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Laura Larson's Resume

EDUCATION
1999             UCLA Extension - form Z – a 3 dimensional rendering program
1988, 1989   UCLA Extension – Printmaking
1987             UCLA Extension - Figure Anatomy (Drawing)
1980             DBD (Doing By Doing), performance art class taught by Rachel Rosenthal
1969-1973    Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
                      B.A. Major in Fine Arts
                      B.A. Major in Speech Communications / Theatre Arts
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023             We Are All In This World Together,  MOAH: Cedar, Lancaster, CA (a joint retrospective exhibit with Dean Larson)
2022              "Once Upon A Time When Form Was Fluid," Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA (a joint exhibit with Dean Larson)
2021              Featured artist for LA Artcore's  "Meditate -Create" weekly virtual gathering
2018             "The Council Gathers in Time," Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

                      (a joint exhibit with Dean Larson)
2017              "A Journey in Time: Part 2," Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA  (a joint exhibit with Dean Larson)
2016              "A Journey in Time," Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA  (a joint exhibit with Dean Larson)
2015-16
        “Grace & Glory,” Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA 
2014              “Cherish,” Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA 
2009             “The Clearing,” Main Street Gallery, Pomona, CA
2008             “Epidermis Emporium,” Main Street Gallery, Pomona, CA
2007             “Epidermis Emporium,” Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                      “The Looking Glass Lounge,” Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825 – Los Angeles, CA
                      “Looking Glass Lounge,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2005             “The Looking Glass Lounge,” HAUS Gallery, Pasadena, CA 
 
GRANTS
2004              ARC Grant (Artist Resource for Completion) from the Durfee Foundation
 
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2020              Participation in the "Patchwork Healing Blanket," an ongoing public art piece exhibition originating in Mexico that will continue to grow as long as there is violence towards women, children and Mother Earth

2010               Commissioned to create window screen for Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 front window for 85th Anniversary Celebration, Los Angeles, CA

2002 – 2006    Awarded commission to create artwork for Fire Station #65, 103rd and East Century Blvd, Watts, Los Angeles (through the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs)

2002  - 2014   Railing design for the Pacoima Bicycle Bridge over the Pacoima Wash at San Fernando Road (through the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs) Completed in October, 2014

1999 – 2001   Awarded Commission by City of Pasadena, Cultural Affairs Division to create public art for Fire Station #34, on the campus of Cal Tech at Del Mar and Holliston, Pasadena, California
 
1998 – 2001  Commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to create public art for the Department of Recreation and Parks for the Van Ness Child Care Center in South Los Angeles, California
 
1997 – 2007   Awarded commission by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to create public art for the Department of Recreation and Parks for the Downey Child Care Facility in Lincoln Heights, California
 
1995 – 1999  Awarded commission by Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to create public art for the Department of Transportation - Parking Enforcement Facility, West Los Angeles, California
 
2001  “Community of Angels" public art project, benefiting the Volunteers of America and Catholic Big Brothers.   Sponsor of the selected piece, “The Travel Angel,” was the Los Angeles Convention &Visitors Bureau.  Acquired by the Farmers Market, at 3rd and Fairfax, Los Angeles, CA (a joint Project with Dean Larson)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022          "Let Me Talk," Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California, curated by Jill Sykes and Ada Pullini Brown
                  "Aviary," The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, curated by Betty Brown
                  "Surrealism Now," Orange County Contemporary Art Center," Santa Ana, California, curated by Andi Campongone
 2021         "Scribes: Artist Books, Roswell Space, Los Angeles, California curated by Jonna Lee
                   "16th Gala Awards – Pollux Awards," in collaboration with Dean Larson, Honorable Mention in                                                              digital manipulations and collage, online and exhibited at FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
                   "Bugs Aplenty," Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, Oregon
                   "A Calling of Birds," Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, Oregon

2020         "15th Gala Awards – Pollux Awards," Honorable Mention in digital manipulations and collage, in                                                    collaboration with Dean Larson, online, Barcelona, Spain
                  "15th Gala Awards – Julia Margaret Cameron Award," Honorable Mention in Still Life,  online,                                                               Barcelona, Spain
                  "Petite Works" online exhibit – Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
                  "The Community Quilt Project," Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California
                  "The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild 2021 Online International Summer Exhibition"

2019          "Peace On Earth," Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California
                  "12th Gala Awards – Pollux Awards," in collaboration with Dean Larson, Honorable Mention in                                                             digital manipulations and collage, online in 2018 and exhibited at Valid Foto, Barcelona, Spain   
                   "COY" Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California

