Larain Briggs

Larain Briggs' work is introspective, self-reflective, and recursive. Her creative process involves revisiting and reinterpreting previous works, layering and interweaving images and meanings while transitioning between two-dimensional, three-dimensional, digital, and virtual worlds. Through analysis of symbols that emerge in her work, she establishes a dialogue with the unconscious, facilitating individuation (development of the Self) and informing her creative practice and research.


Her research is grounded in psychoanalytical theory, focusing on Carl Jung's concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, synchronicity and alchemy.


Briggs is pursuing a professional doctorate in Fine Art at the University of East London, focusing on transformation of the self through art practice and engagement.
Born in 1960, she resides on the East Coast of the UK. In 1990, she completed a BA(Hons) in Fine Arts, specialising in painting, at Camberwell UAL. She has exhibited her work in the UK and internationally. Her practice has been enriched by further studies in Computer-Aided Visualization, Art Education (PGCE), Psychology, Analytical Psychology, and Art Therapy.

Doctorate in Fine Art UEL - Current
Goldsmiths College - Post Grad in Education Secondary Art
and Design - 1994
Camberwell Art College - BA Hons degree, Fine Art Painting - 1989
Anglia Polytechnic University - BSc Computer Aided Visualisation - 2004
Maidstone Art College - Foundation in Art 1987
Institute for Art in Therapy and Education - Art therapy 2000

Solo Exhibitions
Reflection - Solo exhibition and residency - Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre - February-March 2024
Eye of the Storm - Solo exhibition - Colne Gallery - Colchester - February 2023
Windows - Subterranean Arts - Ipswich Town Hall - May 2019
Untitled - House of Fraser - Maidstone - October 2017



Something Different - The Swanhouse Gallery - Harwich - August 2016

Group Exhibitions
Bizarre - Old Fox Yard Studios - Stowmarket, Suffolk, July 2024.
Doctorate in Fine Art Showcase - University of East London - June 2023
Awe and Wonder - Chaiya Art Awards - Oxo Tower - April 2023
Colchester Art Society Spring Exhibition - Benham Gallery - Cuckoo Farm Studios - April 2023
A Celebration of Essex-Made Film: Harwich Shorts - Electric Palace Cinema - Harwich - March 2023
Exploring the Sublime – Harwich Festival of the Arts – June to July 2022
Summer Online Exhibition - Colchester Art Society – June 2022
Borders – Colchester Art Society - The Ipswich Gallery – Ipswich - May to June 2022

Dovercourt Open Studios – August 2021
Beyond the Surface - Aletheia Art Collective - Gallery at Room 6, Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre - July 2021
Summer Online Exhibition - Colchester Art Society - July 2021
God is... - Chaiya Art Awards - Oxo...