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ArchiveBorn 1961 in Cardiff, Wales
Laura Ford, one of the foremost female sculptors currently working in the UK, came to prominence in the British Art Show 5 2000 organised by the Hayward Gallery, which toured to Edinburgh, Southampton, Cardiff and Birmingham Museums. Her socially and politically charged figures exist between the realms of fantasy and reality, childhood and adulthood. Ford works with a variety of materials, often using what is to hand, from fabric and found objects, to more traditional materials such as bronze and plaster.
Ford represented Wales at the Venice Biennale 51 in 2005. Recent solo exhibitions include Camden Arts Centre, London, Arnolfini, Bristol, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh and the Centre of Contemporary Art, Salamanca to name a few. She has also recently exhibited at the Aldrich Museum, Connecticut in Into My World curated by Stephen Hepworth; Artists Favourites at the ICA, London; Disguise at Manchester City Art Gallery; and Wreckers at Houldsworth, London and Beaconsfield, London; Figuratively Speaking at Miami Art Museum; and Size Matters: Exploring Scale in the Arts Council Collection, a Hayward Gallery touring show; Sleeping and Dreaming, Wellcome Collection, London; Rag and Bone, Turner Contemporary, Margate; Wanderland, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg. Ford’s work is in numerous collections including Tate Britain, the Arts Council, Contemporary Art Society, Government Art Collection, New Art Gallery, Walsall, Miami Art Museum, Museum of Art, Iowa, V&A Museum, London and the West Collection, Pennsylvania.
 Laura Ford, Local Weather, steel, plaster, fabric, 137 x 140 x 50 cm, 2009. |
