Laura creates art that invites others to engage--mentally, emotionally, and even, at times, physically.  Her work examines broad themes (including time, nature, identity, and faith) 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 in her process, her paintings are rich in texture, leaving behind color or fragments of material from the actual objects themselves. Often times her works appear in this natural and raw state, but when color is added it is predominantly in washes and rubbings of ink. Laura's work has been exhibited in Maryland, Virginia, Utah, New York City, and in the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

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Selected Exhibitions​

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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

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

2022

Merit Award, All are Alike Unto God, 12th International Church Art Competition

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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