Meet: Lauren Goldie

I’m a London-based artist, recipient of the 2023 Muse Residency, the 22/23 Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship, and Broomhill National Sculpture Prize. I’ve exhibited in solo shows at the Bankside Artist Space and Winchester Gallery. Group exhibitions include the Youth, touring Beijing, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang China, and Public Encounters at Dubulti Art Station in Latvia.

In 2020-2022 I completed an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins (CSM). Previously, I studied at Winchester School of Art specialising in printmaking. After graduation I won the National Sculpture Prize in 2017 and spent time working in Devon as a sculptural assistant for Peter Randall-Page and Dominic Welch. These experiences inspired me to focus on 3D mediums with heavier-duty materials.

UAL allowed me to go beyond the aesthetics of what I was making and in refining a key topic that was important to me. My tutors would ask ‘why?’ did I choose that material, that form, that process, that method of display. This approach helped me a lot in forming a cohesive body of work.

I like to explore astrophysical topics, experimenting with the use of the fictional narrative to confront real, environmental issues. My current artworks explore the value of orbital objects in outer space. It’s a response to the economic and political incentives for extra-terrestrial expansion. 2022 was the first year a piece of man made orbital debris hit a celestial body besides Earth when it wasn’t intended to make contact. This not only illustrates an escalation of the issue but proves the motivation for this form of expansion does not always have an environmental or humanitarian agenda.

‘Source Material’ celebrates the results of the Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship, an annual prize awarding 2 artists access to courses across Morley College, London. Eimhin Moran and I were the artists chosen for 22/23. We spent the year rethinking materials and processes to consider constructed, social, and extraterrestrial landscapes. Throughout the year, we had access to techniques we’d never tried before including; glassworking, colouring titanium, bronze and pewter casting, all of which informed the final exhibition.

I’ll be present at the opening of the exhibition, 6-8pm on 14 September. We’ll host an artist talk on Saturday 23 September, 2pm-3pm and the exhibition will remain open until the 30 September.

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