A_Place Gallery is delighted to present Worse Things Happen at Sea a solo exhibition of new paintings by Laura Gaiger.
14 - 28 March, 2025
Preview: 14 March, 6 - 9PM - all welcome
Opening hours: Tues & Thurs 11 - 2, Sun 2 - 4 & by appointment
A_Place, 209 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HZ
Laura Gaiger (b.1992, Southampton UK) is an artist based in Bergen, Norway. Gaiger received a BA (Hons) in Painting and Printmaking from The Glasgow School of Art in 2016 and a Master in Fine Art from the University of Bergen in 2020.
Selected solo exhibitions: Tragedies & Triumphs of the Commons, Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art, Trondheim (Norway), 2025 Wat Tyler English Rebel, Lewisham Arthouse, London (UK), 2025 Looking Heaven in the Eye, Muralverkstedet, Oslo (Norway), 2024 Anthroscaping, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen (Norway), 2023 Common Land, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen (Norway), 2021
Selected group exhibitions:Poster (with Charlotte Besuijen), The Unfinished Institution, Bergen (Norway), 2024 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (Norway), 2021 ANDIAMO, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (UK), 2021 Liminal Spaces, The Valletta Design Cluster, Malta, 2021 MA2020, KODE 2, Bergen (Norway), 2020
Residencies include: Norwegian Visual Artists’ AiR Programme, Ny-Ålesund Research Station, Svalbard (2024 and 2025), Art Farm Nebraska USA (2022), Leveld Kunstnartun Norway (2021), The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House Scotland (2017).
Awards include: Norwegian Visual Artists’ Renumeration Fund Working Stipend (2021-23), Vestland Regional Municipality Artists Stipend (2021), CS55 Graduate Studio Award (2021-23), John Kinross Scholarship to Florence (2017).
Collections: The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Drawing School, Art Farm Nebraska, The University of Bergen