2018           “It’s Time,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, curated by Anuradha Vikram,  Santa Ana, CA
 
2017           "LACDA TOP 40," International Juried Competition Winners Exhibit, curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, CA
                    “Politically Inspired Art: Part 2,”  Jane Chafin’s Offramp online exhibition

2016           “Non-Sequitur” Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
                    “Fantastic Feminist Figuration” Groundspace, curated by Betty Brown and Wendy Sherman,
                    Project, Los Angeles, CA

                    “Women Eco Artist Dialog - Smaller Footprints” – MOAH Cedar, Lancaster, CA
          
2015            “rebirth of dialects” Chaffey Community Art Museum, curated by Cindy Rinne, Ontario, CA
                    California Sculpture SLAM, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
                    “20 Cubed,” Southwest University of Visual Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
2013            California Sculpture SLAM, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
                    “das Paar” LAAA/Gallery 825/Art Ruhr (CAR) Los Angeles, CA
                    Women's Day Virtual Display at MOLAA, Long Beach, CA

2012            Women's Day Virtual Display at MOLAA, Long Beach, CA
 
2011             “Inside/Out” Brand Library, Art Galleries – a Four–Person Show, Glendale, CA
                     TarFest- outdoor installation in the La Brea Tar Pit Park, Los Angeles,
                     “Gifted” Bleicher/Golightly, Santa Monica, CA
                     “CHAIN LETTER LONDON: Swarm of Consciousness” – website exhibition
                     “HECHO A MANO” – LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA,
                      Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA

2010            “Exalted One” – LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
                     “Revisiting Beauty,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
 
2009            “Nature and Nurture,” Bleicher/Golightly, Santa Monica, CA
                     “The Lingering Feast,” LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
                     “ProVisional Art,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

2008           “Naked Truth, Figure as Form and Spirit,” dba256 Gallery, Pomona, CA
                    “Novella,” LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
 
2007           HAUSGUEST, Brewrey Projects, Los Angeles, benefiting the People of Darfur hosted by HAUS  Gallery
                    “A Woman’s Place” window installation at Homestead House in Pasadena, CA, Phantom Galleries/LAAA/Gallery 825                       collaboration for “Go Native”
                    Artscene:25 at LACMA – two centerpiece sculptures for the luncheon/celebration, Los Angeles, CA
 
2006          Tarfest – installation at Desmond Building on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
                   Open Show, LAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
 
2001          “The Elements – Air, Water, Fire and Earth,” The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA, Laguna Art Museum
 
1997           “Primary Colors,” 3 locations: SITE Gallery, Watts Art Center, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
                   “Made in California,” City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
 
1995           “10th Annual - Mostly Abstract,”  Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA                                    
 
1994           “90th Open,” National Competition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
 
                   “Everything in Site,” SITE Gallery, members exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
 
1993           “L.A. Biblioteca,” SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 
1989           Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Art Auction Invitational, Irvine, CA
 
1983           “Downey Museum of Art Silver Jubilee Retrospective Exhibit,” Downey, CA, invitational
 
1980           “Seven Selected Women Who Worked on The Dinner Party By Judy Chicago,” M.E. Gallery, Houston, Texas
 
1979            “The Dinner Party,” (collaborative exhibition by Judy Chicago), numerous venues in the U.S., Canada, Australia,
                    Germany and the United Kingdom

 
PUBLICATIONS

"We Are All In This World Together," catalogue for the exhibition at MOAH: CEDAR, July 22, 2023

Diversions LA, "Aviary Soared - Curated by Betty Brown," Genie Davis, June 15, 2022

FotoNostrum – featured portfolio of "Once Upon a Time –When Form was Fluid" with essay by Mat Gleason 2021

Art and Cake –  “Beauty and the Beast," Betty Brown, July, 2020

Artist, ART & Story: A Moment in Time, 2020: Book 14: International, coordinated by Karrie Ross

Art and Cake –  “Peace On Earth” at MOAH, Betty Brown, 2019

Art and Cake – 3 Solo Exhibitions at LAAA, Genie Davis, October, 2018
 
Catalogue and Art Book ESSAY for “The Council Gathers in Time” by Betty Brown, September 2018

Entropy – on-line journal - March 10, 2017, essay by Will Alexander, "The Larson's Journey Beyond Time"
https://entropymag.org/the-larsons-journey-beyond-time/

