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Laura Ford Biography
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1978 - 1982 |
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Bath Academy of Art, BA Hons
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1982 - 1983 |
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Chelsea School of Art, MA Sculpture
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1985 - 1986 |
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Travelled and lectured in India
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1989 - 1990 |
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West Bromwich Town Centre, WBC/PADT
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1993 |
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Chiltern Sculpture Trail, Oxford
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1997 |
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Surrey Docks/Dockland Development Agency
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1998 |
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British High Commission, Ottowa
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2001 - 2002 |
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Swiss Cottage Children’s Library, London
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Lives and works in London
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National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
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Museum of Art, University of Iowa
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Arts Council of Great Britain
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Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent
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Government Art Collection
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Elspeth & Imogen Turner Collection, Lancashire
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Gateway Foundation, San Francisco
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Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park, Michigan
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Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg
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2006 Scottish Arts Council
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1995 Henry Moore Foundation Award
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1989 Glasgow City of Culture
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1998 + 89 Arts Council of Great Britain
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Laura Ford, Masayuki Koorida, David Nash, Jaume Plensa, Timm Ulrichs, Ludwig Museum, Deutschherrenhaus Koblenz, Germany. To be integrated into the Bundesgartenschau 2011
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2011
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Laura Ford, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan (solo)
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2010
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Laura Ford, Museum und Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany (solo)
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2010
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The Art of the Fairy Tales, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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2009
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Blickachsen 7, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Frankfurt
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2009
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Laura Ford, Altana Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany (solo)
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2009
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Laura Ford, Durham Art Gallery & Museum, UK (solo)
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2008
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Disagreeable People, Houldsworth, London (solo)
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2008
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Laura Ford, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Laura Ford, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire (solo)
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2008
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To Nature, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
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2008
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Aesthetics of Similarity, curated by Dr Oliver Zybok, Prague Triennale, Prague
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2008
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Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, de Oude
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2008
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Warande and De Pont Museum, The Netherlands
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2008
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Sculpture at Pilane – Contemporary Sculpture in a Prehistoric
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2008
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Landscape, Sweden, curated by Peter Lennby
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2008
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Children in Conflict, Aberdeen Art Gallery
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2007
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Sleeping and Dreaming, Wellcome Collection, London
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2007
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Children in Conflict, Wolverhampton Art Museum, Wolverhampton
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2007
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Wild Wood, PS1, Leeds
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2007
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Tamed and Framed, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston
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2007
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Tech-Mac-Mayacom, Mynouchikan, Tokyo, Japan
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2007
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Rag and Bone, Contemporary Art Society, The Economist Plaza, London (solo)
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2007
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Rag and Bone, commissioned by Turner Contemporary, Margate (solo)
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2006
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Armour Boys, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (solo)
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2006
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Laura Ford – Beast, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (solo)
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2005
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SomeWhere Else, 51st Venice Biennale (solo)
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2004
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Wreckers, Houldsworth Gallery, London (solo)
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2004
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Wreckers, Beaconsfield, London (solo)
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2004
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The Great Indoors, Gillingham Gallery, Kent (solo)
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2008
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New York Times, Museum Review, Headthinker, 29 January 2008
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2008
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TimeOut, Disagreeable People exhibition review, 2-8 January 2008
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2007
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Headthinkers featured on Newsnight, BBC1, 30 Nov 2007
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2007
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Planet Magazine, “Emotions in 3D” interview with Tony Curtis, December 2007
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2007
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Guardian Guide, Rag and Bone exhibition review, 20 October 2007
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2007
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A-N Magazine, Wildwood exhibition review, October 2007
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2007
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Sculpture Today by Judy Collins, published by Phaidon
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2007
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ArtIt Magazine, Tech Mac Mayacom exhibition review, August 2007
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2007
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Dazed & Confused, October 2007
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2006
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Armour Boys Catalogue (Essay by Duncan McLaren)
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