15 Facts About Rosemary Laing

Originally trained as a painter, Laing moved into the medium of photography for which she is most notable.

Rosemary Laing taught art at the University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts.

Originally trained as a painter, from 1976 to 1979 Rosemary Laing completed a Diploma of Art Education at the Brisbane College of Advanced Education in Queensland.

Rosemary Laing then went on to get her Diploma of Art in 1982 from the University of Tasmania in Hobart.

Eight years later, from 1990 to 1991, Rosemary Laing gained a Post Graduate Diploma from the Sydney College of the Arts in Sydney.

Rosemary Laing gained a job as an exhibition consultant in 1988 for the Australian Bicentennial Exhibition.

In 2000 Rosemary Laing had a breakthrough with the series Flight research.

On 24 May 2024, Tolarno Galleries announced that Rosemary Laing had died at the age of 65.

Rosemary Laing visited the eucalyptus forests in South Australia and laid down carpet on the forest floor.

Rosemary Laing became interested in flight in 1994 when she moved to a studio in the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt which was directly under the flight path.

Rosemary Laing's growing annoyance with the sounds from planes passing overhead fueled her interest in the ideas of air travel, which in turn was the inspiration for her Flight Research series.

From 1996 Rosemary Laing generally avoided digitally manipulating any of her images, which is what made the subject matter in some of her images surreal.

Rosemary Laing's work was exhibited in over 100 exhibitions since the 1980s, both individually and in a group.

Rosemary Laing had her works exhibited internationally, including in Germany, Australia, the United States, Spain, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand and Finland.

Rosemary Laing's works are held at both national and international museum collections.