https://orlatoland.com orla kurkierewicz toland Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:48:12 +0000 https://orlatoland.com en https://orlatoland.com/Welcome Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:48:12 +0000 orla kurkierewicz toland https://orlatoland.com/Welcome orla kurkierewicz toland&nbsp; <img width="2765" height="2765" width_o="2765" height_o="2765" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df9885119d9c46514f15c4db5e14e149d926feb058b5263dd85cbf8a7d4a4db5/DSCF0375.jpeg" data-mid="252879485" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df9885119d9c46514f15c4db5e14e149d926feb058b5263dd85cbf8a7d4a4db5/DSCF0375.jpeg" /> Orla Kurkierewicz Toland (b.1999, Derby, UK) has recently graduated from Central Saint Martins, UAL in London with a MA in Fine Art and previously 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 mostly been concerned with repurposing sapphic media, such as The L Word (2004), and examining personal histories that have been consequential to their identity. Most recently, their work engages with the ‘loop’, a feature used on algorithmic platforms in which a video continually plays, such as in fan edits. Within these loops lies a space, the comment section, in which queer people can act out their desires. More recently, their focus has shifted towards the industrial and the use of industrial materials. Growing up in Derby, with a family rooted in the trades and grandparents who moved from different countries and places to work in factories across the East Midlands, they have developed a strong interest in factory signage and industrial materials. Orla is interested in how the industrial landscape can intersect with queer identity and humour. Humour has become a central element of their practice, serving to translate more personal experiences into immediate and relatable moments. They view humour as equally meaningful as “serious work” and as a means of being more truthful and honest. 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 2024pomegranate @ banks mills studios. september 2023 hail mary, pray for me @ collective space, chelsea college of arts. march 2022 group exhibitions/shows&nbsp; surfres 26 @ surface gallery, nottingham, uk. november 2026&nbsp; obscene pomegranate iii @ backlit, nottingham,uk. october 2026.&nbsp; perennial @ haarlem artspace, wirksworth, derbyshire, uk. sept 2026 ma fine art degree show @ csm, london, uk. july 2026 short film showcase @ CND, london, uk. april 2026.&nbsp; sanctuaries @ st augustine’s church halls, london, uk. april 2026&nbsp; play house @ wild trumpets, london, uk. march 2026&nbsp; be(longing) @ csm, london, uk. march 2026 lesbian surfaces @ vagina museum, london, uk. february 2026 vaulted @ CND, 163 holloway road, london, uk. february 2026 between breakdowns @ csm, london, uk. october 2025 fandom @ jealous gallery, london art services, september 2025 l word(s) @ the good rice, london, uk.&nbsp; june 2025 “is that straight?” @ hypha kentish town,&nbsp; london, uk. june 2025&nbsp; perhaps we should reconsider? @ csm, kings cross, london, uk. march 2025&nbsp; derby print open @ banks mills studio, derby. february 2023 degree show @ chelsea college of arts, ual, london. june 2022 residencies&nbsp; surfres 26 @ surface gallery, nottingham, uk. october. november 2026 QUAD residency @ quad, derby, uk. june 2023 ︎ orlatoland@gmail.com&nbsp; ︎ @orla.toland