The Journal - Culture Awards 2008

NORTHUMBRIA University

graduate Laura Lancaster

cemented her reputation

as one of the North East's

leading young artists in 2008.

Throughout the year the

Hartlepool-born artist has exhibited

in many high profile international

museum and gallery exhibitions

alongside some of the world's leading

artIStS.

These included the exhibitions

Micro Narratives at St Etienne

Museum of Modern Art; Mediations

at the Poznan Biennial in Poland;

Behind at Monitor Gallery, Rome; Zoo

Art Fair at The Royal Academy in

London; and most notably Ego

Documents at the Kunstmuseum

Bern.

As part of this exhibition Laura was

*offered a month long residency at the

museum in which she created a new

epic scale drawing installation

comprised of 103 images painted and

drawn onto the pages and dust

covers or second hand books she has

collected. The subject is a photo

album from the late 60s that Laura

purchased at Spitalfields Market in

London's East End documenting two

years in the lite of one woman.

Laura is thrilled to be nominated

for the Journal Culture Award for

Visual Artist of the Year. She says:

is a great way to celebrate 2008

which was quite a year! It's just

amazing to be exhibiting

internationally alongside some