Laura Gethen Smith
Kingston-upon-Hull
Painter/abstract/work on paper/mixed media
I make geometric paintings using oil, acrylic or gouache. Working mainly on canvas or paper, the paintings often evolve as part of a series of pictures which may be continued over months or years finally presenting a collective statement about a theme.
Work on paper includes collage and drawing with drawings frequently leading to small pieces in gouache or ink and these I consider as paintings in their own right though they may also be the concept for a larger work on canvas.
Studios
- 2014 - 2024 East Yorkshire
- 2002 - 2014: Studio 9, Folkestone, Kent
- 1995 - 2003: Art in Perpetuity Trust, Deptford, London
- 1975 - 1979: New Crane & Metropolitan Wharf, Wapping, London
Training
- St. Martin's School of Art, London
- City & Guilds of London Art School
- Croydon College of Art
Lecturer in Fine Art
- Kent Adult Education Service
- Adult Education College for Bexley
- Community Education Lewisham
- Wandsworth Council Adult Education Service
- Greenwich Community College
- Birkbeck College, University of London
- Workers Education Authority
- Northumberland County Council Adult Education Service
- Inner London Education Authority
- Manpower Services Commission
Solo Exhibitions
- 2010 - Recent Work, The Cube Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
- 2005 - Harlequin Gallery, London
- 2004 - Ashford Library Gallery, Ashford, Kent
- 2003 - Harlequin Gallery, London
- 2001 - Harlequin Gallery, Greenwich, London
- 1996 - Limelight Gallery, Lewisham, London
- 1995 - Berwick upon Tweed Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Northumberland
- 1992 - Picture Gallery, Peebles, Scotland
- 1992 - Robson Gallery, Selkirk, Scotland
- 1992 - Windmill Hole Studio, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland
- 1991 - Berwick upon Tweed Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Northumberland.
Group Exhibitions
- 2018 - 'We Are Here', Brynmor Library Gallery, University of Hull, East Yorkshire
- 2017 - 'Stendhal Syndrome', KAG Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire
- 2017 - 'It's Now or Never', KAG Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire
- 2016 - 70th Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- 2015 - Twentieth, Art in Perpetuity Trust Gallery, Deptford, London
- 2015 - 69th Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- 2015 - Humber to the Wash, The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber, Nth Lincolnshire
- 2015 - Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, East Yorkshire
- 2014 - 68th Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- 2013 - 67th Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- 2012 - "inventaire", le Hang'Art, 5 rue Dominique Villars, Grenoble, France
- 2012 - 66th Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- 2011 - Other Spaces, Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable, Kent
- 2011 - South East Summer Exhibition, The Grand, Folkestone, Kent
- 2006 - New Directions, Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
- 2005 - Picture This 2, Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
- 2005 - South East Open Studios, Kent
- 2004 - Picture This, County Gallery, Maidstone, Kent
- 2004 - South East Open Studios, Kent
- 2004 - The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
- 2003 - Robson Gallery, Selkirk, Scotland
- 2003 - Scott Gallery, Hawick, Scotland
- 2002 - Borough Museum & Art Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
- 2002 - APT Open Studios, Deptford, London
- 2002 - Watch This Space, Metropole Galleries, Folkestone, Kent
- 2001 - APT Open Studios, Deptford, London
- 2000 - APT Open Studios, Deptford, London
- 1999 - APT Open Studios & Gallery Exhibition, Deptford, London
- 1998 - APT Open Studios, Deptford, London
- 1997 - APT Open Studios, Deptford, London
- 1996 - APT Open Studios, Deptford, London
- 1995 - Art in Perpetuity Trust Inaugural Open Studios and Gallery, London
- 1995 - Art House, Lewisham, London
- 1994 - Hexham Abbey, Hexham, Northumberland
- 1993 - Windmill Hole Studio, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland
- 1980 - Ten Painters, Seven Dials Gallery, London
Corporate commissions
- 2011 - THE BRITISH ART PROJECT, Corinthia Hotel, Whitehall Place, London
Public Collections
- Berwick-Upon-Tweed Borough Council, Northumberland
- Paintings in Hospitals
Private Collections
- UK, Europe, USA, Australia
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