Laura Moriarty

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Solo Exhibitions

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

2005 Shelf Life. No_Space Gallery, Rosendale, NY

2004 Gemboree. Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY

2002 Field Notes in the Margin of Eras. Ceres’ Project Room, New York, NY

2002 Flatness. Haggerty Art Gallery, The University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2001 Going through Phases. Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999 Loaded Topics. Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

1996 Manual Labor. Time & Space Limited, Hudson, NY

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

1992 Laura Moriarty: Prints. Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

LAND! From the Post on the Prairie.  No_Space @ Kerhonkson General, Kerhonkson, NY. Organized by Sean Sullivan, 2008

Anniversary Exhibition.  Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany, 2008

Nest.  City Gallery, New Haven, CT.  Curated by Liz Pagano, September, 2007

The Uncanny Valley. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, NY, Summer 2007

Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region. The Albany International Airport Gallery, June - October 2007

Natural Selection. The Art & Culture Program at Albany International Airport, Albany, NY, January - April 2007

Aldrich Undercover. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, October 2006

Song of the Earth. Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY, April 2006

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

Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeast New York. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT, Sept. 2005

Encaustic Works 2005. Curated by Dr. Karl Emil Willers and Beth E. Wilson, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz,  June - September 2005

Artistic Fragments: Art 2005. Curated by Benny Andrews, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Summer 2005

This is not an archive. Curated by Anna Gray, Mariangela Mendez and Montserrat Albores, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale, NY, Summer 2005

New Hudson New York. Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY, October 2004

Shelters: The Byrdcliffe Outdoor Exhibition 2004. Curated by Jonah Meyer, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY, Summer 2004

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

Kingston Sculpture Biennial [5]. Curated by Judy Pfaff, Millen’s Steel Building, Kingston, NY,June - October 2003

Frequencies. Curated by Donise English, Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 2003

Curator’s Choice. Curated by Kim Foster, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, October 2002

Masereel: Twenty years of printmaking at the Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium. Curated by Veerle Rooms, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, U.K., 2002

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

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

Images in Wax: Contemporary Encaustic. Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, October 2001

Prints 2000. Fisher Art Center at Bard College, Annandale, NY

Paperworks. Curated by Harry Philbrick, Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT, June 2000

Intersection: Mariana Depetris & Laura Moriarty. Roswell Visual Art Center, Roswell, GA, June 1999

The Print Center’s 73rd Annual International Competition. Curated by Jan Howard, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

Pressure: A Group Show of Recent Print Work. Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY,April 1998

The Art Exchange Show. Curated by Sarah Meltzer for Gallery 4C, the New York Mercantile Exchange, New York, NY, September 1996

Material Studies. Curated by Austin Thomas, Gallery 4C, New York, NY, May 1996

Commissioned Installations: Four Artists from Women’s Studio Workshop. Curated by Elizabeth Licata, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY , June 1994

WSW XX: A Retrospective. Curated by Tatana Kellner, Chandler Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz, Summer 1994

Grants & Awards

2007/8 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2007 Renaissance Corporation Award, "Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region", Albany Interantional Airport Gallery

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

2004 New York Foundation for the Arts Special Opportunities Stipend (5x)

2002 Artists Talk on Art Curator’s Choice Competition Winner, New York, NY

2001 Exhibition Award, "Breaking the Rules: Art 2001", Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

2000 Craft Alliance of New York State Career Development Grant, Syracuse, NY

1999 Exhibition Award, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY

1995 New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant, with The Historic D & H Canal Museum, High Falls, NY

1990 Artists’ Space Independent Project Grant, New York, NY

Residencies

2007 Studio Fellowship, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

2004/5 Artist in Residence, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY

2004 Frans Masereel Center Artist in Residence, Kasterlee, Belgium

2002 Matrix Visiting Artist, Printmaking Department, the University of Dallas, TX

2000 Frans Masereel Center Artist in Residence, Kasterlee, Belgium

1999 International Exchange Fellowship, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany, Sponsored by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

1999 Geraldine R. Dodge Artist in Residence, the Printmaking Council of New Jersey

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

1996 Ucross Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY

Selected Bibliography

Kane, Tim; ‘Selection’ displays link of art, nature. Times Union, Albany, NY, April 1, 2007

Bjornland, Karen; ‘Wild kingdom’ at airport’s gallery enables visitors to travel back in time. The Daily Gazette, Albany, NY, March 31, 2007.

