Laura O’Connor
Ever shall we hold you
About the Artist
Artist WebsiteDr Laura O’Connor is a visual artist and lecturer based in Belfast. O’Connor’s work combines performance, sculpture, installation, video and digital media to look at the representation of “women” in the media and through cultural narratives. Recent works include Cultural Methods an ongoing project researching the digital surveillance of fertility and its links to cultural narratives and the treatment of reproductive autonomy in Ireland; Uncomfortable State (2017-2019) a series of live performances, sculptural works and video installations based around abortion rights in Ireland.
Laura is also a member of Array Collective. Array won the Turner Prize in 2021. Exhibitions include An Dùn at IMMA Dublin in 2023-2024, The Druthaib’s Ball, Ulster Museum (2023), Galway Arts Centre (2022), Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry (2021); Jerwood Collaborate!,Jerwood Arts, London, (2019). O’Connor is also co-director of WANDA:Feminism and Moving Image, an organisation that exhibits moving image works by and about women and under-represented voices working alongside industry organisations and individuals to expose inequality in the film industry.