LAURA DEANE
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That's me, over there. OK, it's an artist's impression of me. And the artist was my daughter at two years old. But it's fairly accurate.

I am an image-maker. That sound pretentious, but I don't mind that - I quite enjoy a bit of pretension amidst the chaos of everyday life with a multitude of jobs, two young children and a demented cat.

I make photographs. I make collages. I make illustrations. I make books. I make textile work. More often than not, I combine all of these things together. Sometimes people put my work up in galleries. Some people buy the things I make. Sometimes people even commission me to make things. Mostly I make things, put them in a drawer and forget all about them.


​other stuff I do...
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BIOGRAPHY
Employment
 
2019-2021
A-level Photography Tutor
Loreto College www.instagram.com/loretoart/
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2019-current
Manager
Levenshulme Old Library CIO Community Arts Centre

2019
Arts Programmer
The Old Courts

2011 - 2019
A-Level Photography Course Leader
St John Rigby College

2006 - 2011
A-Level Photography Course Leader  
Loreto College

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Education
 
MA Photography | MMU | 2013

PGCE Art and Design | MMU | 2006

BA (Hons) Photography with Philosophy | UCLan | 2005

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Curated Exhibitions

2020 | Levy
            Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester

2020 | Levenshulme Now and Then
           
Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester

2019 | SJR Summer Exhibition
           
The Old Courts, Wigan

2019 | Now is the Time to say Something
           
The Old Courts, Wigan

2019 | The Sparks Within
           
The Old Courts, Wigan

2019 | Unto This Last
           
The Old Courts, Wigan

2018 | SJR Arts
           
The Old Courts, Wigan

2018 | Play
           
Cross Street Arts, Standish

2018 | My World
           
The Old Courts, Wigan

2016 | SJR Arts
           
The Old Courts, Wigan

2014 | SJR Photo
           
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

2014 | SJR Photo
           
Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

2013 | SJR Arts
           
St John Rigby College, Wigan

2012 | SJR Arts
           
St John Rigby College, Wigan

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Featured Publications
 
2021 | Lockdown Levenshulme (collaborative publication)
https://levylockdownproject.wordpress.com/

2020 | Levenshulme News (collaborative monthly publication) levenshulmenews.weebly.com/

2015 | 21 (Mark Manzi)

2014 | LVE 2 (solo zine)

2013 | The Affordances and of Potentialities of Derelict Urban                 Spaces (Joanne Hudson)

2013 | LVE (solo zine)

 

Exhibitions | Personal Work

2021 | Stockport Together Again,
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Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport

2020 | Levenshulme Now and Then, 
             Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester

2018 | Wigan Open
            
The Old Courts, Wigan

2018 | Traces
            
The Owl and Coconut, Manchester

2018 | Rebel Daughters
           
The Point, Doncaster

2018 | Once is not Enough
            
The Old Courts, Wigan

2014 | LVE
           
Levenshulme Market, Manchester (SOLO)

2014 | Laura Deane at Trove
           
Trove, Manchester (SOLO)

2013 | MMU MA Show
           
Chatham Building, MMU, Manchester

2012 | The World According to MAs
           
Self Made Gallery, Manchester

2012 | Eyes Wide Open
           
collaborative publication with OpenEye Gallery

2012 | The Ronald McDonald Project
           
Manchester Children’s Hospital

2012 | The Russia Project
           
Russian National Library, St Petersburg, Russia

2012 | Curious Pursuits
           
Portico Library, Manchester

2011 | The Mansion
          
Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

2010 | Abandoned Buildings
           
POD, Manchester (SOLO)

2010 | Drawing with Light
            
Levenshulme Arts Festival, Manchester (SOLO)

2010 | Birds
            
Taurus, Manchester (SOLO)

2010 | Birds
           
Didsbury Arts Festival, Manchester

2010 | Birds
            
Tarling & Tarling, Manchester (SOLO)

2010 | Laura Deane at Open Gallery
            
Antwerp Mansion, Manchester (SOLO)

2009 | Class Acts
             
Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University

2006 | PGCE Art and Design
             
Institute of Education, MMU

2005 | Ellipsis…
             
41 Turner St, Manchester

2005 | Ellipsis…
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PR1 Gallery, Preston

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​Workshops/Talks
 
2018 | Zine-Making
The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester


2018 | Documenting the Suffragette Centenary
The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester (x2)


2014 | Photographing and Imagining the Built Environment Liverpool Creative Workshops

2013 | For the Community
artist talk at Hothouse Manchester (Redeye)

2013 | Learning to Make Mistakes
Teaching and Learning Workshop, St John Rigby College

2012 | Stretch and Challenge
Staff Development Workshop, St John Rigby College


2010 | Freehand Embroidery Workshop
Chorlton Sewing Club, Chorlton Library


2009 | Lazertran Workshop
Manchester Catholic Education Partnership


2008 | Assessment Consultation
St Patrick’s Catholic High School, Manchester


2007 | Black History Workshop with Sam Kalubowila
​Race Relations Widening Participation Officer

The University of Manchester
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    • collage
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