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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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NEW BOOK—NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
Artist book with photography & text
Laura Splan, 2019, Full color, 114 pages, 7x7in
Created for the 2018 BioArt Residency
The University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA
Supported by Integral Molecular, Esther Klein Gallery and The Knight Foundation
CURRENT FELLOW—PROVIDENCE, RI
2018/19 Digital Arts Fellowship Program
AS220, Providence, RI
Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts
The Digital Arts Fellowship assists in the production of new work by national female artists working at the forefront of social and creative digital media.
EVENT: Reimagining Craft Through Code (Workshop w/Laura Splan)
Photo: Nihar Makwana for Creative Tech Week
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
Design: Angela McQuillan
CURRENT EXHIBITION—SANTA FE
Stitching & Weaving in the Digital Age
May 24–Aug 9, 2019
Opening Reception: Friday, May, 24th from 6-9 pm
Currents 826, Santa Fe, NM
ARTISTS: Guillermo Bert, Windy Chien, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, Ligorano Reese, Victoria Manganiello & Julian Goldman, Casey Reas, Laura Splan…
EXHIBITION INFO
ON VIEW: Embodied Objects and Recursive Expressions
CURRENT 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
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION—PHILADELPHIA
Laura Splan: Conformations
Opening Thursday, October 17, 2019
Esther Klein Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
UPCOMING ARTIST TALKS/LECTURES
November 2019
Pennsylvania State University, School of Visual Arts
John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series
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.
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.
RECENT SOLO EXHBITION—MONTRÉAL
Laura Splan: Embodied Objects
March 15–April 21, 2018
Occurrence Gallery, Montréal, QC
EXHIBITION CATALOG—FREE DOWNLOAD
Laura Splan: Embodied Objects
Occurrence Gallery, Montréal, QC
2018 Solo Exhibition Catalog
Now available for free download.
RECENT 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, and others
RECENT 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 and others
GALLERY WEBSITE / PRESS RELEASE
PROJECT INFO (Selected works from Manifest on view)
ON VIEW: Selections from Manifest
Photo Credit: Art Paxton
RECENT PERFORMANCE—NEW YORK CITY
Harvestworks TEAM Lab
Governors Island, New York, NY
September 1 & 2, 2018
Sculptural performance with biosensor actuated apparatus and sound.
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITION—PHILADELPHIA
3675 Market Street Grand Opening Celebration
Group exhibition curated by Angela McQuillan
ARTISTS: Deirdre Murphy, Laura Splan, Heather Dewey-Hagborg with special cocktails created by Orkan Telhan
November 9, 2018
Philadelphia, PA
RECENT GROUP 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
EXHIBITION INFO
COLLECTION INFO
RECENT PRESS
“...In Splan’s works, coded data captured from bodily actions… is transformed into hypnotic rhythmic patterns and re-coded as sensory input. Aesthetically pleasurable and quantifiable, Splan deftly weaves scientific findings into visually stimulating artworks…”
— Audra Lambert, Arte Fuse
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITION—WHITEWATER
Reading Material
Curators: Michael Flanagan, Susan Messer, Melanie Herzog
February 22–March 23, 2018
Crossman Gallery
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
GALLERY WEBSITE
PROJECT INFO (Selected works from Trousseau will be on view)
RECENT GROUP 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, others
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
EXHIBITION IMAGES
VIDEO PROFILE
Artist Laura Splan at Capsule Gallery
By Brenda Cruz-Wolf
January 2017
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