Recipient of Graduate Award 2016 in Partnership with BLOCK T

Laura Skehan was the successful recipient of the Graduate Award 2016.

As part of an ongoing commitment to emerging artists, Fingal County Council's Arts Office offered a one-year Graduate Studio Award in BLOCK T with a solo exhibition in 2017, part of FUEL, BLOCK T’s Visual Arts Programme dedicated to the support and professional development of recent graduates. The Graduate Award, which commenced in October 2016, provides an ideal environment for Laura to develop her practice and an opportunity to network with other artists. She also had access to BLOCK T’s Skillsets workshops and courses.

Laura Skehan, from Blanchardstown, is a recent Fine Art Graduate of the DIT School of Creative Arts. She also studied at École europeenne superieure d'art de Bretagne, (EESAB), Lorient in 2014. Laura’s practice explores the body’s dynamic and diverse relationship with the physical landscape, with attention to forgotten activity in overlooked spaces. Using choreographed and improvised movement as a code for this delicate relation, she plays with abstract narrative, working primarily in video, sculpture and installation.