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

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

Wilson, Beth E.; ‘No Kidding!’ Chronogram Magazine, New Paltz, NY, April 2006

Philbrick, Harry; ‘Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York’. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT, 2005

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

Artist Spotlight: Laura Moriarty, 200 Proof Magazine, Albany, NY, Issue #4, 2005

Lombardi, Dominick; ‘Does inspiration lurk in the kitchen?’. The New York Times, 1/4/05

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

Wilson, Beth E.; ‘Philosopher’s Walks’. Chronogram Magazine, New Paltz, NY, 7/2004

Smart, Paul; ‘A Beacon for artists’. Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY, 5/6/04

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

Edwards, Nicole; ‘Frequencies’ Marist exhibit explores repetition. Cover story, Enjoy! Enter-tainment Guide/Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, NY 1/31/03

NYArts Online, 450 Broadway Gallery: ATOA Exhibit, November 2002

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

Lombardi, D. Dominick; Exploring the Gamut of Contemporary Art, The New York Times, 6/17/01.

Smart, Paul; Art without boundaries, The Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY, 5/31/01

Wilson, Beth Elaine; The Truth in Materials, Chronogram Magazine, New Paltz, NY, 4/00

Hirsch, Claudia; Natur Sind Zivilisations-Studien, Mittlebayerische, Bavaria, Germany, 7/8/99.

Bellantoni, Ralph; Printmaker is a hands-on artist, The Courier News, Princeton, NJ, 1/99.

Spero, Bette; Lost Arts, The Star-Ledger, New Brunswick, NJ, 1/22/99.

Rice, Robin; Hudson Valley Artists Review: Laura Moriarty, The Binnewater Tides, Fall, 1998.

Gardner, Wendy; Moriarty’s ‘Aerial View’ Evokes Longings for Times Past, Tribeca Trib, NY, 11/98.

Gehman, Geoff; ‘Awkwardology humorous and uncomfortable, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, 6/16/98.

Norklun, Kathi; Shards & shreds of memory, The Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY, 1/22/98

Rice, Robin; WSW XX Years: A Retrospective, New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, 10/94, and Hand Papermaking Magazine, Baltimore, MD, winter 1994

Catalogues

Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region. Essay by curator, Leah Douglas, Albany Interantional Airport Gallery, 2007

Reading Objects, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, 2006

Encaustic Works 2005, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, Sept. 2005. Includes essay, ‘Contemporary Encaustic in the Hudson Valley’ by co-curator, Beth E. Wilson.

The Liquid Language of Artist’s Books. The University of Wyoming Art Museums’ American Heritage Center, Laramie, WY, 2003. Essay by co-curator, Karen Kunc,

Kingston Sculpture Biennial 5. Millen’s Steel Building, Kingston, NY, 2003. Published by the Art Society of Kingston. Introduction by curator, Judy Pfaff, forward by David Levi Strauss.

The Print Center’s 73rd Annual International Competition. Curated by Jan Howard, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

Manual Labor. (Solo exhibition) Time & Space Limited, Hudson, NY, October 1996. Essay by L. Robin Rice.

Books

The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax. By Joanne Mattera, Published by Watson-Guptil, New York, NY, 2001. Illustrated

New American Paintings. Number 26:Northeast Edition, Selected by Terrie Sultan, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA, 2000. Illustrated

The Best of Printmaking: An International Collection. Selected by Lynne Allen and Phyllis McGibbon, Rockport Publishing, Gloucester, MA, 1997. Illustrated

Education:

1986-90 Apprenticeship in Hand Papermaking, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY