Laura M R Harrison
Laura M R Harrison's artwork and research explores the psychological state of not-knowing, particularly in relation to personal futures, and how not-knowing might be repurposed as a state of unbounded possibility and potential. Her current body of work draws from mysterious ancient monuments and standing stones, folklore, enigmatic forms such as Dürer's solid, and references the tools and rituals of fortune telling and divinatory practices.
Laura's practice is centred around an Installation approach, and the multisensory through a combination of video, audio, sculpture, and objects. She specialises in the use of alternative spaces for exhibitions and considers the context and space in which work is shown as an integral part of the Installation experience.
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
1 Oct 2023 – 5 Jan 2024 | Polylithia II: The Seer’s Fortune | Linden Print Studio, Baldwinholme, Carlisle
22 Nov – 2 Dec 2017 | Suspended | Immersion/Emergence Residency Exhibition | The Old Fire Station, Carlisle
2 – 5 Sept 2015 | Materialise | Warwick Mill Business Village, Warwick Bridge | with Rob Sara
23 May – 20 June 2015 | The Lost Seer Seeks a Sage | Geltsdale Gallery, RSPB Geltsdale
3 – 6 Sept 2014 | We AM | Undercroft, Carlisle Citadel Station | with Rob Sara
12 – 15 Mar 2014 | Galanthus Nivalis | The Galley Arts, Carlisle
July 2011 | Dream | The Brickyard, Carlisle
Group Exhibitions
8 June – 1 July 2023 | Material Process | The People’s Gallery, Kendal
9 – 13 May 2022 | Communication Measures to Bridge 4.543 Billion Years | GeoWeek 2022 | The Vallum Gallery, Brampton Road, University of Cumbria, Carlisle
Sept 2021 – Apr 2022 | Artful Ways | Touring exhibition across Cumbria, including Tullie House, Carlisle
6 Nov – 18 Dec 2021 | RE:FORM | Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
2 – 16 Mar 2019 | Under the Northern Sky | Signal Film & Media, Barrow-in-Furness
3 – 18 Nov 2018 | Doremi2018 | Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness
3 – 7 Apr 2017 | Immersion/Emergence Residency Proposal Exhibition | Old Fire Station, Carlisle
17 – 30 July 2015 | Caldewgate 1991 – 2015 | Caldewgate Campus, University of Cumbria, Carlisle
19 – 21 June 2014 | Midsommarfest I Hinsnoret | Dalarna, Sweden
24 – 28 Oct 2013 | There/Here: A postal show from there to here | The Galley Arts, Carlisle
1 – 2 Oct 2010 | Warehouse Weekend | Bates Mill, Huddersfield
5 – 20 Mar 2010 | Empty Shops Exhibition | Arcade Arts, Lowther Arcade, Carlisle
Residencies
Oct 2018 – Mar 2019 | NW Artists Development Lab | Signal Films & Media, Barrow-in-Furness
3 – 11 Nov 2018 | Doremi2018 | Hosted by Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness | Nominated by Full of Noises
17 – 24 Mar 2018 | Artist’s International Delegation 2018 | Budapest, Hungary
May 2017 – Dec 2017 | Immersion/Emergence Residency | University of Cumbria, Carlisle in association with Old Fire Station, Carlisle
Sept – June 2015 | Fine Art Graduate Residency Award | University of Cumbria, Carlisle