Laurie O'Dowd
dubhda.co.uk|laurie@dubhda.co.uk|@o.dubhda
STATEMENT
Process is fundamental to my practice, and I see my resolved projects as artefacts which celebrate the experience of development shared between myself and my work. I understand my role as an artist to be that of a collaborator with the work I make as I attribute a strong sense of autonomy to my art. Intention is therefore something transient in my work - what I want to happen rarely coincides with what I am able to make happen but this disjunction is where I find much of the value within my projects.
EDUCATION
Hyndland Secondary School - Left with 3 Advanced Higher As and 5 Higher As in 2017
Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University - Graduated with 2:1 Ba(Hons) in Painting 2023
EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Drawing and Visualization, Gray's School of Art 2022/3
Life Drawing Coordinator, Gray’s School of Art 2022
Student Representative, Gray’s School of Art 2022/3
Volunteering, Sonica AV Festival: September 2023
Volunteering, Common Wheel photography, arts and music workshops: February 2023-2024
Making Nature: co-producer: December 2024
Co-producer/co-curator: Biophilia April 2025
Cryptic Nights 2025 Residency plus Performance: May 2025
SHOWS
Hungry Empty Ghost: Prague Gallery NTK: 2022
Abroad Horizons: Aberdeen Gray’s School of Art: 2022
Work in Progress: Aberdeen Look Again Gallery: 2022
Neon Futures: Aberdeen Gray’s School of Art: 2023
Playground, Swanfall Art: Handbag Factory London: October 2024
Making Nature: Dream Machine Glasgow: December 2024
Glasgow Print Studio Members Show: December 2024 - February 2025
Salon Traders, Embassy Gallery Edinburgh: February - March 2025
Biophilia, Saltspace Glasgow: April 2025
Affairs of the Current, Cryptic/CCA Glasgow: May 2025
AWARDS
Newblood: Emerging Artist Award 2023
Dream Machine: Betty Award: 2024
Cryptic Nights Residency: 2025
