orla kurkierewicz toland
Orla Kurkierewicz Toland b.1999, is currently studying their MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, UAL in London and graduated with a BA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, UAL in 2022.
Orla works with the idea of the queer archive and what it means to re-archive queer media. Their work has been mostly concerned with repurposing lesbian media such as The L Word (2004) and looking over personal histories that have all been consequential to their identity. Most recently, their work is concerned with the ‘loop’, a feature used on algorithmic platforms in which a video continually plays, such as fan edits. Here in these loops, lies a space (the comment section) in which queer people can act out their desires.
education
ba fine art - chelsea college of arts, ual (2019-2022)
ma fine art- central saint martins college of arts, ual (2024-2026)
solo exhibitions/ shows
is making akin to the spiritual or something like that? @ dubrek, derby. april 2024
pomegranate @ banks mills studio. september 2023
hail mary, pray for me @ collective space, chelsea college of arts. march 2022
group exhibitions/shows
between breakdowns @ csm, london, uk. october 2025
fandom @ jealous gallery, london art services
l word(s) @ the good rice, london, uk. june 2025
“is that straight?” @ hypha kentish town, london, uk. june 2025
perhaps we should reconsider? @ csm ma art interim show, london, uk. march 2025
derby print open @ banks mills studio, derby, february 2023
degree show @ chelsea college of arts, ual, london, june 2022
︎ orlatoland@gmail.com
︎ @orla.toland