Biography
Biography
Laura Moreton-Griffiths (British. B. 1967 Nuneaton) is a London-based histories painter. She studied BA Painting, Camberwell College of Arts (2005-2008); Painting, the Turps Correspondence Course (2016-2019); The Royal Drawing School Drawing Intensive (2019), and MA Contemporary Art Practice/ Critical Practice at the Royal College of Art (2019-2021). She curates, teaches, writes and programmes artist talks. She is Resident Artist at the Museum of Youth Culture. 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 Correspondence Course – Painting 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 
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 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
Biography
Laura Moreton-Griffiths (British. B. 1967 Nuneaton) is a London-based histories painter. She studied BA Painting, Camberwell College of Arts (2005-2008); Painting, the Turps Correspondence Course (2016-2019); The Royal Drawing School Drawing Intensive (2019), and MA Contemporary Art Practice/ Critical Practice at the Royal College of Art (2019-2021). She curates, teaches, writes and programmes artist talks. She is Resident Artist at the Museum of Youth Culture. 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 Correspondence Course – Painting |
| 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 | 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 | |