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Selected One & Two-Person Exhibitions 

2011 Concrete Gallery, Cold Spring, NY

Strike Slip: Laura Moriarty and Josh Weiss. GrizzlyGrizzly Project Space, Philadelphia, PA

2009 Upheaval.  ArtSpace, New Haven, CT

2008 Scientific Wild Ass Guess.  Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY 

2004 Gemboree. Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY

2002 Painting in the Language of Geology.  Ceres’ Project Room, New York, NY

Flatness.  Haggerty Art Gallery, The University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2001 Going through Phases.  Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 

1995 Working Affinities. Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY 


Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 Territories Unknown. Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New York. Curated by Katrina Rhein.

2012 Wax: Medium Meets Message. The Morean Arts Center, St.    Petersburg, Florida

On and Off the Wall. Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Curated by Kathleen Lemoine.

Improbable Topographies. Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, Massechusettes. Curated by Joanne Mattera.

2011 Art of the Heirloom. Presented by the Hudson Valley Seed Library, the Friends of Historic Kingston Museum, Kingston, NY (traveling throughout 2012)

Material Matters. Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida. Curated by Elena De La Ville.

Kindred Spirits. Schiltkamp Gallery, Traina Center for the Arts, Clark University, Worchester, MA

Physical Graffiti: 13 artists transforming time & materials. Curated by Pam Farrell, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sculpture In Wax Invitational. Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA 

Stone Canoe Art Exhibit. XL Projects Gallery, Syracuse University, New York

2010 Field Notes: Revisions.  Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Curated by Dean Dass.

Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Artists Residencies. The Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center, Casper WY. Curated by Lisa Katchadoorian

Water, water, every where. The Beacon Institute of Rivers and Estuaries, Beacon, NY. Curated by Linda Stewart.

Geologic Time.  Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2009 Ecotones and Transition Zones.  Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz. 

Graphica Creativa: Co-Op. Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland. Curated by Jukka Partenen.    

New Prints Spring 2009.  Selected by Polly Apfelbaum, International Print Center New York 

2008 Hyper-Nature.  Spaces, Cleveland, OH

The Medium is the Message. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz. 

2007 Natural Selection. Albany International Airport Gallery. Curated by Sharon Bates.

X-07: Directors Choice.  Cain Shulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006 Another place. NurtureArt @ Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Eleanor Eichenbaum. 

2005 Radius. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT. 

Artistic Fragments: Art 2005. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY.  

2004 Shelters: The Byrdcliffe Outdoor Exhibition 2004. Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY.  

2003 Unearthed. The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

Frequencies. Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY.  

2002 20 years of printmaking at the Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium. Edinburgh Printmakers, U.K.

2001 Breaking the Rules: Art 2001. Katonah Museum of Art, NY. Curated by Eugenie Tsai.

New Prints 2001 – Summer. International Print Center New York, New York, NY


Awards & Honors

2011 Projects Grant, United States Artists, Los Angeles, CA

2009 MARK 09, New York Foundation for the Arts 

2008 Studio Fellowship, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2005 Radius Award, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and Ridgefield Guild of Artists 

2004 Frans Masereel Center Artist in Residence, Kasterlee, Belgium 

2002 Artists Talk on Art Curator’s Choice Award 

2000 Frans Masereel Center Artist in Residence, Kasterlee, Belgium 

2000 Craft Alliance of New York State Career Development Grant

1999 VCCA International Exchange Fellowship, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

1998 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Sweet Briar, VA

1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1996 Ucross Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY


Permanent Collections

Jyväskylä Art Museum Holvi, Finland

The Hudson Valley Seed Library, Accord, NY

The New York Public Library, New York, NY

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

The Flemish Ministry of Culture, Kasterlee, Belgium

Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Munich, Germany

Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA

The Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH

The University of Dallas

The Royal Museum of Art, Antwerp, Belgium


Selected Bibliography

Bennett, Lennie; ‘Stop the world and melt with Morean Arts Center encaustic exhibit’, Tampa Bay Times, 4/12/12

Voeller, Megan; ‘Wax poetic at Morean Arts Center’, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, 4/5/12

Williams, Austin R.; ‘Everything you need to know about encaustic paint’, American Artist: The Complete Painters Handbook, 2012

Steele, Lee; ‘Wax is a Verb’ Artscope Magazine, March/April 2012 

Rooney, Allyson; 'Concrete Gallery: Real, Tangible Art by Working Artists', Phillipstown Journal, July 20, 2011.

Alvin, Rebecca M.; 'Hot Wax', Provincetown Magazine, Vol. 34 Issue #7, June 2-8, 2011

Fisher, Marisa D.; ‘Gallery features earthy new collection’.  Arizona Daily Wildcat, 2/17/10

Ferrell, Samantha: ‘Artistic Range: Laura Moriarty at Conrad Wilde Gallery’.  Tucson Weekly, 2/7/10

Musso, Anthony P.: ‘Beacon exhibit sheds new light on water’.  Poughkeepsie Journal, 3/17/10

Calcavecchio, Donna; ‘Ecotones and Transition Zones’.  Roll Magazine, August 2009

North, Melora B.; ‘Cast of Castle Hill notables display their art…’.  The Provincetown Banner, 3/11/2009

Utter, Douglas Max; ‘Against Nature: Artists at Spaces Rebuild Reality’ The Cleveland Free Times, 12/13/08. 

Edwards, Nicole; ‘Artists expand our ideas of terrestrial landscape…’.  Positively Cleveland.com, 10/10/08  

Wilson, Beth E.; ‘Portfolio: Laura Moriarty’, Chronogram Magazine, NY, May 2008

Wasserman, Nadine; ‘Species Pieces: Natural Selection at Albany International Airport’, Metroland, Jan 2007 

Bjornland, Karen; ‘Wild kingdom at airport’s gallery...’ The Daily Gazette, Albany, NY 3/31/07

Lombardi, D. Dominick; ‘Waxworks” NYArts Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007

Smart, Paul; ‘Foresighted Fossils: Laura Moriarty’s art plays with plate tectonics…’, Art alm@nac, 6/16/05

Brickman, David; ‘Laura Moriarty: Compressionistic Paintings’.  Metroland, Albany,. NY, 9/16/2004 

Rice, Robin; ‘Down to Earth’.  Citypaper, Philadelphia, PA, 10/16/03

Mitchell, Annette; Images In Wax: Contemporary Encaustic.  Art New England, Oct/Nov 2001