Contact: lauragaiger(at)gmail.com
Instagram: l.gaiger
Laura Gaiger is a painter from the UK exploring the memory of geography and the geography of memory. She works in homemade oil paint on canvas and panels, and also makes site-specific paintings for floors, walls and exteriors.
You can find her living in Bergen, Norway, where she is working on some big (and some tiny) painting projects for 2021. She works as a Lecturer / Research Assistant at the University of Bergen, where she teaches traditional painting methods & materials.
UPCOMING
Grounding (Working Title), Leveld Kunstnartun, June 2021 (Solo)
Common Land, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, November 2021 (Solo)
Kunst i Barnehager - Project in collaboration with Gunhild Sannes Larsen, supported by Bergen Kommune
Painting from the Elements, Project with The Cultural Schoolbag, Oslo & Bergen, 2021-2022
Common Land, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, November 2021 (Solo)
Kunst i Barnehager - Project in collaboration with Gunhild Sannes Larsen, supported by Bergen Kommune
Painting from the Elements, Project with The Cultural Schoolbag, Oslo & Bergen, 2021-2022
EDUCATION
KMD (Universitet i Bergen, Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design) - Master in Fine Art 2020
The Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking 2016
John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence 2016
The Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking 2016
John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence 2016
RESIDENCIES & GRANTS & PRIZES
Project Grant, Bergen Kommune, 2021
Graduate Studio at CS55, Bergen, subsidised by Bergen Kommune and Hordaland Fylkeskommune
1-Year Stipend, Visual Artists’ Renumeration Fund, 2021
Artist in Residence at Leveld Kunstnartun, Norway, May and June 2021
Artist in Residence at Art Farm Nebrasksa, USA, 2021 (dates TBC)
Professional Artists’ Establishing Stipend, Bergen Kommune 2020
Stipend for Newly Educated Artists, Arts Council Norway 2020
Shortlisted for the Abbey Painting Scholarship to the British School at Rome, 2020
Artist in Residence at The Royal Drawing School, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 2016
Longlisted for the Woon Foundation Art Prize, 2016
John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence, 2016
Graduate Studio at CS55, Bergen, subsidised by Bergen Kommune and Hordaland Fylkeskommune
1-Year Stipend, Visual Artists’ Renumeration Fund, 2021
Artist in Residence at Leveld Kunstnartun, Norway, May and June 2021
Artist in Residence at Art Farm Nebrasksa, USA, 2021 (dates TBC)
Professional Artists’ Establishing Stipend, Bergen Kommune 2020
Stipend for Newly Educated Artists, Arts Council Norway 2020
Shortlisted for the Abbey Painting Scholarship to the British School at Rome, 2020
Artist in Residence at The Royal Drawing School, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 2016
Longlisted for the Woon Foundation Art Prize, 2016
John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence, 2016
SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Common Land (Working Title), USF Visningsrommet, November 2021 (UPCOMING)
Grounding (Working Title), Leveld Kunstnartun, June 2021 (UPCOMING)
Puncta, OVE galleri, Bergen, March 2021
The past and future are dreaming of each other, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, October 2019
SUPPERTIME, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, Crownpoint Studios, Glasgow, May 2018
Helping on the Farm, Unit 42, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow, December 2017
Interior Paintings, Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, August - October 2017
Lemon Yellow, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, The Old Hairdressers', Glasgow, February 2017
Recent Paintings, The Tontine Cafe, Glasgow, February 2016
Painting, The Plinth, The Plinth, Glasgow, October 2015
Painting In, The Art School, Glasgow, January 2015
Hung Up, Laura Gaiger & Evie Cooper, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, April 2014
Grounding (Working Title), Leveld Kunstnartun, June 2021 (UPCOMING)
Puncta, OVE galleri, Bergen, March 2021
The past and future are dreaming of each other, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, October 2019
SUPPERTIME, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, Crownpoint Studios, Glasgow, May 2018
Helping on the Farm, Unit 42, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow, December 2017
Interior Paintings, Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, August - October 2017
Lemon Yellow, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, The Old Hairdressers', Glasgow, February 2017
Recent Paintings, The Tontine Cafe, Glasgow, February 2016
Painting, The Plinth, The Plinth, Glasgow, October 2015
Painting In, The Art School, Glasgow, January 2015
Hung Up, Laura Gaiger & Evie Cooper, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, April 2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Vinter Kunstmarked, Artfolk @ Kiosken, Bergen, December 2020
MA2020, KODE 2, Bergen, 21st August - 14th September 2020
Window Exhibition, Bergen (various locations, windows, gardens & balconies), April 2020
