Laura Buckley (1977–2022) was an Irish video and installation artist, and sculptor. Born in Galway, Ireland, she lived and worked in London.[1] She exhibited throughout the UK and internationally.[2]
Laura Buckley | |
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| Born | 1977 Galway |
| Died | 2022 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | NCAD Chelsea College of Art and Design |
| Known for | Fata Morgana |
Early life and education
editBuckley was born in County Galway, Ireland and lived in a small town. After graduating from NCAD in Dublin in 2000, she received her MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London in 2007.[3][4]
Work
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Buckley worked in various digital and video medias including "moving image, kinetics, sound, light, sculpture and digital print".[5] She described to Bomb magazine in 2014 that she had stopped painting and started "painting with light".[4] She hoped her work made people feel: "A connection. Less alone."[6] A Frieze review described her installations as containing eclectic sources "that provided the intricate layers for Buckley’s sound, video and sculptural installations."[7]
Career
editFata Morgana was a "dazzling and disorientating large-scale",[8] walk-in, kaleidoscope installation Buckley made for Cell Project Space in 2012.[9][3] It was shown again in 2019 for a group exhibition titled Kaleidoscope at Saatchi Gallery.[10][6]
Buckley exhibited at Mother's Tankstation in Dublin in 2010,[3] and was part of Into Boundless Space I Leap, an exhibition based on the work of Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell at the University of Cambridge in 2016.[11] She also exhibited at Art House – an illegally constructed 'beach house' on a roof in Hackney – in 2016.[12] She collaborated with many artists in exhibitions and performances including Kim Coleman at Block 336 (2016),[13] Paul Purgas at the Whitechapel Gallery (2015),[14] Dan Coopey at Turner Contemporary (2013), and with Dave MacLean and Haroon Mirza at Rokeby (2009).[1]
Her work is in the Zabludowicz Collection.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Laura Buckley, known for her installations of light and sound, 1977–2022". artreview.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b Collection, Zabludowicz. "Laura Buckley | Artist". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Simpson, Veronica. "Laura Buckley – interview: 'I enjoy watching the people in the work as much as the work itself'". www.studiointernational.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Laura Buckley by Rob Sharp - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Laura Buckley". Film London. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Saatchi Gallery launches walk-in kaleidoscope exhibition". Wonderland. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Aikens, Nick (1 October 2011). "Laura Buckley". Frieze. No. 142. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Walk inside a giant dazzling Kaleidoscope created by Laura Buckley for new Saatchi show". Creative Boom. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Artist of the week 177: Laura Buckley". the Guardian. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "A Walk In Kaleidoscope And Arctic Devastation At Saatchi Gallery". Londonist. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "This week's new exhibitions". the Guardian. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Bartholomew, Emma (3 August 2016). "Artists told to knock down 'beach house installation' built on roof without planning permission". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Laura Buckley and Kim Coleman: Polarised". Time Out London. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - Interview with Shortlisted Jarman Award Nominee, Laura Buckley". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2022.