Laura Moore
(1979–)
Laura Moore
1979–
Laura Moore (1979– ) is an interdisciplinary Canadian artist. Her practice is rooted in sculpture and she most commonly works with stone carving. She is most well known for her limestone carvings of discarded electronic objects, which can be found in galleries and public spaces.
Moore began working with stone in 2001 while completing her BFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. This was a pivotal moment that defined the direction of her career. Moore also has a Diploma of Fine Arts from Fanshawe College and she obtained an MFA from York University in 2006. Beyond stone carving, she also works with mold making, wood carving, drawing, and photography.
Her work is interested in how material, form, and scale can communicate meaning. Her sculptures of large computers explore the tensions between the monumental and the handheld, while her other carvings emphasize the disposable nature of technology and the nuances of the interactive and the inert. Together her body of work reflects on digital obsolescence, the timelessness of stone, and the historic role of limestone as a medium that has been used to capture history for centuries.
The inspiration for Moore’s carvings is typically rooted in scavenging. The process of locating, collecting, and repurposing objects is essential to her practice, and many of her sculptures are based on found and discarded electronics.
Moore’s work has been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions in Canada and Scandinavia. Her sculptures have been collected by the Art Gallery of Hamilton; the Thames Art Gallery, Chatham; and the TD Bank Collection, Toronto, among numerous other public, private, and corporate collections. She is a transient studio member of Studio Pescarella in Pietrasanta, Italy, where she periodically spends time carving with a group of international stone carvers.