In 24 Hours, The Wall Space Gallery, Falkirk, April 2020
KMD MFA degree show, Bergen Kunsthall, 3rd April - 3rd May 2020 (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
Syndesgate 1b, Sydnesgate 1, 5010 Bergen, 31st May 2019
Make Me/Destroy Me, Group Exhibition, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
Kunstmarked, CM7, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
RSA Open 2018, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 23rd June - 25th July 2018
Glasgow Splash, Group Exhibition, Bella Juanita, Palma, Mallorca, 23rd September - 30th December 2017
Transmission Gallery Members’ Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 9th September - 14th October 2017
RSA Open 2017, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 22nd July - 1st October 2017
New Scottish Artists, David Roberts Art Foundation, Camden, 19th April - 6th May 2017
RSA New Contemporaries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 18th February - 15th March 2017
Pendolino Vol. 1, Group exhibition, The New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, 20th - 26th January 2017
Collective Memory: The Past and Future is Ours, Bushwick Studios, 28 Scott Avenue, New York, 1st - 2nd October 2016, and Celine, 493 Victoria Road, Glasgow, 15th October 2016. Curated by Anna Bauer and Céline Amendola (Glasgow) and Benjamin Lee Sperry (New York)
RSA Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 16th July 2016 - 30th August 2016
Painting & Decorating: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, The Tontine Building, 20 Trongate, Glasgow, 18th - 24th June 2016
Painters Gonna Paint, Group exhibition (Curator/participant), The Tontine Building, 22nd March 2016
Construction & Destruction, Group exhibition, The Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, 30th May – 31st July 2015
Nepal, Studio Warehouse Glasgow, 22nd - 26th May 2015
Safe and Healthy, Group exhibition, The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 29th - 30th April 2015
Head (and other mistakes), Group exhibition, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 28th February 2014
200%, Group exhibition, Reid Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 5th February 2014
MA2020, KODE 2, Bergen, 21st August - 14th September 2020
Window Exhibition, Bergen (various locations, windows, gardens & balconies), April 2020
In 24 Hours, The Wall Space Gallery, Falkirk, April 2020
Syndesgate 1b, Sydnesgate 1, 5010 Bergen, 31st May 2019
Make Me/Destroy Me, Group Exhibition, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
Kunstmarked, CM7, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
RSA Open 2018, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 23rd June - 25th July 2018
Glasgow Splash, Group Exhibition, Bella Juanita, Palma, Mallorca, 23rd September - 30th December 2017
Transmission Gallery Members’ Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 9th September - 14th October 2017
RSA Open 2017, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 22nd July - 1st October 2017
New Scottish Artists, David Roberts Art Foundation, Camden, 19th April - 6th May 2017
RSA New Contemporaries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 18th February - 15th March 2017
Pendolino Vol. 1, Group exhibition, The New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, 20th - 26th January 2017
Collective Memory: The Past and Future is Ours, Bushwick Studios, 28 Scott Avenue, New York, 1st - 2nd October 2016, and Celine, 493 Victoria Road, Glasgow, 15th October 2016. Curated by Anna Bauer and Céline Amendola (Glasgow) and Benjamin Lee Sperry (New York)
RSA Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 16th July 2016 - 30th August 2016
Painting & Decorating: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, The Tontine Building, 20 Trongate, Glasgow, 18th - 24th June 2016
Painters Gonna Paint, Group exhibition (Curator/participant), The Tontine Building, 22nd March 2016
Construction & Destruction, Group exhibition, The Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, 30th May – 31st July 2015
Nepal, Studio Warehouse Glasgow, 22nd - 26th May 2015
Safe and Healthy, Group exhibition, The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 29th - 30th April 2015
Head (and other mistakes), Group exhibition, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 28th February 2014
200%, Group exhibition, Reid Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 5th February 2014
WRITING
TALKS
Artist Talk for Friends of the RSA, Edinburgh, January 2017
COLLECTIONS
The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, Artist in Residence Collection
Private collections in the UK, Spain, Norway, the USA & New Zealand
The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, Artist in Residence Collection
Private collections in the UK, Spain, Norway, the USA & New Zealand
MEMBERSHIPS
Landsforeningen Norske Malere (National Association of Norwegian Painters)
Norsk Billedkunstnere (Norwegian Visual Artists)
Unge Kunstneres Samfund (Young Artists’ Society)
Norsk Billedkunstnere (Norwegian Visual Artists)
Unge Kunstneres Samfund (Young Artists’ Society)