Contact: lauragaiger@gmail.com
Instagram: l.gaiger
Laura Gaiger is a painter exploring the memory of geography and the geography of memory. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art, with further studies in Florence, Italy, and now lives in Bergen, Norway.
Instagram: l.gaiger
Laura Gaiger is a painter exploring the memory of geography and the geography of memory. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art, with further studies in Florence, Italy, and now lives in Bergen, Norway.
EDUCATION
KMD (Universitet i Bergen, Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design) - Master in Fine Art
The Glasgow School of Art. BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking 2016
John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence 2016
RESIDENCIES & PROJECTS
Participant in SciCulture, Athens, 2019
Artist in Residence at The Royal Drawing School, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 2016
EXHIBITIONS
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
SUPPERTIME, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, Crownpoint Studios, Glasgow, Thursday 17th May 2018
Helping on the Farm, Solo Exhibition, Unit 42, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow, 8th December 2017
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
Painting About, Solo Exhibition, Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, 21st August - 30th October 2017
RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 22nd July - 1st October 2017
New Scottish Artists, David Roberts Art Foundation, Camden, 19th April - 6th May 2017
Lemon Yellow, Joint exhibition with Sarah Wilson, The Old Hairdressers', Glasgow, 20th February 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
Recent Paintings, Solo exhibition, The Tontine Cafe, Glasgow, 22nd - 28th February 2016
Painting, The Plinth, Solo exhibition, The Plinth, Glasgow, 27th September – 4th October 2015
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
Painting In: Solo exhibition, The Art School, 20 Scott Street, Glasgow, 29th January 2015
Hung Up, Joint exhibition with Evie Cooper, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 23rd April 2014
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
Issue 3, Tonic Journal
COLLECTIONS
The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, Artist in Residence Collection
KMD (Universitet i Bergen, Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design) - Master in Fine Art
The Glasgow School of Art. BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking 2016
John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence 2016
RESIDENCIES & PROJECTS
Participant in SciCulture, Athens, 2019
Artist in Residence at The Royal Drawing School, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 2016
EXHIBITIONS
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
SUPPERTIME, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, Crownpoint Studios, Glasgow, Thursday 17th May 2018
Helping on the Farm, Solo Exhibition, Unit 42, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow, 8th December 2017
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
Painting About, Solo Exhibition, Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, 21st August - 30th October 2017
RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 22nd July - 1st October 2017
New Scottish Artists, David Roberts Art Foundation, Camden, 19th April - 6th May 2017
Lemon Yellow, Joint exhibition with Sarah Wilson, The Old Hairdressers', Glasgow, 20th February 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
Recent Paintings, Solo exhibition, The Tontine Cafe, Glasgow, 22nd - 28th February 2016
Painting, The Plinth, Solo exhibition, The Plinth, Glasgow, 27th September – 4th October 2015
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
Painting In: Solo exhibition, The Art School, 20 Scott Street, Glasgow, 29th January 2015
Hung Up, Joint exhibition with Evie Cooper, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 23rd April 2014
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
Issue 3, Tonic Journal
COLLECTIONS
The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, Artist in Residence Collection