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

Early life and education

Buckley was born in

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and lived in a small town. After graduating from

NCAD The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) is Ireland's oldest art institution, offering the largest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the country. Originating as a drawing school in 1746, many of th ...

in Dublin in 2000, she received her MA from

Chelsea College of Art and Design Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation. It offers further education, further ...

in London in 2007.

Work

Buckley worked in various digital and video medias including "moving image, kinetics, sound, light, sculpture and digital print". She described to

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in 2014 that she had stopped painting and started "painting with light". She hoped her work made people feel: "A connection. Less alone." A

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review described her installations as containing eclectic sources "that provided the intricate layers for Buckley’s sound, video and sculptural installations."

Career

''Fata Morgana'' was a "dazzling and disorientating large-scale", walk-in,

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installation Buckley made for Cell Project Space in 2012. It was shown again in 2019 for a group exhibition titled ''Kaleidoscope'' at

Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the ...

. Buckley exhibited at Mother's Tankstation in Dublin in 2010, and was part of ''Into Boundless Space I Leap'', an exhibition based on the work of Scottish scientist

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at the

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in 2016. She also exhibited at Art House – an illegally constructed 'beach house' on a roof in Hackney – in 2016. She collaborated with many artists in exhibitions and performances including Kim Coleman at Block 336 (2016), Paul Purgas at the

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(2015), Dan Coopey at

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(2013), and with Dave MacLean and Haroon Mirza at Rokeby (2009). Her work is in the

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References

External links

Obituary in Art Review

Interview with artist
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Laura 1977 births 2022 deaths 21st-century Irish women artists Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Alumni of the National College of Art and Design Irish contemporary artists Artists from County Galway Women installation artists Women video artists