awards:
2006 Arts Council Grant
residency:
2015 Staithes Studios North Yorkshire
commissions:
2008 Valley of Stone: art commission and community workshop with five
Valley Artists for Groundwork Pennine Lancashire (with Heritage
Lottery funding) to raise awareness of the quarrying heritage of
Rossendale.
selected:
Axisweb for Artists www.axisweb.org/p/susanlaughton
Visual portfolio by Arts & Business
education:
2002 BA (Hons) Visual Art and Design (First) University of Bolton
1987 HND Building Technology Bolton Institute
studio:
Vale Artists Studios, Congleton, Cheshire 2018 - present
Electric Picture House Artists Co-operative, Congleton, Cheshire 2011 - 2017
Victoria Mill Arts Centre, Congleton, Cheshire 2010 - 2011
Valley Artists, Rossendale, Lancashire 2004 - 2010
shortlisted:
2016 Lichfield Art Prize: Finalist
2012 John Moores Painting Prize Walker Gallery Liverpool
solo exhibitions:
2019 Balancing Act &Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Safekeeping Staithes Studios Gallery, North Yorkshire
2018 Conscious Perception The Stratford Gallery
2016 Susan Laughton The Cold Press, Holt, Norfolk
2015 Travelling Light Quercus Gallery, Bath
2011 Still Here greenroom, Manchester curated by Blank Media collective
2010 Measured Space Duckett and Jeffreys Gallery, Malton,
North Yorkshire see more
2009 Sightlines Salford Museum & Art Gallery including curation of works
from Salford’s permanent collection see more
2008 Haworth Museum & Gallery Accrington
Selected exhibitions:
2020 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual exhibition, Edinburgh
2019 Fully Awake, The Freelands Foundation, London
2015 The Royal West of England Academy: Drawn, Bristol
2011 Stockport Contemporary Open, Stockport Art Gallery
2009 Art of Ideas II, Arts Council/Arts & Business exhibition, Birmingham
group exhibitions:
2022 Art Fair Cheshire Macclesfield Town Hall
2022 Structure & Fracture & Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 On Paper Group exhibition Exhibition &Gallery, Edinburgh
2021 Annual Gallery Artists Exhibition &Gallery, Edinburgh
2021 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2021 Tiny yet mighty &Gallery, Edinburgh
2020/21 Structured Gallery 57, Arundel
2020 A Natural Christmas Gallerytop, Rowsley, Derbyshire
2020 Winter exhibition &Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 The Art Buyer Autumn show, Putney, London
2020 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition
2020 Wood: growth patterns Gallery 57, Arundel
2020 Journey into Landscape Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2019 Fully Awake The Freelands Foundation, London
2019 Small Works group exhibition The Stratford Gallery
2019 Constructs of Colour The Old Lock Up Gallery, Derbyshire
2019 Fresh: Contemporary Art Fair, Cheltenham Racecourse
2018/19 Organic Form Gallery 57, Arundel
2018/19 Winter exhibition The Stratford Gallery
2018 Initial Sighting &Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 A contour, a curve - the lie of the land Gallery 57, Arundel
2018 JOURNEY The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon
2018 Fresh: Contemporary Art Fair, Cheltenham Racecourse
2018 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea represented by The Art Agency
2018 Winter The Stratford Gallery
2017 Mixing Signals Kobi & Teal, Frome, Somerset
2017 Gaze, Glimpse: Looking at landscape Gallery 57, Arundel
2017 Ikigai: A reason for living The Old Lock Up Gallery, Derbyshire
2017 A Time for Reflection The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon
2017 Presence Artwave West, Morecombelake, Dorset
2016 Opening Exhibition The Stratford Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon
2016 Buy Art Fair Manchester, represented by Staithes Studios
2016 Open Exhibition The Old Station Gallery, Rowsley, Derbyshire
2016 Responses in Colour Artwave West, Morecombelake, Dorset
2016 Lichfield Art Prize: Finalist Lichfield Cathedral, Emporium Gallery
2016 A Certain Language Staithes Studios gallery, North Yorkshire
2015 Drawn 2015 The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2015 The Still Point Quercus Gallery, Bath
2014 Bristol Affordable Art Fair represented by Columbia Road Gallery
2014 Quercus Gallery Summer Show
2014 Hampstead Affordable Art Fair
2013 Battersea Affordable Art Fair
2013 New York City Affordable Art Fair
2013 neo:artprize exhibition neo:gallery 22, Bolton
2013 Hampstead Affordable Art Fair
2013 Palace Art Fair Fulham, London
2013 Bristol Affordable Art Fair
2012 Artlink Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
2011 Artificial Light Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2011 A Different View The Barefoot Gallery, Boston Spa, Yorkshire
2011 No.1: Paint BLANKSPACE Gallery, Manchester
2011 Barnaby Festival Macclesfield
2011 Stockport Contemporary Open Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
2010 Palace Art Fair Fulham, London
2009 Art of Ideas II Arts & Business/Arts Council exhibition selected by
Stephen Snoddy, Director of the Walsall Gallery
2009 Findings Valley Artists at Towneley Museum & Gallery, Burnley
2009 Survey Gallerytop, Rowsley, Derbyshire
2009 Buy Art Fair Urbis, Manchester, represented by Arts&Business
2008 Brighton Art Fair
2007 Tony Scrivener & Susan Laughton Firbob & Peacock
Contemporary Art, Knutsford, Cheshire see more
2007 Brighton Art Fair
2007 Open Exhibition Grosvenor Museum, Chester
2006 Calder Gallery Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
2006 Haworth Open Haworth Gallery, Accrington, Lancashire
2006 Landmarks III Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite, Cumbria
2005 Sculptural Possibilities Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
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