Born 1986, Leeds / Lives and works, London
Education
MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art
BA(hons) Theatre Practice – Performance Arts, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London
WORKS
2019
Cunty Tweezers @ First Timers Fest 2019, DIY Space for London
My Favourite Blender, My Favourite Appliance and puella habitat in futuro in Guest House, London
Laura Dee or Doralee? @ CAMPerVan presents… ME[ME], Grow Tottenham, London
2018
Tights @ Cabaret Mélancolique, Peckham Liberal Club, London
puella habitat in futuro in Open #34, CGP London
Right and important in THROBBING MUSCLES, C. Rockefeller Center for Contemporary Arts, Dresden
All my best artworks start with a blue plastic bag in Flipside, FOLD, London
The Making of Her in RCA Show 2018, Royal College of Art, London
Good Game @ Unperforming 11, Toynbee Studios, London and Art Licks 2018 Party, SET Dalston, London
NOTES ON RAGE in Too Much Information, Seventeen, London
I am my own sculpture @ Launch of Perpetual Inventory, Vol. 3, Filet Space, London
2017
Tube @ Cabaret Mélancolique, Peckham Liberal Club, London
Notes on Rage: A Public Address @ People Show Presents, Toynbee Studios, London and Purple Velvet, Royal College of Art, London
Encaustic Imprint in #33 Annual Open #33, CGP London
Account in Death: A Portrait, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Klub Singers’ Klassik Karaoke Klub @ Royal College of Art, London
Local Heroes: Buttershaw Blobby in Printing the City, South Square Centre, Bradford
trashy viscoussister in I WANT MY IDEAL PASTE, KELDER Projects, London
Swell in RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
DIY NAIL BAR @ Supernormal Festival, Oxfordshire
Tory Slime @ LOCK IN, The Old Police Station, London
InVálid in WHITE NOISE, Royal College of Art, London
Structural Reorganisation in SEASONS, Maxilla Space, London
One Tit Art @ Borders Borders, Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Court, Edinburgh
Der Streifen in PUDERPINK, Puderraum, Berlin
Fold in Work In Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London
2016
Curtains @ Cabaret Mélancolique, Peckham Liberal Club, London
Five Slow Girls in Heels @ Talent Show RCA, The Draft House, London
Playing the Victim, LADA DIY workshop in collaboration with Katherine Araniello, London
Carrion, carrion in Life. Death. Whatever, Sutton House (National Trust), London
After Anne, After Angst @ Sight, Site, Sound, curated by Tendayi Vine, Art Licks Weekend 2016, The Nines, Peckham, London
Let’s… Play… Darts @ Supernormal Festival, Oxfordshire
Carrion, carrion (solo exhibition), 38b Projects, London
Konceptual Pub Kwiz @ Sorry About Last Night, curated by It’s All Tropical for Art Sheffield 2016, The Washington, Sheffield
Klub Singers’ Klass(n)ik Karaoke Bar @ Artists Behind Bars, Matt’s Gallery, London
Agnes Clout’s Fun Pub Quiz @ I Am No Bird opening event, South Square Gallery, Bradford
The artist in her studio @ Eating Machine, Safehouse, London
Chips and Gravy @ MiLK at Muse, Muse, London
2015
Que Sewaaah @ Cabaret Mélancolique, St Mark’s Church, London
a poor replica @ BEG, BORROW, STEAL #7 – neither present nor absent, neither dead nor alive, Safehouse, London
The Reluctant Tribute Act Rejected by an Ideal Idol (film), Live!art Slashbod Lemoncrit Partytime, Toynbee Studios, London
Number 23: A Study @ Bookish at 38b Projects, London
Tracey’s Tarot @ Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
Your New Local with Our Laura @ Bare Plume Café Bar, Supernormal Festival
Veronica ‘Roni’ Gardenia (compere persona) @ Threadfest, Bradford
Red, White Rose and Baby Blue @ BEG, BORROW, STEAL #6 – Spit it Out, Toynbee Studios, London
An invitation (let’s just do it) @ Radio Anti // Domestic Transmissions, 38b Projects, London
2014
Kawaoke Kwithmath @ Steakhouse Live: Tits and Tinsel, Redchurch Street, London
puella habitat in futuro @ Centre For Remote Possibilities and live webcast, Matt’s Gallery, London
