Laura Hathaway

ARTIST STATEMENT

Painting directly onto glass and paper surfaces with her hands and finger tips, the physicality of pressing, smearing and throwing thick globules of paint onto glass and paper surfaces captures feelings and movements.

Laura uses music as an emotional trigger to create energetic marks and shapes, capturing the intimacy and intensity of her own emotions. The works are a messy, physical expression through paint and mark making.

The minimal, primal marks are powerful and honest, highlighted by Laura’s monochromatic black and white pallet. The glass and paper surfaces are fragile in comparison, easily smashed, broken or torn.

Once dried, Laura examines and observes each glass panel. Reflecting on her pigmented fingerprints, squiggles of paint and smudges, She chooses which painted marks to keep and which to remove. The process of erasing marks is therapeutic; seamlessly scraped and polished from the surface of the glass as if they never existed, Laura aims to create a balance within the minimal marks.

These abstract expressions are finally put through a process of assemblage. Which over time has evolved into a ritualistic, meditative practice. The transparent nature of the glass allows the artist to layer up her ...

Falmouth University, BA Hons Textile Design

Upcoming Exhibitions 2023

The Other Art Fair, West Handyside Canopy Kings Cross, London - June 29 - July 2

Wish You Were Here, Peer Studios, Ventnor, July 21 - August 06

Solo Exhibitions
2022

No Ball Games, Co-op Square, Ryde
2022

Ten, Elizabeth Packs Building, Ryde

2021
600, ARCH Window Gallery, Ryde

2016
Disorder, K6 Gallery, Southampton

Group Exhibitions

2021
Studio Opening, Riboleau Studios, Ryde

2020
Hullabaloo at Home, Online

2019
NONSENSE, Ventnor

2018
P. Clay Co Winter Exhibition, Ryde

P. Clay Co Summer Exhibition, Ryde

2017
Disorder II, Ryde Arts Festival, Ryde
IM IN THE GARDEN, Depository, Ryde

2016
Seeds, Depozitory, Ryde

2015
Outdoor Ideas, Maisha Garden, Kampala
South Central, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth

2014

NOISE Festival Showcase, Online
Line & Shade, Michael West Gallery - Quay Arts, Newport
Psychogeography, The Arthub Gallery, London
Self, Michael West Gallery - Quay Arts, Newport

2013

DUET, Michael West Gallery - Quay Arts, Newport
The Chalk Talks, St Thomas’ Heritage Centre, Ryde
Freedom’s Road, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, New York
Synesthesia, Darnley Gallery, London

2012
Inroads, Vyner Street Gallery, London
A Change of Art, The Tallet, Cirences...