Laura Lasworth’s After Images

July 30 – September 3, 2016

Lora Schlesinger Gallery presents After Images featuring a new series of paintings by Laura Lasworth.

Lasworth’s paintings are a manifestation of masterful control of color, shape and form. Each work rich in

surface and content, is coded with symbolism that poignantly addresses themes of life, death and

spirituality. The show opens with the artist’s reception on Saturday, July 30th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.

Lasworth is known for her sophisticated use of religious, philosophical and personal symbolism. Her work

recalls classical allegory and medieval iconography. She extracts subjects from text, bridging the familiar

with the sacred, creating images that are mysterious and otherworldly. Since 2001, her method has

resembled that of a long-form writer. In her elaborate cycles of paintings, each panel functions as a chapter.

Through the paintings a narrative slowly emerges, coaxing a careful reading. Lasworth’s images echo

scripture and sacred history, yet they refrain from didacticism and literalism. Instead her paintings exhibit a

respectful melancholy, as if they must span unbridgeable distances. The result is not a sense of futility, but

of hope and impending miracle.

Laura Lasworth received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Art Institute of Chicago and her Masters

of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Her paintings have been exhibited nationally in

numerous solo and group shows that have been featured in the publications Art in America, Artforum, the

Los Angeles Times and IMAGE Journal.

Heirlooms, 2016 oil on panel 60 x 48” – framed

Depression Glass Tea Cup, 2016 oil on panel 9-3/16 x 9-3/16” – framed

After: Transfiguration of the 1st Boy, 2016 oil on panel 25-1/2 x 19-9/16” – framed

Lichtenberg Flower, 2016 oil on panel 13-1/8 x 13-1/8” – framed

Depression Glass Tree, 2016 oil on panel 13-1/8 x 13-1/8” – framed

Adoption Registry, 2016 oil on panel 25-1/2 x 19-9/16” – framed

The Snowfall is So Silent, 2016 oil on wood panel 9 x 9” framed – each panel

Untitled, 2016 oil on panel 11 x 9” – framed

The Storm Between Two Trees, 2016 Oil on panel 13-7/16 x 9-13/16” – framed

First Boy, Our Father, 2016 oil on wood panel 13-7/16 x 10-3/8” – framed

Spark Gap, 2016 oil on panel 13-7/16 x 9-13/16” – framed

LAURA LASWORTH

Education

1979 MFA - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 1977 BFA - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Academic Experience

2002 to Present: Professor of Art, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA

Solo Exhibitions

2016 Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica CA 2010 Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica CA 2009 SPAC Gallery, Seattle WA 2005 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2001 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2000 Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Georgia College& State U., Milledgeville, GA 1997 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1994 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1989 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987 Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985 Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA 1984 Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA 1981 LAICA, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 Storytellers, The Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA 2013 The Interior Castle, Journey’s of Faith and Reflections of the Soul, Holy Family

Bookstore, South Pasadena, CA 91030 2012 Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Small Works, Lora Schlesinger Gallery Prophets!, St. James Cathedral Chapel, Seattle, WA 2011 The Artist’s Daughter (Tribute Exhibition to Artist, George Tooker), North Park University Gallery Chicago, IL 2010 “U.P. Drawing 2010: Contemporary Drawing, Art Faire on Internet 2009 “Self Absorbed: An Exhibition of Contemporary Self Portraiture” Seattle SPAC Gallery, Seattle, WA 2007 “Hope: Open/Close”, SPAC Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA

“The Luck of the Draw”, Lora Schlesinger, Santa Monica CA “The S Word”, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA; “Eclectic Vision”, The Archer School Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2006 “The S Word”, Judson Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Likeness” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. 2005 “Passion/Passover: Artists of Faith Interpret Their Holy Days”, Cathedral of

Our Lady of the Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; “Drawing Studies & Painting” The Judson Gallery, Pasadena, CA. 2004 “Drawings” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica CA; “Faculty Show”, Seattle

Pacific University, Seattle WA; “Bodily Notions”, Glendale College, Glendale CA. 2003 “LA Post Cool”, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles CA; 2004 “Faculty Show”, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA; “LA Post Cool”,

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.. 2002 “Faculty Show”, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. 2001 “Representing LA”, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Occidental College; “The Importance of Being Ernest”, Los Angeles, CA,

Curated by Michael Duncan; “Representing LA”, South Texas Institute of Art, Corpus Christie, TX.

2000 “Representing LA”, Frye Art Museum Seattle, WA; “The Changing Face of Portraiture”, Chapman University, Orange, Ca. 1999 “Marks and Beyond”, Mount San Antonio College, CA. 1998 “Group Show”, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY; “Transfiguration”, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. 1996 “Seeking Balance”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA; “Still Life, Still Here”, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Burning Lights”,

Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, CA. 1995 “Burning Lights”, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; “The Ladies of

Tortue”, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Spiritual Inquiries”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL; “Burning Lights”, Biola University, La Mirada, CA.

1994 “The Art Cup”, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Burning Lights”, LaBand Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA; ”Sacred and Profane”, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Fiction”, Parnas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Serious Beauty”, Stuart Katz Loft, Laguna Beach, CA.

