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Laura Banfield is a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist working across performance (PE), wearable artifacts (WE), installation (I), photography (PH), film (F), and workshops (WO).

Throughout her commissioned pieces and collaborative projects, and personal work, Laura explores notions of performance, material, bodies, and fashion. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally. Beyond this work, she lectures within the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) program at RMIT University.

Exhibitions  NGV Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, Melbourne Fashion Festival, Berlin Fashion Week, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Marfa Gallery, Wolfhound Gallery

Clients  Confidence Man, Polito, Deanne Butterworth, Lambert, RMIT University, Grimshaw Architects, OCTA

Press  Le Mile, To Be Magazine, Mileu Melbourne, Anyone Girl, Vogue Italia

Talks  ACMI X Industry Night, RMIT University Careers Day


Significant Surfaces  F, I, WE
Performance of Postures  PE, I
Moving Parts  PE, I
Moving Parts  PH, I
Frame Within Frame  PH, I
A Device for Daydreaming  PH, WE

Surface: A Temporary Recording Medium  PH, WE
The Intersection of Body and Material  WO


I    @laurabanfield
E   laurarbanfield@gmail.com




The Intersection of Body and Material (2018, 2019)  WORKSHOP 

Presented at RMIT University

A semester-long class exploring the collaboration between moving bodies and fabric. Students of the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) program observed live performances by local contemporary dancers and developed performative wearable outcomes.


Class designed and lead by Laura Banfield
Dancers: Deanne Butterworth, Daniel Newell, Kara Burdack, Ben Hurley
Students: Sarah Agius, Georgie Allen, Bianca Boyd, Sam Browne, Bryony Candiloro, Alice Cuttler, Ling Ding, Cat Dowden, Bayley Eade, Prachi Ghera, Danika Hill, Briana Musarra, Bella Redman-Brown, Sean Rentero, Claudia Sforzati, Elena Vasilopoulos