Donna Kebab & Chips @ IS/N’T IT curated by Compass Live Art, Delius Arts and Cultural Centre, Bradford
InVálid @ Edge of Human – a performance project by Lucy Woodhouse, Los Angeles 2019, London
A brief history of alter-egos, presented by a narcissist @ BEG, BORROW, STEAL #5 – Alter-ego Maniacs, Toynbee Studios, London
Klub Singers’ Klassik Karaoke Klub @ Art Licks Weekend Party, Peckham Liberal Club, London
Carriage, a walking performance as part of Art Licks Weekend 2014, London
Unsavoury compere @ BEG, BORROW, STEAL #4 – Riot Grrrlz not Quiet Grrrlz, Dilston Grove, London
Klub Singers’ Klassik Karaoke Klub @ Impossible Lecture stage at Beacons Festival, Yorkshire
The Perfect Crime @ Steakhouse Jam, IdeasFromElse[W]here, Winns Gallery, London
InVálid @ DRY TIDE – ENACT FLUIDITY, Le 6b, Saint Denis, Paris
Poor me, Pour moi, Pour me another @ DRY TIDE – ENACT FLUIDITY, Le 6b, Saint Denis, Paris
WASTE @ We Are Not Friends, Platform One Gallery, London
If you look at it that way @ The Tetley, Leeds
Why can’t I say “te iubesc”? @ Art Pendeo Group Show curated by Sarah Gavin at Peckham Springs, London
Madame Croque @ BEG, BORROW, STEAL #3 – An evening of oratory at Toynbee Studios, London
iuvenes adeste (you-when-‘A’s-ADD-est-eh?) @ Chelsea Theatre, London
2013
iuvenes adeste (you-when-‘A’s-ADD-est-eh?) – sample performance @ HATCH, Primary 1-2-1, Primary, Nottingham
Why can’t I say “te iubesc”? @ ] performance s p a c e [ London
Where he lay his head @ BEG, BORROW, STEAL #2 at Dilston Grove, London
Primal @ Ventnor Fringe Festival, Ventnor Beach, Isle of Wight
Donna Kebab & Chips @ Ventnor Fringe Festival, Scott’s Hairdresser’s, Ventnor, Isle of Wight / SPRINT Festival at Camden People’s Theatre, London / SMASH LAB at The Book Club, London
Red, White Rose and Baby Blue @ Grim Up North / Shit Down South Launch, 118 Dalston Lane, London
Ask Aunty Pam, a contribution to Black Dogs Publication Grim Up North / Shit Down South
(Live) Artists Don’t Think About Sight Lines (do they?) @ What Does Performance Art Want? Conference at Wimbledon School of Art, London / A Portrait of Modern Movement at The Visual Collective Space, London, curated by Sarah Gavin / Art Pendeo
Best in Show @ LUPA FETE, London
InVálid @ ] performance s p a c e [, London / Untouchable at The Flying Dutchman, London curated by Franko B and ] performance s p a c e [
Ruby Tombs One Off Reunion Gig @ Threadfest at 1in12 Club, Bradford
In Hetero (film)
iuvenes adeste (you-when-‘A’s-ADD-est-eh?) sample performance @ SAMPLED Festival, The Junction, Cambridge
Finding the frog in my throat @ Supper Club, The Basement, Brighton
2012
(Live) Artists Don’t Think About Sight Lines (do they?) @ LUPA, London
NOT AGAIN @ 5 Minute Festival, Lost Theatre, London
SPATIAL AWARENESS (film) @ COSMOS, a Rare Doings event curated by Elena Colman, The Montpelier London
The Outsider @ Late Night Art event curated by Sinéad O’Donnell, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
Donna Kebab & Chips @ Ventnor Fringe Festival, Ventnor Laundrette, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
PUBLICATIONS
Momentary Glimpses (published by Folium), contributor
An Invitation (zine, self-published by Bookshee), publisher, editor, contributor
The Making of Her (self-published book/individual standalone chapters with original illustrations), author, illustrator, designer
ARC 21 (published by Royal College of Art MA Art Writing students), contributor
Perpetual Inventory Vol. 3 (published by Offline Press), contributor
I WANT MY IDEAL PASTE (self-published limited edition zine designed by Melanie Börner to support the exhibition of the same name at KELDER Projects, London), contributor
Escaping Myself, Becoming All Else – Several Attempts to Live Outside the Skin I am In (MA dissertation), author
Poetry Nights II (Anthology published by The Society Club, London), contributor ed. Chip Martin
Fanriot (independent zine), contributor, ed. Owen G. Parry
Number 23 (self-published limited edition zine), author/artist
Poor Lass (independent zine), contributor
