LAURA LARSON |
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RÉSUMÉ
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| EDUCATION | |||
1987 - 1999 |
Classes in Form Z (3D rendering software program), printmaking and figure drawing, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 1980 | DBD (Doing By Doing), a performance art class taught by Rachel Rosenthal, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 1973 | B.A. (Fine Arts & Speech Communication / Theatre Arts), Carthage College, Kenosha, WI | ||
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |||
| 2005 | "The Looking Glass Lounge", HAUS, Pasadena, CA | ||
| 1983 | Espresso Cafe, Pasadena, CA | ||
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |||
| 2001 | "The Elements - Air, Water, Fire and Earth" (juried by Tyler Stallings), The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA | ||
| 1997 | "Primary Colors" (juried by Roy Dowell), SITE / Watts Art Center / Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| "Made in California" (juried by Noel Korten), City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA | |||
| 1996 | "When the Bough Breaks" (curated by Susan Hill), The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA | ||
| 1994 | "90th Open" (National competition) (juried by Gilah Yelin Hirsch), Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA | ||
| "1010" (juried by Maria Walsh), The New Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |||
| 1993 | "L.A. Biblioteca", SITE, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 1992 | "2nd Annual International Miniprint Exhibition" (juried by Peter Frank & Barbara Galuszka), Juniper Gallery / Napa Art Center, Napa, CA | ||
| "Long Beach Arts Southern California Open" (juried by William Hipps), Long Beach, CA | |||
| "Issue of Choice", LACE, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 1991 | "Southern California Women's Caucus for Art Annual Juried Exhibition" (juried by Noriko Gamblin), William Grant Stills Art Center, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| "Southern California Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition" (curated by Norma Gurba), Lancaster Museum / Art Gallery, Lancaster, CA | |||
| 1990 | "Outside-Inside-Out" (site specific installation), Los Angeles Festival, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 1989 | "Art Auction Invitational", Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Irvine, CA | ||
| 1988 | "Venice Art Walk '88 Exhibitions: Works by Southern California Women's Caucus for Art" (juried by Tressa Miller and Suzanne Muchnic), Venice, CA | ||
1984
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"From History to Action" (juried by Lucy Lippard), The Women's Building, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 1983 | "Downey Museum of Art Silver Jubilee Retrospective Exhibit", Downey, CA | ||
| "Southern California Women's Caucus for Art Third Juried Exhibition" (juried by Julia Brown), California State University, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 1982 | "35 x 35: Thirty-Five Southern California Artists Thirty-Five Years of Age and Under" (juried by William Hemmerdinger), Riverside Art Center and Museum, Riverside, CA | ||
| "All Media '82" (juried by Josine Ianco-Starrels and Robert Bourdon), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA | |||
| "The Westwood Clay National '82", Downey Art Museum, Downey, CA | |||
| 1981 | "California Works '81: Art in the West" (juried by Robert Johnson, Jack Mendenhall and Connie Zehr), Sacramento, CA (First Place) | ||
| 1980 | "Seven Selected Women Who Worked on 'The Dinner Party' by Judy Chicago", M.E. Gallery, Houston, TX | ||
| 1977 | "The Dinner Pary" (collaborative exhibition by Judy Chicago), numerous venues in the U.S. | ||
| PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS | |||
| 2002 - 2005 | Artwork for Fire Station #65, Watts, CA (Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department) | ||
| 2002 | Railing design for Pacoima Bicycle Bridge over the Pacoima Wash, Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering and Cultural Affairs Department) | ||
| 2001 | "The Travel Angel" (sponsored by the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau), 2001 Community of Angels project (benefitting the Volunteers of America and Catholic Big Brothers), Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 1999 - 2001 | Public art for Fire Station #34, Pasadena, CA (City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Department) | ||
| 1998 - 2001 | Public art for Van Ness Child Care Center in South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and Department of Parks and Recreation) | ||
| 1997 - 2005 | Public art for Downey Child Care Facility in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and Department of Parks and Recreation) | ||
1998
- 2001
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Public art for Parking Enforcement Facility, West Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and Department of Transportation) | ||
| GRANTS AND AWARDS | |||
| 2004 | ARC (Artist's Resource for Completion) grant from the Durfee Foundation | ||
| PUBLICATIONS | |||
| Gerace, Gloria, ed. "URBAN SURPRISES: A Guide to Public Art in Los Angeles." Balcony Press, Glendale, CA, 2002. | |||
| Tenden, Marnie and Michele Dugan (photgrapher). "A Community of Angels." Angel City Press 2001. | |||
| Brown, Betty. "Diverse Concerns." ARTWEEK April 16, 1983. | |||
| Montgomery, Teresa. "Review." WESTART October 27,1978. | |||
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