Suck-Up
2018-19
Cotton cloth, cotton thread, powder-coated stainless steel.
140x680cm
Image credit: Nick Dunmur
Freeloader
2016-19
Seventeen textile panels (each 1.12 x 1.56m), cotton cloth, cotton thread, powder-coated stainless steel
170x170cm
Image credit: Nick Dunmur
Edible
2015
Textile, paper, live performance
Duration 15 Mins.
Image credit: Barbara Gamper
Laura McCafferty is a visual artist based in Donegal, Ireland. Originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, she moved to Nottingham in 2000 to study Decorative Arts at Nottingham Trent University. Graduating in 2003, Laura established a studio-based practice making textile artworks using appliqué, screen-print and hand embroidery. She exhibited nationally and internationally gaining widespread recognition and her works were purchased for public and private collections. In 2012, Laura completed an MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths University, London. Graduating in 2016 with a Distinction. Until 2020 she was Associate Lecturer at NTU, returning to take up the role of Public Programmes Curator at CCA Derry~Londonderry.