• The Living Room Visual Essay
  • Selected Work
  • About
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Laura Smith

  • The Living Room Visual Essay
  • Selected Work
  • About
  • CV

EDUCATION

Current: Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia

2023 Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia

2015 Postgraduate Certificate, Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA III, Registration), London Metropolitan University, UK

2011 Masters of Architecture (RIBA II), Royal College of Art, London, UK

2007 BSc Architecture (RIBA I), The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK


GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2023 Lancaster Press, Cuvu, Fiji

2020 Pickers Hut Residency, Tasmania, Australia

2019 Fringe Furniture Mentorship Program, Melbourne, Australia

2015 Lina Bo Bardi Research Fellow Extended Practice, British Council, UK

2014 Lina Bo Bardi Research Fellow, British Council, Brazil


WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS BY ARTIST AND IN COLLABORATION

2015 Mapping of the Pylon, Make Do and Draw, NOW Gallery, London, UK

2014 Thamesmead Urban Pioneers, The Architecture Foundation, UK

2014 Poplar Summer School, The Architecture Foundation, UK

2014 The Bartlett Summer School, University College London, London, UK

2013 Thamesmead: From Street to Doorstep The Architecture Foundation, UK

2013 Drawing on Turner, Make Do and Draw, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK

2012 Buildings Tell Stories, Make Do and Draw, Royal London Hospital, London, UK


EXHIBITED WORKS / INSTALLATIONS / PERFORMANCES

2024 The Living Room, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2023 GCVA Graduate Show, Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia

2019 Dividing room, Melbourne Fringe Furniture Fair, Melbourne

2013 Buildings Tell Stories permanent installation, Make Do and Draw, Royal London Hospital, London, UK

2012 Roaming Hackney High Street, London, UK

2012 History of the Paper City, Victoria & Albert Museum and London Festival of Architecture, UK

2011 Hackney Narrow Way, East London Design Show, London, UK