ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Laura Jacobs CV</title> <style type="text/css" media="screen"><!-- .class { margin-right: 5%; margin-left: 33%; } --></style> </head> <body bgcolor="#005721" text="white"> <div align="left"> <div class="class"> <p><br> <br> <font size="2" face="Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Laura Jacobs</b><br> <br> <br> </font><font size="2" face="Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Education</b><br> <br>BA Hons Fine Art, Central Saint Martin&rsquo;s, London<br> <br> HNC BTEC Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College, London<br> <br> BA Hons Design for Communication Media, Manchester Polytechnic<br> <br> Foundation Course in Art &amp; Design, Camberwell School of Art, London<br> <br> <br> </font><font size="2" face="Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Professional Training</b><br> <br> PGCE Art and Design, Goldsmiths College, London<br> <br> Post-Graduate Theatre Design, Almeida Theatre, London<br> <br> Bezalel School of Art, sculpture and ceramics, Jerusalem<br> <br> <br> <b>Solo exhibitions</b><br> <br> Tricycle Gallery, London, September 2011<br> <br> Ben Uri Gallery, London, August 2006<br> <br> <br> <b>Group exhibitions</b><br> <br> Show Me The Artists, 3 Bedfordbury Gallery, London, August 2011<br> <br> Show Me The Monet, Royal College of Art, London, 2011<br> <br> Great Western Open Studios, London, December 2009<br> <br> Alumni Exhibition, Hortensia Gallery London, November 2009<br> <br> Westminster Open, SW1 Gallery, London, October 2009<br> <br> Art for Youth UK, Mall Galleries, London, October 2009<br> <br> Central Saint Martins School of Art Degree Show, London, June 2009<br> <br> Great Western Open Studios, London, December 2008<br> <br> Great Western Open Studios, London, June 2008<br> <br> Great Western Open Studios, London, December 2007<br> <br> Great Western Open Studios, London, June 2007<br> <br> Hortensia Gallery London, June 2004<br> <br> Hortensia Gallery London, February 2004<br> <br> <br> <strong>Collections</strong><br> <br> </font><font size="2" face="Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art<br> <br> Private Collections in UK<br> <br> <br> <b>Set and costume design engagements include</b>:<br> <br> &bull; Told By An Idiot, touring productions of &lsquo;I&rsquo;m So Big&rsquo;, and &lsquo;On The Verge of Exploding&rsquo;, London<br> <br> &bull; The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London<br> <br> &bull; The Arts Educational School, London<br> <br> &bull; The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)<br> <br> &bull; Edinburgh Festival<br> <br> &bull; National Youth &amp; Music Theatre, London<br> <br> &bull; Carib Theatre Company, London<br> <br> &bull; HAC Theatre Company, London<br> <br> &bull; The Gate Theatre, London<br> <br> &bull; The Royal Opera House (Scenic Artist), London<br> <br> <b>International<br> </b><br> &bull; Traditional Balinese mask carving in wood with Ida Bagus Alit, Bali, Indonesia<br> <b><br> </b>&bull; The African Intentional Puppetry Festival, South Africa.<b>: <br> </b>Lecturer and workshop facilitator for masks in theatre, education and therapy.<br> <br> &bull; Bread and Puppets Domestic Resurrection Circus, Vermont USA:<br> Performer and maker of puppets for the annual international festival<br> <br> <br> <b>Theatre in Education<br> </b><br> Mask Studio, London: Director of Educational Outreach Programme, <br> facilitating mask workshops for schools and colleges.<br> <br> Tricycle Theatre - Youth Training Programme:<br> Set and costume design and Course tutor<br> <br> Art On The Edge, International Performing Arts Summer School: <br> Mask-making and using work shops, age group 16-25.<br> <br> Ruskin Mill, Stroud.: <br> Mask-making, improvisation and story-telling workshops with emotionally disturbed adolescents<br> <br> Trading Faces Theatre Company: <br> Set and Costume design for touring production of The Myth of Perseus<br> <br> John Wright Theatre Company: <br> Set and costume designs for Edinburgh Festival; Mask making/using facilitator for the summer school.<br> <br> Action Space Theatre Company: <br> Mask making workshops with adults with severe learning difficulties.<br> <br> Puppetworks Theatre Company: <br> Giant puppet-making workshops for primary schools in Tower Hamlets.<br> <br> Temba Theatre Company: <br> Playwriting, performing and designing residency with the black community of Gloucester.<br> <br> Royal Court Young People&rsquo;s Theatre: <br> Mask-making and designing.<br> <br> Cockpit Theatre London: <br> Co-ordinater &lsquo;Art Attack&rsquo; Youth Festival.<br> <br> </font></p> </div> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>