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Laura Splan's work interrogates the material manifestations of our cultural ambivalence towards the human body. Her conceptually based projects employ a range of traditional and digital techniques. She often uses found objects and appropriated sources to explore socially constructed perceptions of order and disorder. Much of her work is inspired by experimentation with materials and processes including blood, cosmetic facial peel and digital fabrication.
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UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION—PHILADELPHIA
Laura Splan: Conformations
Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
October 17–November 23, 2019
Opening Reception: Thurs, Oct 17, 5:00-7:30pm
Current GROUP EXHIBITION—Ft. worth
Set in Motion: Art That Moves
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Sep 14–Dec 8, 2019
An exhibition that pairs an interactive installation by Camille Utterback with artwork that transforms human movement including artists Laura Splan, Louise Nevelson, Anni Albers, Barbara Morgan, Ruth Asawa, Helen Frankenthaler, Georgia O’Keeffe…
NEW INC—NEW YORK CITY
NEW INC 2020/2019 — Creative Experiments
NEW INC is the New Museum's incubator exploring new ideas at the intersection of art, technology, and design. The Creative Experiments track is supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative.
RECENT EXHIBITION—ATLANTA
The World Unseen: Intersections of Art and Science
May 20 – August 30, 2019
David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Atlanta, GA
In Association with the Smithsonian Institution
ARTISTS: Laura Splan, Anna Dumitriu, Lorrie Fredette, Scott Chimileski…
NEW PUBLICATION—ANTENNAE: INTERFACE
Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture
”Interface” Issue: Laura Splan, Eduardo Kac, Anna Dumitriu, Roger Malina, & others
NEW BOOK—NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
Artist book with photography & text
Created for the 2018 Residency at the Science Center, Philadelphia, PA
Supported by Integral Molecular, Esther Klein Gallery, Knight Foundation
RECENT EXHIBITION—SANTA FE
Stitching & Weaving in the Digital Age
Currents 826, Santa Fe, NM
May 24–Aug 9, 2019
ARTISTS: Laura Splan, Casey Reas, Victoria Manganiello & Julian Goldman…
EXHIBITION INFO
ON VIEW: Embodied Objects and Recursive Expressions
NEW CATALOG—bioart residency
Catalog for the inaugural year of the BioArt Residency at the University City Science Center, in partnership with Integral Molecular & Esther Klein Gallery
Essays: Ben Doranz, Angela McQuillan, Cindy Stockton-Moore, Tom Charpentier
Artists: Laura Splan, Heather-Dewey Hagborg, Orkan Telhan, Deirdre Murphy
UPCOMING ARTIST TALKS/LECTURES
November 2019
Pennsylvania State University, School of Visual Arts
John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series
RECENT EXHIBITION—PROVIDENCE, RI
NEA Digital Arts Fellowship Exhibition:
Laura Splan, Jessica Thompson, Lauren Valley
AS220 Resident Gallery, Providence, RI
August 2–25, 2019
The NEA supported Digital Arts Fellowship assists in the production of new work by artists working at the forefront of creative digital media.
EXHIBITION INFO
ON VIEW: Circumscriptions (Sort of Like This & Gate Inspections)
PUBLICATION—Peripheral ARTeries
Peripheral ARTeries: Biennial Edition
Interview by curators Josh Ryder and Melissa C. Hilborn
Upcoming Exhibition—Monroe, LA
Synthesis: Art and Nature in the Post-Digital Age
Dec 12, 2019 - Feb 8, 2020
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
EXHIBITION INFO
ON VIEW: Selected hand-cut collages from the Modular Systems series including Transfigurations and Serendipitous Destiny.
FELLOWSHIP—PROVIDENCE, RI
2018/19 NEA Digital Arts Fellowship Program
AS220 Industries, Providence, RI
Workshops with NEA Digital Arts Fellow Laura Splan:
Reimagining Craft Through Code: Intro to Processing
Sensors and Interactive Circuits: Intro to Arduino
Photo: Nihar Makwana for Creative Tech Week
SOLO EXHBITION—MONTRÉAL
Laura Splan: Embodied Objects
March 15–April 21, 2018
Occurrence Gallery, Montréal, QC
UPCOMING PUBLICATION—E-SQUARED
Collage by Laura Splan featured on the cover of E-Squared Magazine, Issue #5
Meta Static (Exclusive Secret), 2014, magazine collage on archival paper
E-Squared is an international, quarterly print magazine that draws from both art + science and is the embodiment of this synergy.
GROUP EXHIBITION—NEW YORK
Artfare Inaugural Exhibition
Curated by Daniela Holban & Kelly Schroer
Jan 31–Feb 3, 2019
New York, NY
ARTISTS: Miya Ando, Kenseth Armstead, Sarah E. Brook, James Clar, Lola Flash, Liz Nielsen, Laura Splan, Shoshanna Weinberger, Dustin Yellin…
EXHIBITION —NEWARK
Mirror Mirror, Feb 8–Dec 20, 2018
Curated by Anonda Bell
Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Artists: Laura Splan, Martha Wilson, William Kentridge, Faith Ringgold, Dread Scott, Patricia Piccinini, Hyphen-Labs, Paolo Cirio, E.V. Day, Nona Faustine, Ani Liu, Leah DeVun, Riva Lehrer, Wendy Red Star, Leo Selvaggio…
GALLERY WEBSITE / PRESS RELEASE
PROJECT INFO (Selected works from Manifest on view)
ON VIEW: Selections from Manifest
Photo Credit: Art Paxton
PERFORMANCE—NEW YORK CITY
Harvestworks TEAM Lab
Governors Island, New York, NY
September 1 & 2, 2018
Sculptural performance with biosensor actuated apparatus and sound.
EXHIBITION—PHILADELPHIA
3675 Market Street Grand Opening Celebration
November 9, 2018
Group exhibition curated by Angela McQuillan
ARTISTS: Laura Splan, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Orkan Telhan, Deirdre Murphy
EXHIBITION—SANTA FE
Collecting Digital Art:
Highlights + New Acquisitions from the Thoma Foundation
ART HOUSE, Santa Fe, NM
Artists: Beryl Korot, Brigitte Kowanz, Guillermo Galindo, Laura Splan, Steina Vasulka, Vera Molnar, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Eduardo Kac, and others
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COLLECTION INFO
EXHIBITION—MONTRÉAL
Material Turn
March 8–April 13, 2018
Curated by WhiteFeather Hunter & Kelly Thompson
Artists: Laura Splan, LoVid, Ellen Rothenberg, Lia Cook, Robin Kang…
La Galerie FOFA, Université Concordia, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Photo: Guy L'Heureux
EXHIBITION INFO
SOLO EXHIBITION—NEW YORK CITY
Manifest
June 28–August 23, 2017
Curated by Katherine Meehan, NYU Langone Art Collection
NYU Langone Medical Center Art Gallery, New York, NY
INTERVIEW—SOME SERIOUS BUSINESS
#FiftyQuestions with Laura Splan
Questions by Quintan Ana Wikswo
August 2, 2017
"Some Serious Business presents #FiftyQuestions to highlight wonderful folks that are creating, presenting, questioning and critiquing."
Photo by NYU Langone Art Program & Collection
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SOLO EXHIBITION—HOUSTON
Material Expressions
January 13–February 11, 2017
Capsule Gallery, Houston, TX
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VIDEO PROFILE
Artist Laura Splan at Capsule Gallery
By Brenda Cruz-Wolf
January 2017
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