LAURA P. KRASNOW
622 Whitney Avenue, #8, Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Cell: 859-559-5167 E-Mail: laura@laurakrasnow.com Website: http://laurakrasnow.com
EDUCATION
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL – MFA, Photomechanical Process,
Photography, Generative Systems
State University of New York at Albany - BA, Studio Art
National College of Art, Dublin, Ireland
The L. Jeffrey School of Film Preservation, The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY –
Certificate in Film Preservation and Restoration
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 UPMC Healthcare Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, 106th Annual Exhibition
Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts 2017 Flight School Fellowship – professional
artist development program
Lizzy Wetzel Choice Award, 2014 Biennial Roadshow, Marfa, Texas
Finalist, Photographer’s Forum 33rd Annual 2013 Spring Photography Contest
L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation Fellowship, Cineric Film Lab, New York, NY
University of Southern California, Research Fellowship, Integrated Media Systems Center,
BioSIGHT Project
Hollywood Digital Careers, Silicon Studios Fellowship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Full Scholarship/Graduate Assistantship
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Natural Wonder – curated by Amie Potsic, an InLiquid exhibition at park Towne Place Museum
District Residences, 9/14 – 12/31
106th Annual Exhibition - Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, juried and curated by Taras Matla,
Associate Director of University of Maryland Art Gallery, UPMC Healthcare Award,
9/14 – 10/27
Under the Blankets – Printmakers Together – Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
5/4 – 7/8
#00 Bienal de la Habana – Havana, Cuba 5/2018
Boston Biennial 5 – Boston, MA 4/2018
Entrances and Exits – The InLiquid Gallery, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA 3/8 – 4/7
Spring 2018 International Juried Winners Exhibit – Ten Artists to Watch - curator Leigh Gleason,
Curator of Collections, California Museum of Photography, Los Angeles Center for
Digital Art 3/10 – 3/31
2017
Speak for Yourself – FrameHouse & Jask Gallery, curated by Sean Beauford, Pittsburgh,
PA 9/7 – 10/10
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Juried Member Exhibition – Pittsburgh Filmmakers Gallery, Pittsburgh,
PA 4/28 – 7/2
ArtVenice Biennale 4 – a juried competition and large screen digital presentation shown
during the Opening/Press Week of The 2017 Venice Biennale 57, ARTlsm3160 Gallery,
Venice, Italy 5/13
LACDA Member Artists Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 4/20 – 5/11
Try to Understand - Brooke Lanier Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA 4/2 - 4/28
A group exhibition examining the ways that the human mind deals with apparent chaos or disorganization. We look for patterns and relationships in disorder, and if we cannot find them, we devise artificial means of categorization and structure.
2016
STEAM-abration – a celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics –
Invited exhibitor, The Citizen Science Lab, Pittsburgh, PA 8/20
The Sketchbook Project 2016
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY 5/13
Millennium Park, Chicago, IL 7/15-7/17
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA 7/19
NoBo Art District, North Boulder, CO 7/23
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 7/29 - 7/31
Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR 8/20
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN 8/21
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 8/27 – 8/28
Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY 9/10 - 9/11
“The Shortest Distance Between 2 Points”, Solo Exhibition, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA,
3/10 - 5/6
2016 Boston Biennial Project, Finalist
2015 - 2016
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 12/10/2014-1/2/2015
2015
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Members Exhibition 2015, PPAC Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
8/19 – 9/5/2015
The Sketchbook Project 2015
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY 5/8-5/10
Art off the Wall, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 5/21 Ideas City Street Fest, The New Museum, New York, NY 5/30
Binders, Ponce City Market, Atlanta, GA 6/5-6/7 Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL 6/13
Miami Dade College Museum of Art and Design, Miami, FL 6/14 South Austin Social, Austin, TX 6/19-6/21
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 6/26-6/28 The Yard at Mission Rock, San Francisco, CA 8/8-8/9
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA 8/13-8/15
Chicago Look Alliance, Chicago, IL 8/22-8/23
The Distillery Historic District, Toronto, ON, Canada 8/28-8/30
Warinanco Park, Roselle, NJ, 9/12
Art Fair, Governors Island, NY, NY 9/19-9/27
Philly Photo Day 2014 Outdoor Exhibition, Dilworth Park, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA,
5/8 – 6/21/2015
2015 F295 Members Salon Exhibition, History of Art and Architecture Gallery, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 5/2015
Art Venice Biennale 3, Via Garibaldi 1791, Castello, Venice, Italy, 5/2015
