Mariam Laher

Mariam Laher is a Leicester based Artist and Printmaker whose exploration of Printmaking began at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in the form of stone and plate lithography, etching and lino printing. She has explored ideas of surface pattern, which evolved from visual patterns seen in the architecture, garnered from her visit to the Nan Hua Monastery in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. She began to question her subject matter which led her to explore multiculturalism and re-examine the idea of cultural harmony. During her MA research degree in Visual Arts: Printmaking, at Camberwell College of Art, she explored simple abstract symbols and layouts and looked at notions of integration, segregation, distance, and communication within society. During her research, Mariam Laher examined maps of London showing the ethnic-makeup and pockets within society and was inspired by the London underground system. She was interested in the Tube map developed by Harry Beck, the English technical draughtsman who created the underground tube map in 1931 and this helped to inform the layout of her compositions. Throughout this time, Mariam Laher was inspired by the abstract works by Piet Mondrian and Joseph Albers’ series of ‘Homage to the Square...

Birmingham City University- PGCE Secondary in Art and Design with QTS, 2010

University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Art, MA Visual Arts: Printmaking, 2009

Aberystwyth University (formerly University of Wales, Aberystwyth): BA Fine Art and Art History, 2008

Studio Open Art 2025, LCB Depot, 31 Rutland St, LE1 1RE 03/11/2025-23/11/2025

Two Queens Members Show 2025, Leicester 30/08/2025- 13/09/2025

Flock, Two Queens Members Show, Leicester 29/06/2024- 13/07/2024

Smock Ravelled, Two Queens Members Show, Leicester 26/08/2023-09/09/2023

Blunderbuss Two Queens Members Show, Leicester 12/11/2022- 19/11/2022                 

Surface Gallery, ‘Abstract Exhibition’, Nottingham 26/03/2022-09/04/2022 

MA Visual Arts: Printmaking, Degree Show, Camberwell College of Art, London, 2009    

Curated Show, Camberwell College of Art, London, 2009

‘Almost an Island’, curated exhibition, Camberwell College of Art London, 2008

BA Degree Show, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 2008

Selected Exhibition, MOMA Wales, 2008