pay And Display. Centrespace Gallery. Bristol | |
| London Creative Network programme at SPACE. London | |
| 2016 | Bankley Open. Bankley Studios and Gallery. Manchester |
| Residency at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. London | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Altered States. The London Group. The Crypt, St John’s, Waterloo, London | |
| Craft+Conflict. Rural Touring Scheme. Cumbria, Co Durham & Northumberland | |
| 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 | |
| SPACE / LCN Showcase 2nd Edition at SPACE. 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 |
| Artworks Open 2010. Barbican Arts Group Trust. London | |
| Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010. 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Nina Power & Victoria Browne Talking Feminism, the Near Future and non-linear time | |
| 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 | |