portrait of Finnish visual artist 'Laura Lowe'




L A U R A  L O W E
b. 1991 in Helsinki, FI | Lives and works in Helsinki


Laura Lowe is an emerging oil painter working with the iridescent colour spectra found in oil slicks and coal seams. Rather than using pigment, Lowe’s Structural Colour Paintings produce colour by building up layers of translucent paint, which bend and refract light like a prism. Her practice is informed by laboratory experimentation and an alchemical interest in the interplay of light and matter.


Lowe trained at Factum Arte & Factum Foundation, Madrid before completing her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, during which she won the Hotel GLO Art competition and her MFA degree show was awarded the Anita Snellman award. Lowe’s work has been exhibited at Galleria Paperihuone, Hämeenlinna ‘22; Galleria Rajatila, Tampere ‘23; B-galleria, Turku ‘24, and Huuto galleria, Helsinki ‘25. Lowe is currently working with a two-year working grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation on an upcoming solo show “Fiat Lux”, Forum Box ‘26, as well as group shows for Madrid and Oulu. 

 




Education
2023    MFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki
2018    Foundation in Painting, Free Art School
2017    Foundation in Fine Art, Pekka Halonen Academy


Upcoming Exhibitions
2025    SKANNO x Finnish Painters Union VI, Skanno showroom, Helsinki
2026    Pulssi, Finnish Institute, Madrid, ES (group show)
5/2026  Fiat Lux, Galleria Forum Box, Helsinki


Solo Exhibitions
2025    Nárkissos, HUUTO Galleria, Helsinki
2024    Hanasaari Requiem, B-Galleria, Turku
2023    Lowe & Hallenberg: Heavy Element, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2022    Memento Mori, Galleria Paperihuone, Hämeenlinna
2020    Painting in the Time of Corona, Galleria Kajava, Helsinki
2020    Living Landscapes, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki
2019    Samoilua, Galleria Duetto, Helsinki


Group Exhibitions
2023    Kuvan Kevät MFA degree show, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2021    Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
2020    Finnish Watercolor Society Young Artist Show, Helsinki
2020    HAA 25th Anniversary, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
2019    Cafe Bar No. 9 Annual Group Exhibition, Helsinki
2018    Ykköset, Galleria Vaaga, Helsinki
2017    Pienin Yhteinen Nimittäjä, Galleria Vaaga, Helsinki
2017    Art Supports Itämer, Konepaja Bruno, Helsinki
2017    Suomi 100 Hämeessä, Häme region touring exhibition
2016    Re-enchantment, the Asylum, London, UK


Grants & AWARDS
2025    Finnish Cultural Foundation 2-year working grant
2024    Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse grant
2023    Academy of Fine Arts award for MFA thesis
2023    Anita Snellman Foundation grant
2023    First prize + Audience favourite, Uniarts x Hotel GLO Art competition, Helsinki
2022    Academy of Fine Arts grant
2021    Sasakawa Foundation grant
2020    GJ Ramstedt grant
2017    Chujo Watanabe grant


Residencies and research
2025    Ars Bioarctica residency, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
2025    Suomenlinna workspace residency, HIAP, Helsinki
2024    Biofilia lab: Ways of seeing, Aalto University, Espoo
2024    MicroMatters: microscopy workshop, Bioart Society, Helsinki
2024    Saastamoinen Foundation: International mentorship programme
2022    Academy of Fine Arts residency, Berlin DE
2021    Lowe & Hallenberg, two-month research trip, Tokyo, JP
2020    Down to earth: chromatography workshop, Bioart Society, Helsinki
2018    Young Artist Residency, Salmela Art Center, Mäntyharju



PRESS
2025    Ars Bioarctica residency, Bioart Society blog
2023    Sini Mononen, Helsingin sanomat newspaper
2023    Camilla Granbacka, Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper
2022    Susanna Lähdekorpi, Hämeen Sanomat newspaper
2020    Riikka Helenius, Koti&Keittiö magazine
2019    Seppo Heiskanen, Demokraatti magazine


Works in Collections
        Hotel GLO Art, Helsinki
        Salmela Art Center
        Mäntyharju Municipal Collection


Memberships
        Finnish Painters’ Union
        Helsinki Artist Association
        Bioart Society


NEWS




 
For enquiries or to request a catalogue of available works
please contact: 


Laura Lowe Studio
lauralowestudio [at] gmail.com
@lauralowestudio





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