Laura Buckley

Laura Buckley
Born	1977 Galway
Died	2022
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	NCAD Chelsea College of Art and Design
Known for	Fata Morgana

Laura Buckley (1977–2022) was an Irish video and installation artist, and sculptor. Born in Galway, Ireland, she lived and worked in London.[1] She exhibited throughout the UK and internationally.[2]

Early life and education

Buckley was born in County Galway, Ireland and lived in a small town. After graduating from NCAD in Dublin in 2000, she received her MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London in 2007.[3][4]

Work

Fata Morgana, a giant kaleidoscope art installation. 2012.

Buckley worked in various digital and video medias including "moving image, kinetics, sound, light, sculpture and digital print".[5] She described to Bomb magazine in 2014 that she had stopped painting and started "painting with light".[4] She hoped her work made people feel: "A connection. Less alone."[6] A Frieze review described her installations as containing eclectic sources "that provided the intricate layers for Buckley’s sound, video and sculptural installations."[7]

Career

Fata Morgana was a "dazzling and disorientating large-scale",[8] walk-in, kaleidoscope installation Buckley made for Cell Project Space in 2012.[9][3] It was shown again in 2019 for a group exhibition titled Kaleidoscope at Saatchi Gallery.[10][6]

Buckley exhibited at Mother's Tankstation in Dublin in 2010,[3] and was part of Into Boundless Space I Leap, an exhibition based on the work of Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell at the University of Cambridge in 2016.[11] She also exhibited at Art House – an illegally constructed 'beach house' on a roof in Hackney – in 2016.[12] She collaborated with many artists in exhibitions and performances including Kim Coleman at Block 336 (2016),[13] Paul Purgas at the Whitechapel Gallery (2015),[14] Dan Coopey at Turner Contemporary (2013), and with Dave MacLean and Haroon Mirza at Rokeby (2009).[1]

Her work is in the Zabludowicz Collection.[2]

References

1. "Laura Buckley, known for her installations of light and sound, 1977–2022". artreview.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. Collection, Zabludowicz. "Laura Buckley | Artist". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
3. Simpson, Veronica. "Laura Buckley – interview: 'I enjoy watching the people in the work as much as the work itself'". www.studiointernational.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
4. "Laura Buckley by Rob Sharp - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
5. "Laura Buckley". Film London. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
6. "Saatchi Gallery launches walk-in kaleidoscope exhibition". Wonderland. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
7. Aikens, Nick (1 October 2011). "Laura Buckley". Frieze. No. 142. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
8. "Walk inside a giant dazzling Kaleidoscope created by Laura Buckley for new Saatchi show". Creative Boom. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
9. "Artist of the week 177: Laura Buckley". the Guardian. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
10. "A Walk In Kaleidoscope And Arctic Devastation At Saatchi Gallery". Londonist. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
11. "This week's new exhibitions". the Guardian. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
12. Bartholomew, Emma (3 August 2016). "Artists told to knock down 'beach house installation' built on roof without planning permission". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
13. "Laura Buckley and Kim Coleman: Polarised". Time Out London. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
14. "Aesthetica Magazine - Interview with Shortlisted Jarman Award Nominee, Laura Buckley". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

External links

• Obituary in Art Review
• Interview with artist