Lecturer in Textile Design
e: ledmunds@cardiffmet.ac.uk
w: www.lauraedmunds.com,
www.shokostudio.co.uk
Specialist Subject Areas
- Textile design for interiors, fashion, lifestyle, public space and automotive
Qualifications
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2015 PGCE Post-Compulsory Education in Training (distinction) - Cardiff University, Cardiff
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2014 MA Applied Design and Art - Textiles (distinction) - Curtin University, Western Australia
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2014 BA (Hons) Surface Pattern Design (2:1) - Swansea College of Art
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2008 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (distinction) - University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Biography
Laura graduated in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Surface Pattern Design from Swansea College of Art. Shortly after, she was the recipient of the first Jane Phillips Award from Mission Gallery, Swansea and Welsh Artist of the Year Drawing Prize 2012. Laura then moved to Western Australia to complete her master’s degree whilst working at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
Returning to the UK, Laura completed a PGCE teaching qualification and established her studio practice where she has exhibited nationally and internationally, receiving selected funding and awards from Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council England and the Gane Trust whilst completing large-scale public commissions for clients such as Persimmon Homes and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Laura previously taught at Plymouth College of Art and Bristol School of Art.
Laura has worked as a freelance artist for over 10 years working primarily with printed and dyed textiles, favouring hand printed techniques for its distinctive appearance, a love of process and deep admiration of craftmanship.
Current Research
Laura’s current studio practice is an amalgamation of research into the semiotics of cloth, death and memory, with hand-drawn design for fashion textile print under the label Shōkō.
Principal Publications, Exhibitions and Awards
Public Art Commissions
- 2021 - The Grange University Hospital Mortuary Commission, Studio Response and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Wales
- 2019 - St Edeyrn’s Village public art brief, Studio Response and Persimmon Homes, Wales
Awards
- 2019 - Wales in Venice Invigilation Grant, Wales in Venice, Wales, UK
- 2018 - International Opportunities Fund, Wales Arts International, Wales, UK
- 2018 - Visual Arts Production Grant, Arts Council of Wales, Wales, UK
- 2018 - Travel Grant, The Gane Trust, Bristol, UK
- 2017 - Grant for the Arts, Arts Council England, UK
- 2017 - Plymouth Platform Award, Visual Art Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
- 2016 - International Opportunities Fund, Wales Arts International, UK
- 2012 - Drawing Prize, Welsh Artist of the Year, Cardiff, UK
- 2011 - Jane Phillips Award, Mission Gallery, Swansea, UK
Exhibitions
- 2021 - TIME, No Format Gallery, London UK
- 2021 - Jane Phillips Award, Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales
- 2019 - I grow your bones, Oriel Blodau Bach, Wales (solo)
- 2019 - Invisible Realm of Possibility, FIAP, Paris, France
- 2018 - mouth, Oriel Mwldan, Ceredigion, Wales (solo)
- 2018 - A Soft Introduction, Paper Mountain, Perth, Australia (solo, tour)
- 2018 - Summer, TEN Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
- 2018 - The Embodied Experience of Drawing Symposium, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, UK
- 2018 - Roger Cecil + 4 Contemporary Artists, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, UK
- 2017 - Winter, TEN Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
- 2017 - A Soft Introduction, Ocean Studios, Plymouth, UK (solo)
- 2018 - Roger Cecil + 4 Contemporary Artists, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, UK
- 2017 - Peep Show, KARST, Plymouth, UK
- 2017 - Summer, TEN Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
- 2017 - Liminal Structures, TEN Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
- 2016 - City Stories, Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales
- 2016 - Work on Paper, Exeter Phoenix Café Bar Gallery, Exeter, UK (solo)
- 2016 - Counter, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK
- 2016 - Entroducing, KARST, Plymouth, UK
- 2015 - “The sun, the moon, the pink, the gold – for me”, ARCADECardiff, Cardiff, UK (solo)
- 2015 - P A U S E, House Gallery, London, UK
- 2014 - Cardiff Open, The Old Blockbuster, Cardiff, Wales
- 2014 - Stay/Keep, Paper Mountain, Perth, Australia
- 2014 - SoDA Show, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- 2014 - 25 Under 25, Moore’s Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, Australia
- 2013 - Silent, Tangent Gallery, Perth, Australia
- 2012 - Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod, Llandough, UK
- 2012 - Welsh Artist of the Year, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales
- 2011 - In Focus, Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales
Conferences
- Edmunds, Laura (2022) The Striped Dressing Gown: The Role of Textiles in Aiding Mourning and Grief