CURATOR / PRODUCER/ORGANISER
2019
women/wimmin/womxn writing network, London
2017
I WANT MY IDEAL PASTE, KELDER Projects, London
2015
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #7 – neither present nor absent, neither dead nor alive – Safehouse 1, London, December
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #6 – Spit it Out – Toynbee Studios, London, April
2014
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #5 – Alter-ego Maniacs – Toynbee Studios, London, October
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #4 – Riot Grrrlz not Quiet Grrrlz – Dilston Grove, London, August
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #3 – An Evening of Oratory – Toynbee Studios, London, March
2013
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #2 – Degenerates – Dilston Grove, London, August
GOING BEGGING – Arts Bar & Café, Toynbee Studios, July
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #1 – The Outsider – Dilston Grove, London, April
2010
The Circuit Project – Arts Bar & Cafe, Toynbee Studios, London, March
PERFORMER
2019
in Dream Song by Fell (music video)
2018
in WORDS ARE ANGULAR SHARP, TENANT by Rebecca Lennon (video)
in Dark Continent: Semiramis by Tai Shani, Tramway, Glasgow as part of Glasgow International
in A Capsid Walks into a Bar by John Walter (film), shown as part of Capsid May-June 2018 at CGP London, and October 2018 at Home, Manchester
2017
in Weird Séance by Daniel Oliver, Wellcome Collection, London / Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
in The Araniello Show by Katherine Araniello at BUZZCUT Festival, Glasgow
2016
in The Araniello Show by Katherine Araniello at Steakhouse Live: Longer, Wetter, Faster, Better, Rich Mix, London
in Weird Séance by Daniel Oliver, Norwich Arts Centre / Lakeside Theatre, Essex / Colchester Arts Centre / Live Art Bistro, Leeds / Queen Mary University, London / CCA, Glasgow
2015
for Katherine Araniello, performing Wheelchair Dependent by SickBitchCrips, Live Art Development Agency, London and Live Art Bistro, Leeds
with Live Art Bistro as compere at Under the Owls festival, Millenium Square, Leeds
in Ourhouse Episode -1: Time (film) by Nathaniel Mellors
with Katherine Araniello in I Can’t Dance, performance/workshop, as part of New Empowering School curated by Project ‘O’, Artsadmin Toynbee Studios, London
with Holly Slingsby in her solo exhibition Behind the Curtain, Tintype Gallery, London
with Tammy WhyNot / Lois Weaver at the Wellcome Collection, London
for Katherine Araniello – (voiceover) Audio Description – The Dinner Party Revisited DVD
2014
in The Sound of Coffee, for The Frozen Music Collective/Lumen, London
as collaborator/devisor/performer in People Show 127: Hands Off, with People Show, Toynbee Studios, London
with Holly Slingsby in Cup of Salvation II at the exhibition You cannot step twice into the same river, Pump House Gallery, London
in The Dinner Party Revisited by Katherine Araniello, Toynbee Studios/Southbank Centre, London,
with Ann Liv Young at Duckie’s Gay Shame and Lesbian Weakness, The Electric, London
in Oh What a Lovely, Lovely Ward!, film by Katherine Araniello, produced by Artsadmin for Channel 4
2013
in Meet the Marys with The Femmes Fatales at Open School East, London
in How 2 Become 1 by The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein, Latitude Festival, Suffolk
in A portion of your strength by Holly Slingsby, Totemic Festival, The Freud Museum, London
in Dr. Gentle and Mr. Man (film) by Seung Youn Lee, The Bite Back Movement
2012
in SPLAT! by The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein, LABAN, London
in SCHOOL OF CHANGE – installation by Jennet Thomas, Matt’s Gallery, London
with The Rainbow Collectors – festivals throughout the UK
FILM MAKER
2016
Filming on location – The High Places, Holly Slingsby, Kunst Vardo commission
2013
Matt’s Gallery, London Archive Project – short documentary film for Matt’s Gallery, London made with the Common Practice Video Network
Laura Dee Milnes 