ArtSlant – Key Venue Artist – January 16, 2012
 
Art Space Talk: Laura Larson – myartspace.com, interview by Brian Sherwin March 15, 2009
“SHORTCUTS Anglais seconde”. Published by HACHETTE LIVRE EDUCATION featuring a photo of the Travel Angel 2009
 
“Los Angeles Art Association – Volumes 1 & 2”– LAAA catalog  2009 and 2019
 
“Don’t Cover Your Eyes,” Stacy Davies, Inland Empire Weekly, February 21-27, 2008
 
“Through the Looking Glass,” Venessa Franko, The Press-Enterprise, January 4, 2007

“URBAN SURPRISES: A Guide to Public Art in Los Angeles,” edited by Gloria Gerace, published by Balcony Press, Glendale, California, under the auspices of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, 2002
 
“A Community of Angeles,” Angel City Press, written by Marnie Tenden, photographed by Michele Dugan, Designed by Hannah Kaufman, 2001

AFFILIATIONS
The Feminist Art Project  – Institute for Women & Art @ Rutgers. Documentation for both “The Looking Glass Lounge” and “Epidermis Emporium” are housed physically at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey (as well as mentioned on the internet site)

Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825
2006 – present                  member

SITE – Seeking It Through Exhibitions - an artist run non-profit arts organization and exhibition space.
1999 – 2000    President - Board of Directors
1998 – 1999     Co-President - Board of Directors           
1997 – 1998     Exhibition Coordinator
1995 – 1997     Exhibition Committee SITE – Seeking It Through Exhibitions
 
Women’s Caucus for Art
1981 – 1985    Member/Co-Chairman Exhibition Committee 1983, Secretary 1982
 
Other
1996               Juror for the Sculpture division for the “Affaire in the Garden” City of Beverly Hills.
 2001             Selection Panel member for one of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Library Commissions.                 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selection)
Donald Bruce & Darrin Murray, Pasadena, 
California
Anne Marie Rouseau, Laguna Beach, California
Barbara Nathanson, Woodland Hills, California
Arie & Ximena Kupferwasser, Studio City, California
Susan Amorde, Los Angeles, 
California
Gail Standish, Los Angeles, California
Karen Ruth Karlsson, Pomona, California
Dr. Betty Ann Brown, Pasadena, California
Mrs. Lisa Ames, Art Meets Architecture, Los Angeles, California

Ms. Jan Fritsen and Ms. Genia Picket, Laguna Beach, California
Mr. Mark Steven Greenfield and Val Zavala, Altadena, California

Mr. Blake Byrne, Los Angeles, California
Mrs. Terry Romero and Mr. Gary Paul, Los Angeles, California
Ms. Cheryl Bookout, Frontier Town, CA
Mr, Ron Cherney and Mrs. Lisa H. Meyer, Los Angeles, California
Mrs. Nancy Kaye, Santa Monica, California
Mr. & Mrs. Jim and Justice O’Neil, Los Angeles, California
Ms. Giuliana Songster, Los Angeles, California
Mrs. Beverly Tanner, San Carlos, California
Mrs. Alison Duke, Pasadena, California
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Waters, Chicago, Illinois
Ms. Susan Hill, Belfast, Maine
Ms. Ruth Iskin, Isreal

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    • Resume - Laura Larson
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  • Larson Collaborations-Journeys in Time
    • The Council Gathers In Time
    • We Are All In This World Together
    • A Journey In Time
    • A Journey In Time: Part 2
    • Once Upon a Time – When Form was Fluid
  • Laura's Gallery
    • Bronze Sculpture
    • Family Portraits
    • Cherish
    • The Campaign for Co-creation >
      • Sacred Grove
    • Grace and Glory
    • Epidermis Emporium
    • The Looking Glass Lounge
    • Public Art >
      • Life is About Energy
      • Pacoima = Rushing Waters
      • Elements of Valor
      • If-Then
      • Welcome to the World
      • DOT-METER
  • Dean's Gallery
    • French Impressions
    • HydroGraphics
    • RiverScapes
    • Route 66
    • CloudScapes
    • Ocean Abstracts
    • Venice Canal Houses
    • IdealEstate
    • Ventura Buildings
    • Primary Residence
    • Slice of Life
    • Flowers
    • Vintage Hand Colored Photos >
      • Passages
      • Girls With Pearls
      • Self Defenses
      • The New Patriotism
      • Fine Art Prints
  • Contact
  • Upcoming Events