Laura Lasworth’s After Images July 30 – September 3, 2016 Lora Schlesinger Gallery presents After Images featuring a new series of paintings by Laura Lasworth. Lasworth’s paintings are a manifestation of masterful control of color, shape and form. Each work rich in surface and content, is coded with symbolism that poignantly addresses themes of life, death and spirituality. The show opens with the artist’s reception on Saturday, July 30th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Lasworth is known for her sophisticated use of religious, philosophical and personal symbolism. Her work recalls classical allegory and medieval iconography. She extracts subjects from text, bridging the familiar with the sacred, creating images that are mysterious and otherworldly. Since 2001, her method has resembled that of a long-form writer. In her elaborate cycles of paintings, each panel functions as a chapter. Through the paintings a narrative slowly emerges, coaxing a careful reading. Lasworth’s images echo scripture and sacred history, yet they refrain from didacticism and literalism. Instead her paintings exhibit a respectful melancholy, as if they must span unbridgeable distances. The result is not a sense of futility, but of hope and impending miracle. Laura Lasworth received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Art Institute of Chicago and her Masters of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Her paintings have been exhibited nationally in numerous solo and group shows that have been featured in the publications Art in America, Artforum, the Los Angeles Times and IMAGE Journal.
Heirlooms, 2016 oil on panel 60 x 48” – framed
Depression Glass Tea Cup, 2016 oil on panel 9-3/16 x 9-3/16” – framed
After: Transfiguration of the 1st Boy, 2016 oil on panel 25-1/2 x 19-9/16” – framed
Lichtenberg Flower, 2016 oil on panel 13-1/8 x 13-1/8” – framed
Depression Glass Tree, 2016 oil on panel 13-1/8 x 13-1/8” – framed
Adoption Registry, 2016 oil on panel 25-1/2 x 19-9/16” – framed
The Snowfall is So Silent, 2016 oil on wood panel 9 x 9” framed – each panel
Untitled, 2016 oil on panel 11 x 9� – framed
The Storm Between Two Trees, 2016 Oil on panel 13-7/16 x 9-13/16” – framed
First Boy, Our Father, 2016 oil on wood panel 13-7/16 x 10-3/8” – framed
Spark Gap, 2016 oil on panel 13-7/16 x 9-13/16” – framed
LAURA LASWORTH Education 1979 1977
MFA - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA BFA - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Academic Experience 2002 to Present: Professor of Art, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA Solo Exhibitions 2016 2010 2009 2005 2001 2000 1997 1994 1989 1987 1985 1984 1981
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica CA Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica CA SPAC Gallery, Seattle WA Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Georgia College& State U., Milledgeville, GA Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA LAICA, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2007
Storytellers, The Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA The Interior Castle, Journey’s of Faith and Reflections of the Soul, Holy Family Bookstore, South Pasadena, CA 91030 Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Small Works, Lora Schlesinger Gallery Prophets!, St. James Cathedral Chapel, Seattle, WA The Artist’s Daughter (Tribute Exhibition to Artist, George Tooker), North Park University Gallery Chicago, IL 2010 “U.P. Drawing 2010: Contemporary Drawing, Art Faire on Internet “Self Absorbed: An Exhibition of Contemporary Self Portraiture” Seattle SPAC Gallery, Seattle, WA “Hope: Open/Close”, SPAC Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2006 2005 2004 2003 2004 2002 2001
2000 1999 1998 1996 1995 1994
1993 1992 1989 1988 1987 1986
“The Luck of the Draw”, Lora Schlesinger, Santa Monica CA “The S Word”, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA; “Eclectic Vision”, The Archer School Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “The S Word”, Judson Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Likeness” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. “Passion/Passover: Artists of Faith Interpret Their Holy Days”, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; “Drawing Studies & Painting” The Judson Gallery, Pasadena, CA. “Drawings” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica CA; “Faculty Show”, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA; “Bodily Notions”, Glendale College, Glendale CA. “LA Post Cool”, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles CA; “Faculty Show”, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA; “LA Post Cool”, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.. “Faculty Show”, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. “Representing LA”, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Occidental College; “The Importance of Being Ernest”, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Michael Duncan; “Representing LA”, South Texas Institute of Art, Corpus Christie, TX. “Representing LA”, Frye Art Museum Seattle, WA; “The Changing Face of Portraiture”, Chapman University, Orange, Ca. “Marks and Beyond”, Mount San Antonio College, CA. “Group Show”, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY; “Transfiguration”, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. “Seeking Balance”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA; “Still Life, Still Here”, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Burning Lights”, Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, CA. “Burning Lights”, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; “The Ladies of Tortue”, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Spiritual Inquiries”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL; “Burning Lights”, Biola University, La Mirada, CA. “The Art Cup”, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Burning Lights”, LaBand Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA; ”Sacred and Profane”, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Fiction”, Parnas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Serious Beauty”, Stuart Katz Loft, Laguna Beach, CA. “Light and Space”, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Appraising the Preternatural”, Patricia Shea, Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. “Personal Myths”, Marc Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “The Spiritual Landscape”, Biota Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “Group Show”, Nave Museum, Victoria, TX; “Art Against Aids”, Murray Feldman Gallery, Los Angeles “Group Show”, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston TX; “Alumni Show”. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. “Miracles and Mysteries", Cal State Dominguez Hills, CA; "Faculty Show”.Cal State University, Northridge, CA. “Group Show”, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY, (organized by Tom Solomon); “Fantastic Vision”, Simard Halm Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Art on Film”, Downey Museum, Downey, CA; “Faculty Show”, Cal State University, Northridge, CA.
