Laura Stoland
Born New York, New York 1969
M.F.A., Sculpture, ‘98, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
B.F.A., ‘95, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Art Students’ League, New York NY
B.A., ‘91, Art History, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY
Denmark’s School of International Studies, ‘90, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected Exhibitions
2013 Define Drawing, MCAC, Bloomington IL
2005 Red Shoes, MCAC, Bloomington IL
2005 Matzo Files, New York NY
2004 Large Glass Project, Exit Art, New York NY
2003 Detroit Video Festival, Museum of Next Art, Detrioit MI
2003 Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, New York NY
2003 Pinned to the Wall, AIA Gallery, New York NY 2003
2002 Postcards from the Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York NY
2002 High Hopes (Solo Exhibition) Southfirst Gallery, New York, NY
2002 eMotion Pictures, United Nations, New York NY
2002 Interrogating Diversity, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago IL
2002 Postcards from Edge, McClean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL
2001 Full Contact, Southfirst Gallery, New York NY
2001 Found, ASAP Gallery, Chicago IL
2001 Metal Urge, Illinois Weslyan University Gallery, Bloomington IL
2001 The 2:30 Show, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore MD
2001 Roll, The Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore MD
2001 Dress Up, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna Canada
2001 eMotion Pictures, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco CA; Millennium 2001 Arts Center, Washington DC; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
2000 Minimal Provocation, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago IL
2000 Downtown Artists, Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington IL
1999 Escape, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1999 INsideOUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL
1998: New Artists in Chicago, The Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago IL
1998 Subtext, DNA Gallery, Provincetown MA
1998 ArtPark, Navy Pier, Chicago IL
1998 Textuality, Gallery 2, Chicago IL
1998 Cast Metal, Base Space, Chicago IL
Selected Bibliography
Emotion Pictures, Catalog accompanying exhibition, Spring 2001, p. 77, (ill.).
Artist Profile, Lilith, Fall 2000 (ill.).
Grabner, Michelle. Extended Review, 1998: New Artists in Chicago, New Art Examiner, October, 1998, p.45.
Wilk, Deborah. 1998: New Artists in Chicago,
C International Contemporary Art, Issue #59, September-November 1998, p. 41.
Galleries. Chicago Reader, June 19, 1998 , p. 16 & 19, (ill.).
Lautman, Victoria. New Artists at the Terra Museum. 848, WBEZ June, 1998
Weins, Ann. Off The Wall, New City, May 14, 1998, p. 11-12.
Swank, Michael. Artists' Page. F News Magazine, April 1998, p. 28 (ill.).
Honors and Awards
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 1999
Scholarship, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1999
Merit Award, Cozzi Iron and Metal, 1997
Full Summer Fellowship, Ox-Bow School of Art, 1995
Hewlett-Mellon Presidential Discretionary Award, Vassar College, 1991-92
Charles C. Dana Distinguished Achievement Award, Vassar College, 1988-91
Regents Scholar, 1987-91; National Merit Semi-Finalist, 1987-88
Teaching
Assistant Professor of Sculpture (Full-time, Tenured)
SUNY Suffolk, Selden NY, 2000-2010
3-D Fundamentals; Sculpture I, II, & III; Drawing I; Contemporary Art; Art In Italy; Metal Casting in Scotland
Glassblowing Instructor
Various Studios including Urban Glass, 360 Glass, Davis Studios and KT Glassworks Fall 1995- the present
Beginning & Intermediate Glassblowing
Instructor of Sculpture (Full-time)
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 1999-2000
3-D Fundamentals, Sculpture I & II, Independent Study, Graduate Advising
Born New York, New York 1969
M.F.A., Sculpture, ‘98, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
B.F.A., ‘95, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Art Students’ League, New York NY
B.A., ‘91, Art History, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY
Denmark’s School of International Studies, ‘90, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected Exhibitions
2013 Define Drawing, MCAC, Bloomington IL
2005 Red Shoes, MCAC, Bloomington IL
2005 Matzo Files, New York NY
2004 Large Glass Project, Exit Art, New York NY
2003 Detroit Video Festival, Museum of Next Art, Detrioit MI
2003 Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, New York NY
2003 Pinned to the Wall, AIA Gallery, New York NY 2003
2002 Postcards from the Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York NY
2002 High Hopes (Solo Exhibition) Southfirst Gallery, New York, NY
2002 eMotion Pictures, United Nations, New York NY
2002 Interrogating Diversity, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago IL
2002 Postcards from Edge, McClean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL
2001 Full Contact, Southfirst Gallery, New York NY
2001 Found, ASAP Gallery, Chicago IL
2001 Metal Urge, Illinois Weslyan University Gallery, Bloomington IL
2001 The 2:30 Show, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore MD
2001 Roll, The Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore MD
2001 Dress Up, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna Canada
2001 eMotion Pictures, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco CA; Millennium 2001 Arts Center, Washington DC; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
2000 Minimal Provocation, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago IL
2000 Downtown Artists, Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington IL
1999 Escape, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1999 INsideOUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL
1998: New Artists in Chicago, The Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago IL
1998 Subtext, DNA Gallery, Provincetown MA
1998 ArtPark, Navy Pier, Chicago IL
1998 Textuality, Gallery 2, Chicago IL
1998 Cast Metal, Base Space, Chicago IL
Selected Bibliography
Emotion Pictures, Catalog accompanying exhibition, Spring 2001, p. 77, (ill.).
Artist Profile, Lilith, Fall 2000 (ill.).
Grabner, Michelle. Extended Review, 1998: New Artists in Chicago, New Art Examiner, October, 1998, p.45.
Wilk, Deborah. 1998: New Artists in Chicago,
C International Contemporary Art, Issue #59, September-November 1998, p. 41.
Galleries. Chicago Reader, June 19, 1998 , p. 16 & 19, (ill.).
Lautman, Victoria. New Artists at the Terra Museum. 848, WBEZ June, 1998
Weins, Ann. Off The Wall, New City, May 14, 1998, p. 11-12.
Swank, Michael. Artists' Page. F News Magazine, April 1998, p. 28 (ill.).
Honors and Awards
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 1999
Scholarship, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1999
Merit Award, Cozzi Iron and Metal, 1997
Full Summer Fellowship, Ox-Bow School of Art, 1995
Hewlett-Mellon Presidential Discretionary Award, Vassar College, 1991-92
Charles C. Dana Distinguished Achievement Award, Vassar College, 1988-91
Regents Scholar, 1987-91; National Merit Semi-Finalist, 1987-88
Teaching
Assistant Professor of Sculpture (Full-time, Tenured)
SUNY Suffolk, Selden NY, 2000-2010
3-D Fundamentals; Sculpture I, II, & III; Drawing I; Contemporary Art; Art In Italy; Metal Casting in Scotland
Glassblowing Instructor
Various Studios including Urban Glass, 360 Glass, Davis Studios and KT Glassworks Fall 1995- the present
Beginning & Intermediate Glassblowing
Instructor of Sculpture (Full-time)
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 1999-2000
3-D Fundamentals, Sculpture I & II, Independent Study, Graduate Advising