Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Long Island, NY 1990
Education
2012 BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Selected Installation Commissions
2023
- San Diego Museum of Art, We Are All Connected To Each Other Through Nature, outdoor interactive and enveloping installations (18 x 12 x 13 feet), water based paints and screen printed drawings on vinyl with 20 accompanying handmade lanterns, San Diego, CA
- Otherworld, Returning full-room enveloping and interactive installation, (16 x 14 x 16 feet), water based paints, screen printed drawings, and sewing on muslin, meditation cushions, painted floor, handmade lights, Philadelphia, PA
2022
- Walter Studios, The Joy of Purpose, full-room enveloping and interactive installation, (32 x 14 x 14 feet), water based paints and screen printed drawings on textiles and paper and handmade lights, Phoenix, AZ
2021
- Weedmaps, Flowers Are Not A Crime, outdoor interactive and enveloping installation (15 x 15 x 10 feet), water based paints and screen printed drawings on vinyl and handmade lights, Irving, CA
Shown at Life Is Beautiful, Las Vegas, NV; California Vibes, Long Beach, CA; Governors Ball, NYC, NY - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Public Art Commission, Through The Flowers, outdoor interactive and enveloping installation (15 x 15 x 10 feet), water based paints and screen printed drawings on vinyl and handmade lights, San Luis Obispo, CA
2019 - Coffeeworld, Coffee Jungle, full-room enveloping and interactive installation, (24 x 14 x 18 feet), water based paints and screen printed drawings on textiles and paper, handmade lights, and astroturf, Coffee World, Los Angeles, CA
2018 - Otherworld, Blanket Fort, full-room enveloping and interactive installation, (20 x 18 x 16 feet), water based paints and screen printed drawings on textiles and mylar, handmade lights, Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibitions
2023
(upcoming) You Don’t Need To Hear To Listen, Dyer Center for the Deaf, Rochester, NY
2022
The Glendale Alteria, The Glendale Galleria, Public Art Project sponsored by the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission,Glendale, CA
2019
ALCHEMY TUNNEL, Radiant Space, Los Angeles, CA
2018
All Yoni Is Love, de Plume Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Before You Were Born, Radiant Space, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Before You Were Born, and Other Recent Pieces, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 45th Anniversary Exhibition: New Directions, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Tight In A Bud, Luna Anais Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Taking it to the Next Degree (Juried Show), Avenue 50 Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Digital Shorts Film Festival, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
2020 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA
Bemis Annual Art Auction, Bemis Art Center, Omaha, NE
Eshet Heyil, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles
2019 eVe (Empowerment vs Exploitation), Warehouse 410, Oakland, CA
Phase 2 Fundraiser, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles CA
Temple of the Future, Paramount Academy of Music, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Office Hours, Main Museum, Los Angeles, CA
30th Anniversary / Art Expo, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
We Rise, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Raise a Brush – Benefit for Ghostship Fire Relief, Lottie Rose Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Tying the Knot Fundraiser, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Wild/Mind, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA. (Juror: George Lawson)
2014 Where to From There?, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA. (Juror: Arnold J. Kemp)
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2022 Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
2021 Vibrant Cities Art Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Artist’ Fellowship, New York, NY
2020 Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Surge Research Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Residencies
2022 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Italy
2017 Artist-In-Residence, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
2014 Artist-In-Residence, Digital Art Studio, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Artist-In-Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Selected Bibliography
Von Peter Dorn, “Männerbilder,” Frankfurter Allgemeine, Germany, March 2022
“Making A Statement At Life Is Beautiful,” KTNV-TV, Las Vegas, NV, September 23, 2021 (TV segment)
Weedmaps, “Life is Beautiful with Weedmaps and artist Laurie Shapiro,” Weedmaps News, Irvine, CA, September 14, 2021
Nicholas Wilton, “The New World of Laurie Shapiro,” Art2Life, Sausalito, CA, March 7, 2021
Kaitlyn Little, “ 'Through the Flowers' art project featured in downtown San Luis Obispo,” KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, CA, April 1, 2021 (TV segment)
Shana Nys Dambrot, “Art Pick: ALCHEMY TUNNEL At Radiant Space,” LA Weekly, October 4, 2019
Genie Davis, “Radiant Space: Laurie Shapiro,” artillery, October 30, 2019
James L. Chapman, “Hung Up: An Evening of Stars In Your Eyes,” Cultural Daily, January 2, 2019
Megan O’Sullivan, “12 Art Installation To See (And Share) Now,” Lonny, January 17, 2018 (featured alongside Ai Wei Wei and Yayoi Kusama)
Johnny Otto, “Seen: Shapiro’s Temple,” Left Bank, January 8, 2019
Sydney Walters, “Laurie Shapiro’s Before You Were Born,” Art and Cake, January 24, 2018
Genie Davis, “Gankstas, Hipsters, Art Lovers,” artillery, January 10, 2018
Lisa Beebe, “Step Inside an Otherworldly Psychedelic Cave 1,000 Hours in the Making,” LA Magazine, January 8, 2018
Marcia Young, “A Look At Our Community,” Fiber Arts Now, Summer 2017 (magazine in print)
Camille Miller, “Dancing Inside a ‘Walk-In-Womb’,” metroactive, May 21, 2017
Visiting Artist Lectures and Presentations
2020
- Art Gallery Lecture, Coastline College, Newport Beach, September 16
- Visiting Artist Presentation, Light Bringer Project, Pasadena, CA, October 20
2019 - Lecture/Presentation, Pacific Palisades Art Association, Pacific Palisades, CA, September 21
- Presentation, Women Painters West, Los Angeles, CA, April 5
2017 - Presentation and Workshops, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, April 7, May 5, June 2
2014 - Visiting Artist Presentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA, March 13-15
Selected Collections
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Otherworld, Columbus, OH
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Walter Where?House, Phoenix, AZ