1984
“Interiors/Exteriors”, Gensler & Ass., Los Angeles, CA; “Crime & Punishment”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA. 1983 “Painting of the Month”, LAICA, Los Angeles, CA (selected by Betty Asher). 1982 “Group Show” LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA; “Summer Small Works Show”, Swope Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 1981 “The Intimate Object”, Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Selected Bibliography Presence Vol.15 No.3 September 2009 The Other Journal The Aesthetics Issue July 2, 2009 Response, Seattle Pacific University - Spring 2008 The S-Word: The State of 'Spirituality' in Contemporary Art, The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles presents a full color illustrated catalogue in CD format, 2007 The S-Word: The State of 'Spirituality' in Contemporary Art, Exhibition catalogue, 56 pages, full color, with essay by the curator Prof. Ronald E. Steen, Lulu Publishing 2006 Contemporary Art As Preparation, by David Judson, Exhibition catalogue, Lulu Publishing 2005 Response, Seattle Pacific University - Summer 2005 Art Scene “The New Zeitgeist”, John O’Brien, May 2005 LA Times, March 12, 2005 LATimes, August 20, 2004 Response, Seattle Pacific University - Winter 2004 Lanterna Magica, “Petite Fleur”; by Toti O’Brian, Mignon Nemapress, 2003 Kansas City Star, February 16, 2003: Review LA POST COOL “Brave Little Slackers”, December 2002 Internet Posted Review of LA POST COOL, Lee Anne Heringer The Mercury News, Friday Dec. 6, 2002: Review LA POST COOL Art in America, December 2001 LA Times, Thursday May 3, 2001 Art Scene, May 2001 The Jewish Journal, Vol 16, Number 6. 13-19 Nisan, 5761. April 6-12 2001 LA Times, Friday March 2, 2001 Flannery O’Connor Bulletin, Published by Georgia College & State University Dissertation on Flannery O’Connor, Kelly Gerald, Auburn University, Auburn AL Art & Soul, Adrienne Chaplin & Hilary Brand, Paternoster Publishing Gadfly, December Vol. 2 No. 12 Art in America, June Issue Artweek, January Issue LA Times, Friday Nov. 28, 1997 Ribot, Paul Vangelisti, Editor Image, Fall-1997-Number 17 Ribot, Paul Vangelisti, Editor Contra Costa Times, Jan. 12- 18, 1996 The Press Enterprise, Oct. 22, 1995 LA Times, Saturday Nov. 12, 1994 LA Weekly, Nov. 25, 1994 LA Weekly May 2, 1991 The Book of Cups, Garth Clark, Abbeville Press, New York
Artforum, December 1989 LA Times, Friday Sept. 15, 1989 Angeles Magazine, August 1989 LA Times, Friday Jan. 15, 1989 Visions, January '88 Issue LA Times, Sept. 16, 1988 LA Weekly, Nov. 29, 1987 LA Times, Friday Nov. 13, 1987; Franc Magazine, November '87 Issue LA Weekly, December 4, 1986 Crime & Punishment, Exhibition catalogue - Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA Images and Issues, Vol. 5, No. 1 July/August, 1984 Art Week, Vol. 14, No. 11, March 19, 1984 Awards 2009
CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Grand Gold Award in the overall category of “Photography and Illustration” for ‘Psalm 2007’, the cover illustration for “Hope” issue of Response magazine. The Grand Gold is the highest award possible in each of the overall competition categories and goes on to compete for the single Grand Crystal Award at February’s CASE District VIII conference. CASE awarded a Gold Award in this year’s communications competition to the Lilly Fellows Annual Conference program cover in the category of “Visual Design/Cover Design.” Another painting, ‘Will Seen, Will Said’ was the central feature of the design.
2008
Seattle Pacific University, Faculty Sabbatical (Time awarded to complete a new series of paintings,’The Western Wall’ )
2004
Seattle Pacific University, Faculty Research Grant
1998
Art Center College of Design, Faculty Enrichment Grant 1990 California Arts Council, Artists Fellowship
1989
California State University Northridge CSUN Competition for Research Scholarship and Creative Activity CSUN Affirmative Action Faculty Development Award CSUN Meritorious Performance/Professional Promise Award