Image by Christian Sinibaldi
Laura Ford have been selected to create new work for Art For Your Oceans, organised by WWF and Artwise curators in association with Sotheby’s. Art For Your Oceans is a selling exhibition of specially commissioned works by 17 leading international artists, devised to raise funds and awareness for pioneering ocean conservation initiatives by WWF in the UK and further afield.
The Art For Your Ocean artists are: Max Boyla, Andrew Cranston, Laura Footes, Laura Ford, Anya Gallaccio, Antony Gormley, Nick Goss, Mona Hatoum, Lubaina Himid, Emily Kraus, Harland Miller, Beatriz Morales, Daisy Parris, Emma Stibbon, Emma Talbot, Caragh Thuring and TROIKA.
Art For Your Oceans will be the first time an exhibition has been created using OCEAN INK®, the world's first sustainable and fully biodegradable water-based ink, produced by OCEANIUM in Scotland from sustainably farmed seaweed. This globally important project will shine a light on the potential of seaweed as an invaluable tool in the fight against climate change and as a new artistic medium in the hands of our critically acclaimed AFYO artists. Laura and other artists discussing using OCEAN INK® in The Guardian.
The exhibition will go on view in Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries from 7-15th May 2025.
