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Laura Erekson
Laura creates art that invites others to engage mentally, emotionally, and even, at times, physically. Her work examines broad themes while also being intensely personal, allowing viewers to feel intimately connected to the artist. Each piece is grounded firmly in the medium, and she often explores the boundaries of the materials she is working with.
Laura was born in Oakland, California and currently lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah. She received her BFA from Brigham Young University in drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture, as well as her MAT from George Mason University. Her printmaking and sculpture background heavily influence her current body of work. Using found objects and plants in her process, her paintings are rich in texture, leaving behind color and fragments of material from the actual objects and plants themselves.
Laura's work has been exhibited in Maryland, Virginia, Utah, New York City, in the Smithsonian in Washington D.C..
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You can find Laura's work in Trove Gallery, Park City Utah.
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Selected Exhibitions​
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2024
Certain Women: The Measure of Her Creation, JKR Gallery, Provo, UT
2023
Please Touch, A Collaboration with USB, Sugarspace Arts Warehouse, Salt Lake City, UT
38th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
2022
All are Alike Unto God, LDS Church History Museum, Salt Lake City UT
And I Call Her Mother, A Solo Exhibition, Writ & Vision, Provo UT
37thh Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
Have You Ever Heard of Redlining? A Solo Installation, SLC Public Library, SLC UT
The Sacred Feminine, Center for LDS Arts, New York, NY
2021
36th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
Art In The Time Of Corona: A Global Art Project, Online Exhibit, Dab Art Co.
97th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
2020
35th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
96th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
2019
95th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
Love Louder Art Show, Encircle Resource Center, SLC UT
2018
33rd Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
94th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
The Interpretation Thereof, BYU Museum of Art, Provo, UT
2017
32nd Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
Metamorphosis, A Solo Exhibition, Writ & Vision, Provo UT
93rd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
Love Louder Art Show, Encircle Resource Center, Provo UT
2016
31st Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
Within a Wall, A Solo Exhibition, Here, Provo UT
92nd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
Framework, A Solo Exhibition, Writ & Vision, Provo UT
Show Your World, Gallery MC, New York NY
2015
Eye of the Beholder, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD
2014
Off The Wall, George Mason University, Fairfax VA
2013
Southern Virginia University Shenandoah Invitational Art Show, The Marriot, Fairfax VA
2012
Make Known His Wonderful Works, LDS Church History Museum, Salt Lake City UT
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Artists at Work, Smithsonian - S. Dillon Ripley Center , Washington DC
2010
Timing: A Self-Portriat in 4 Dimensions, A Solo Exhibition, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo UT
Inheritance, Joseph Fielding Smith Building - Brigham Young University, Provo UT
Awards and Grants
2023
Artist Career Empowerment Grant, Salt Lake City Arts Council
2022
Merit Award, All are Alike Unto God, 12th International Church Art Competition
2020
Artists Project Support Grant, Salt Lake City Arts Council
2016
Honorable Mention, Zion Art Competition
People's Choice Award, Wasatch Art Soiree
2011
Merit Award, Make Known His Wonderful Works 9th International Church Art Competition
2010
Honorable Mention, Vera Mae Hinckley Annual Exhibition
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