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
For enquiries or to request a catalogue of available works
please contact:
Laura Lowe Studio
lauralowestudio [at] gmail.com