1993 “Light and Space”, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Appraising the Preternatural”, Patricia Shea, Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. 1992 “Personal Myths”, Marc Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “The Spiritual Landscape”, Biota Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 1989 “Group Show”, Nave Museum, Victoria, TX; “Art Against Aids”, Murray Feldman Gallery, Los Angeles 1988 “Group Show”, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston TX; “Alumni Show”. California Institute of

the Arts, Valencia, CA. 1987 “Miracles and Mysteries", Cal State Dominguez Hills, CA; "Faculty Show”.Cal State

University, Northridge, CA. 1986 “Group Show”, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY, (organized by Tom Solomon);

“Fantastic Vision”, Simard Halm Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Art on Film”, Downey Museum, Downey, CA; “Faculty Show”, Cal State University, Northridge, CA.

1984 “Interiors/Exteriors”, Gensler & Ass., Los Angeles, CA; “Crime & Punishment”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA.

1983 “Painting of the Month”, LAICA, Los Angeles, CA (selected by Betty Asher). 1982 “Group Show” LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA; “Summer Small Works Show”, Swope Gallery,

Los Angeles, CA. 1981 “The Intimate Object”, Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Selected Bibliography

Presence Vol.15 No.3 September 2009 The Other Journal The Aesthetics Issue July 2, 2009 Response, Seattle Pacific University - Spring 2008 The S-Word: The State of 'Spirituality' in Contemporary Art, The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles presents a full color illustrated catalogue in CD format, 2007 The S-Word: The State of 'Spirituality' in Contemporary Art, Exhibition catalogue, 56 pages, full color, with essay by the curator Prof. Ronald E. Steen, Lulu Publishing 2006 Contemporary Art As Preparation, by David Judson, Exhibition catalogue, Lulu Publishing 2005 Response, Seattle Pacific University - Summer 2005 Art Scene “The New Zeitgeist”, John O’Brien, May 2005 LA Times, March 12, 2005 LATimes, August 20, 2004 Response, Seattle Pacific University - Winter 2004 Lanterna Magica, “Petite Fleur”; by Toti O’Brian, Mignon Nemapress, 2003 Kansas City Star, February 16, 2003: Review LA POST COOL “Brave Little Slackers”, December 2002 Internet Posted Review of LA POST COOL, Lee Anne Heringer The Mercury News, Friday Dec. 6, 2002: Review LA POST COOL Art in America, December 2001 LA Times, Thursday May 3, 2001 Art Scene, May 2001 The Jewish Journal, Vol 16, Number 6. 13-19 Nisan, 5761. April 6-12 2001 LA Times, Friday March 2, 2001 Flannery O’Connor Bulletin, Published by Georgia College & State University Dissertation on Flannery O’Connor, Kelly Gerald, Auburn University, Auburn AL Art & Soul, Adrienne Chaplin & Hilary Brand, Paternoster Publishing Gadfly, December Vol. 2 No. 12 Art in America, June Issue Artweek, January Issue LA Times, Friday Nov. 28, 1997 Ribot, Paul Vangelisti, Editor Image, Fall-1997-Number 17 Ribot, Paul Vangelisti, Editor Contra Costa Times, Jan. 12- 18, 1996 The Press Enterprise, Oct. 22, 1995 LA Times, Saturday Nov. 12, 1994 LA Weekly, Nov. 25, 1994 LA Weekly May 2, 1991 The Book of Cups, Garth Clark, Abbeville Press, New York

Artforum, December 1989 LA Times, Friday Sept. 15, 1989 Angeles Magazine, August 1989 LA Times, Friday Jan. 15, 1989 Visions, January '88 Issue LA Times, Sept. 16, 1988 LA Weekly, Nov. 29, 1987 LA Times, Friday Nov. 13, 1987; Franc Magazine, November '87 Issue LA Weekly, December 4, 1986 Crime & Punishment, Exhibition catalogue - Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA Images and Issues, Vol. 5, No. 1 July/August, 1984 Art Week, Vol. 14, No. 11, March 19, 1984

Awards

2009 CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Grand Gold Award in the overall category of “Photography and Illustration” for ‘Psalm 2007’, the cover illustration for “Hope” issue of Response magazine. The Grand Gold is the highest award possible in each of the overall competition categories and goes on to compete for the single Grand Crystal Award at February’s CASE District VIII conference. CASE awarded a Gold Award in this year’s communications competition to the Lilly Fellows Annual Conference program cover in the category of “Visual Design/Cover Design.” Another painting, ‘Will Seen, Will Said’ was the central feature of the design.

2008 Seattle Pacific University, Faculty Sabbatical (Time awarded to complete a new series of paintings,’The Western Wall’ )

2004 Seattle Pacific University, Faculty Research Grant

1998 Art Center College of Design, Faculty Enrichment Grant 1990 California Arts Council, Artists Fellowship

1989 California State University Northridge CSUN Competition for Research Scholarship and Creative Activity CSUN Affirmative Action Faculty Development Award CSUN Meritorious Performance/Professional Promise Award