Laura Aldridge

Laura Aldridge (born 1978 in Frimley) works with various materials, including photography, screenprinting, ceramics, fabric, found objects, and cement. Moving between wall-based reliefs and sculptural installations, she builds a scene that engages the viewer, playing on the capacity of "collage" to operate in two and three dimensions. Her works explore touch and focus on sensation and feeling, using materials and images that carry psychological overtones and challenge the boundary between the natural and the artificial. Her visual and sculptural language engages with femininity through homely, almost folksy constructions combined with pastel colors, highlighting energy and playfulness while also pointing to a strange sense of dislocation.