Laura Havenhand was born in 1986 in Blackpool, she attended Preston College where she received an ‘outstanding achievement award in fine art’ before going to Blackpool and the Fylde college and then to Leeds Metropolitan University where she completed a BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 2009. Since this Havenhand has been commissioned by restaurants and business’s around the Leeds area, and had her first solo exhibition at The Bowery Gallery, Leeds, in Jan 2010. She has shown in a number of group shows, and continues to make work. She recently became a member of Blott studios, Blackpool, upon returning to the area and has forthcoming solo exhibitions in the area.