Rosemary Laing
Born: 1959 , Australia
Biography/General
Rosemary Laing was born in Brisbane in 1959, working in Sydney. Internationally recognised as one of Australia's leading contemporary photo-based artists, Laing's work was recently included in the 2007 Venice Biennale exhibition 'Think with the senses - Feel with the mind' curated by Robert Storr. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney staged a major survey of her work in 2005. She has received several awards and grants, including the 1999 National Photographic Award and several Faculty Research Grants from the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales where she was a lecturer for a number of years. Rosemary Laing is represented in Australia by Tolarno Galleries and in New York by Galerie Lelong. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections in Australia and internationally.
Originally trained as a painter, Laing constructs zones of nature and artifice, rendering the scenes photographically to create images that reflect on humankind's complex relationship to the natural environment. Often using props and stunt performers, Laing builds elegant, hyper-real tableaux scenes, which often magically capture bodies or objects appearing to be both in motion and surprisingly still.