Fundraising Auction Art Academy London 2024 - Timed

Laura Ribbons’ work explores our relationship with plants and the ways in which we connect and coexist with them in the context of the climate crisis, as well as how they alter our experience of place. Her practice asks what we can learn from other species and considers how we exist in symbiosis across human and non-human communities. Laura’s work celebrates the strength, resilience and mythology of plants, representing a desire to find solace and resolution in nature. Her practice constitutes a continued dialogue around ideas of survival, hope and well-being. Increasingly this is informed by her work as an artist facilitator. Working together with Towner Eastbourne (2022-2023) enabled Laura to co-create immersive, multi-faceted installations on a large scale in collaboration with a fellow artist and members of the public, exploring themes of sanctuary, fragile landscapes, place-making and the use of sustainable materials. This socially-engaged strand of her practice continues to influence the development of future projects, prompting the artist to work more consciously with repurposed and natural materials and expanding her notion of painting and drawing to encompass textiles, installations and ceramics.