Laura Bishop
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Laura is a Newcastle based contemporary artist who uses sculpture and installation to explore interior space, the intersection of domestic textiles and architecture, the home and the house.
Working primarily with textiles, but incorporating various media including wood, metal and concrete, Laura’s work engages with domestic material culture and plays on scale to consider the paradoxical nature of home as both a deeply felt human experience and a fragile construct.
The resulting work asks the viewer to reflect on home as a shimmering, multifacitated idea, where interior architecture and surface decor both conceal and reveal the complex power dynamics inherent in domestic spaces.
Laura graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting in 2021 from National Art School, Australia. She has exhibited in several group exhibitions across Australia. Her work is held in private collections in Australia and overseas.
Exhibitions
Solo
June 2028: Distance Measured in Days (working title), Maitland Regional Gallery (upcoming)
November 2026: Devotion, The Creator Incubator, Newcastle (upcoming)
2025: Home, again, Shaddock Architects, Newcastle
2025: Home Poem, The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2021: Spend a penny, Building 5 bathroom, National Art School
Group
2026: Hunter Emerging Art Prize, Newcastle Art Space
2026: 9x9x9, The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2025: Response III, Hunter Regional Botanical Gardens/Watt Space, Newcastle
2025: Counteractions ‘March Forward’, The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2024: Seven, The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2024: PACC’d out, Performance Art Culture Cessnock, NSW
2024: Petite Miniature Textiles 2024, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria
2024: Counteractions, The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2023-2024: International Art Textile Biennale 2023, travelling exhibition, East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria; Emu Park Art Gallery, Emu Park, Queensland; Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland; Kyogle Gallery, Kyogle, New South Wales; Moonah Art Centre, Moonah, Tasmania; Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, NSW; Geelong Art Space, Geelong, Victoria
2023: Tilt, Newcastle Art Space
2023: Collect, The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2023: Six, The Creator Incubator, Newcastle
2022: Collect, The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2021: #FF6984, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School
Awards and prizes
2026: Sculpture Prize, Hunter Emerging Art Prize
2022: Newcastle Art Space mentorship
2021: National Art School Brandon Trackman Prize for Art History 2021
Residencies
2022: Nobby’s Light House, Light House Arts, Newcastle
Volunteering and internships
December 2021 – February 2023: The Lock Up, Newcastle
Creative experience
Designer, prop maker and project manager
2014 – 2018
Designing, producing and installing creative installations for a range of clients including 3M, Opera Australia, Bailey Neilson, WoolMark, Westfield, MJ Bale.
Education
2021 – Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting major), National Art School, Sydney.
1995 – Bachelor of Arts (Hons), English Literature, Lancaster University, UK.
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