LACDA Eleven-Year Anniversary Represented Artists Exhibit, Los Angeles Center For Digital
Art, Los Angeles, CA, 4/9 – 5/14/2015
Women In Photography International Exhibition, sponsored by Women In Focus, Atlanta, GA
ELECTRON SALON, Invitational Group Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 3/12-4/4/2015
SciArt Center - Un-Natural Nature Exhibition, Creations Gallery, New York, NY, 3/2015
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, VentureF0rth (co-working community for tech entrepreneurs)
Philadelphia, PA
2014 - 2015
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 12/11/2014-1/3/2015
2014
Miracles, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA – 12/14
The Sketchbook Project Alma Basel Edition – Chosen to be included in a curated selection of
sketchbooks at Alma Ad, Art Basel Miami, 12/4 - 5
The Ontario, Canada Northeast Sketchbook Project Tour – Chosen to be included in a curated
selection of sketchbooks to 5 cities in the Northeast US -
Philadelphia, PA, Franklin Square, 10/5
Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Art Galleries, Shaffer Art Building, 10/14
Buffalo, NY, Western New York Art Center, 10/16
Detroit, MI, Popps Packing, 10/19
Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Art Library, The ‘Ontario Canada’ Closing Party, 10/25
Un-Natural Nature Virtual Exhibition, SciArt Center, New York, NY
http://www.sciartcenter.org/un-natural-nature-virtual-exhibit.html
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Members Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 8/1-8/17
Boston Biennale 3, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA 7/17-8/21
Ten Year Represented Artists Retrospective, Los Angeles Center for
Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, 4/10-5/24
2014 Winners of Biennial Roadshow Marfa Exhibition, Marfa, Texas, April 2014
Capsule 1 – inside/outside – live crowdsourced soundscaping,
Center for New Music, SF 3/14
The Sketchbook Project 2014
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY 3/14-3/16
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 3/21 Ashville BookWorks, Ashville, NC 3/26 The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 3/29-3/30 Church Street Entertainment Center, Orlando, FL 4/2 Crescent City Saturday Market, New Orleans, LA 4/5 Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX 4/10 The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX 4/12 Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX 5/4 Norman Arts Council, Normon, OK 5/6
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM 5/9
Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM 5/10
Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ 5/13
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA 5/15-5/18
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 5/20 LACMA, Los Angeles, CA 5/30-5/31 Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA 6/1 1st Friday Art Murmur/Saturday Stroll, Oakland, CA 6/6-6/7 San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA 6/8 Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 6/27 Director Park, Portland, OR 6/28 Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC 7/7 The Central Library, Seattle, WA 7/10-7/12 Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs, CO 8/13-8/15 Galerie F, Chicago, IL 8/22 Madison Public Library, Madison, WI 8/30 M State, Fergus Falls, MN 9/11-9/13 The Distillery Historic District, Toronto, ON 9/18-9/21 Director Park, Portland, OR 6/28 Maine College of Art, Portland, ME 10/2
ELECTRON SALON, International Group Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 2/13-3/5/2014
ELECTRON SALON, International Group Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 1/9-2/1/2014
2013 - 2014
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 12/12/2013-1/4/2014
2013
Philly Photo Day 2013, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia PA
Discovery and Perception, Episcopal Academy, Newton Square, PA 10/2013
Curious Investigations, Episcopal Academy, Newton Square, PA 9/2013
August Electron Salon, Invitational Group Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art,
Los Angeles, CA
The Members Show, InLiquid/Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA 8/2013
Exposure 2013. See.Me Exhibition Space, Long Island City, NY
Philly Tech Week Invitational Exhibition, DrinkPhilly Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ninth Anniversary Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
February Electron Salon, Invitational Group Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art,
Los Angeles, CA
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Sketchbook Project 2013
The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada
Foundry Darling, Montreal, QB, Canada
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
iam8bit Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Funk Zone/SB Arts Collaborative; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Boulder, CO
The Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, FL
Mass Collective; The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Chicago Arts District 2nd Friday; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
The Dandy Lion, New Albany, IN
Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
Mellwood Art Center, Louisville, KY
