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
2026
My Favorite Book, Los Angeles Mural Conservancy gallery, 400 individual 9" x 6" paintings curated by Mat Gleason, Los Angeles, CA
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
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 & 3 – LAAA catalog 2009 and 2019 and 2025
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 – 2026 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