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Laurie Cole (b. 1994, Cornwall) is currently based in London and is studying a master’s in Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art, 2024-2026
laurie.cole@live.co.uk
Photograph credit: Russ McClintock
Education
2024- 2026
Slade School of Art - MFA Painting
2013- 2016
Kingston School of Art - Illustration
2012- 2013
Falmouth University - Art and Design Foundation
Group Exhibitions
Current
Water, Steel, Tulip, Sense Gallery, Beijing, China - 11th July - 23rd August
2026
Welded Rivers, curated by artist and Blackbird Rook, Artsy (online showcase)
2025
About the Wreck, Canal Boat Contemporary, London
MULCH, Hweg Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
Open-Eyed Sleep, Oceans Apart Gallery, Manchester
2024
3.57142286cm; 62 Roman Road, London
Worlds Still on a Wire, Canal Boat Contemporary, London
Waverton Art Prize (shortlisted artist), Boisdale of Canary Wharf, London
Cheer to the Echo; The Sidings, London
I Lost Something in the Hills; Liliya Gallery, London
The Way of All Flesh; Delphian Gallery at Saatchi Gallery, London
2023
Felt Cute, Might Delete Later, Arusha Gallery, London
Spaghetti Etcetera, Grays Wharf Gallery, Cornwall
2022
Internal Weather, Sid Motion Gallery, London
2021
Across the River, New Grass Gallery, London
2019
Four Paddles, Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
2018
Radiant, That Art Gallery, Bristol
Make Shift, Centre space Gallery, Bristol
Flying Figures, Duo Show; Tobacco Factory, Bristol
Art on a Postcard, Secret Auction, London
Take, The Vestibules, Bristol
2017
LETH curated by Sam Bassett, That Art Gallery, Bristol (October 2017)
I, the Poet. You, the Poet. Duo Show; SPACE, Bristol (August 2017)
Solo Shows
2023
The Shedding of the Bird Suit; That Art Gallery, Bristol
The Shedding of the Bird Suit; The Viewing Room at Thames Side Studios, London
Awards / Grants
Bartolomeu dos Santos Memorial Award, 2026
Cass Art Painting Award, MA, 2026
The Eton Fund, grantee, 2025
The Waverton Art Prize, shortlisted artist, 2024
Residencies
Studio Garonne, St Martory, France (April 2019 - June 2019)
The Vestibules, Bristol (January 2018)
Invited artist at The Other Art Fair with Biba Cole, Arnolfini, Bristol (2017)
Publications
Who’s Kicking Me Now, Vol 1 (1st issue); Exchange Collective/ Full Power Records (2023)
By Ear, Volume 3; Late Works and Resonance Extra (2022)