Laura Bell lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born and raised in Seattle and received a BA degree from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and her MFA degree in printmaking from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Bell is fascinated by the idea of worlds that we cannot see. Her work combines painting and drawing and is influenced by sources that range from the intricacies of Moorish tile work and Persian miniatures to Hieronymous Bosch and Dr. Seuss to Chinese ink painting and botanical illustration. Bell was listed in vol.58 of New American Paintings (released June 2005) and her work was also featured in the premiere issue of Condé Nast’s Domino Magazine as one of the top ten picks at the AAFNY Art Fair in 2004. Recent exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta, her Canadian premiere at the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia, the Kiang Gallery in Atlanta and Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center in Nashville, as well as group exhibitions in Atlanta, Berlin (Germany).
Laura Bell’s CV
RESIDENCE
Atlanta, Georgia
EDUCATION
1999 MFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Art History Study Abroad, Temple University, Rome, Italy
1995 BA with concentration in Art and Art History, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1995 Francesca Benucci’s Intaglio Printmaking Atelier, Perugia, Italy
1993 Elizabeth Tapper Intaglio Printmaking Studio, Studio Intern, Seattle, WA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Lovely Disasters, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 New Work, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2008 Morphosis, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta GA
2006 Suspension, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 Scintilla, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Microscopia, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Efflorescence, Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center, Nashville, TN
2004 Accrescere, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Germination, an ArtSpot event @ Tube, Atlanta, GA
2003 Transitions, Olive, Atlanta, GA
2001 Trace, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1999 Filter, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Unseen, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson SC
2007 Sk8 or Die III, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Young Movers and Shakers of the Atlanta Art Scene, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA
2007 Atlanta Printmakers Studio Members Exhibition, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA
2006 Au Courant, Bentley Projects, Phoenix AZ
2006 Takeout, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 APS Printmaking Exhibition, Roy C. Moore Art Gallery, Gainesville State College
2006 ArtPapers Annual Benefit
2005 Small Sketches and Drawings, Swan Coach House
2005 Transatlantic 2005, Atlanta, GA
2005 SkateRDie II, Invitational, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 MOCA GA Art Auction, Atlanta, GA
2004 Flow:The Art Show, Suntrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2004 TransAtlantic, Gallery Twenty-Four Berlin, Germany and ArtFarm, Atlanta, GA
2004 ArtPapers Annual Benefit
2003 Pin-Up Show, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
2003 SkateRDie, Invitational, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Convergence 10, Group Invitational, City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta, GA
1999 Pressed and Pulled VII, Juried Group Exhibition, awarded “Juror’s Special Mention”
1999 Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
1998 Printmaking Invitational, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Tyler Printmakers, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Interdisciplinary, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994 Ink and Paper, Elizabeth Tapper Print Studio, Seattle, WA
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
1999 The Lester and Violet Hecht Memorial Award for Excellence in Printmaking, Tyler School of Art,
1999 Project Completion Grant. Tyler School of Art, Temple University
1998 Rome Tuition Fellowship. Tyler School of Art, Temple University
1998 Teaching/ Technical Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
New American Paintings (vol. 58) 2005, Open Studios Press, juried by Beth Venn
Water, Water, Everywhere, Libby Rosof, artblog.com, Philadelphia October, 2005
The Weekly Press Philadelphia First Friday November Sweeps, R.B. Strauss November 2005
Creative Loafing Atlanta, Art on Deck, Felicia Feaster, October 2005
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Board of Imagery, Jerry Cullem, October 2005
Condé Nast, Domino Magazine, Best of AAF , May 2005
Catherine Fox “The Intimate Structure of Hidden Worlds Revealed” Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 2004
COLLECTIONS
Philadelphia Free Library, Collection of Prints and Works on Paper; Philadelphia, PA.
City of Atlanta
Various Private Collections
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2001-Present Adjunct Professor; Foundation Arts, Digital Imaging; Art Institute of Atlanta
1999 Adjunct Professor: Intaglio Printmaking; Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Teaching Assistant: Lithography Printmaking Course
1998 Teaching Assistant: Relief Printmaking, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Technical/Studio Assistant, Tyler School of Art Printmaking Department, Philadelphia, PA