American Visionary Art Museum; Upton Edible Garden, Baltimore, MD
Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Light Grey, Minneapolis, MN
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Arts St. Louis; City Museum, St. Louis, MO
CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Upstate Artist Guild, Albany, NY
3rd Ward; Northside Festival @Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson, NY
Ideas City, New Museum, New York, NY
State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Cleaners at the Ace Hotel, Portland, OR
Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
Penn State, Pittsburgh, PA
AS220, Providence, RI
Dahl Art Center/Rapid City Public Library, Rapid City, SD
The Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
The Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Crosstown Arts/The Dixon, Memphis, TN
Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN
Co-Lab Project Space, Austin, TX
Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
TEDx Conference, Richmond, VA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Canal Park, Washington DC
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2012
Member Group Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Open Studios, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Self-Portrait, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Turning Darkness to Light, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Art Takes Times Square, work projected in Times Square, New York, NY
Eighth Anniversary Retrospective, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Things Found Series, Volume One: The Fridge, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
The Meal, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
The Sketchbook Project 2012
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Ill
The Ace Hotel, Portland, OR
W2 Media Café, Vancouver, BC, Canada
iam8bit Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pop-Up Library, San Francisco, CA
LynnArts Gallery, Lynn, MA
SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Painted Bride/InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
MASS Collective, Atlanta, GA
Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL
C0-Lab Project Space, Austin TX
2011
Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Philadelphia Photo Day, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Chain Letter, On Line Invitational Exhibition, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
The Sketchbook Project
Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
Art and Shelter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Soulard Art Market, Saint Louis, MO
Home Gallery, Chicago, Ill
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibits
School of Art Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Project Art Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Installation, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Selected Group Exhibits
Group Show, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
National Landscape in Art Exhibition, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Ill.
Women Artists Books, part of VIEW BY WOMEN ARTISTS EXHIBITION, Surrogate’s Court
Building, New York, New York
Some Girls Exhibition – Part Two, Artists’ Books, Chicago, Illinois
Group Show, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
8 ½ x 11, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
First Book Gathering Exhibition, Downtown Brooklyn Cultural Center, Brooklyn, New York
Color Photography – A Directorial Approach, Robert Else Gallery, California State University,
Sacramento
Group Show, Gallery, Cleveland Photographic Workshop, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Women/Images/Nature, work used in lecture presented by Martha Madigan, Tyler School of Art,
Philadelphia, PA
International Festival of Women Artists, Copenhagen, Denmark
Inner Landscapes, Illinois Photographers Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Art Attacks – A Social Disease, Moming Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Fifth Annual Magic Silver Show, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
Chicago Books, Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York, New York
Options in Independent Art Publishing, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
Prints From The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Chicago Cultural Library Cultural Center
Group Show, Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Group Show, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Group Show, McAuley Gallery, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Group Show, Office of the Federal Defenders, Chicago, Illinois
Pensecola National Printmaking Exhibition, Pensacola, Florida
The Plain Brown Wrapper Hard Times National Print Exhibition, Georgia State University, Atlanta,
Georgia
Works Under Pressure, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Illinois Regional Print Show, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Chicago Prints, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
Invitational Graduate Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Group Show, Student Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Sacramento
Group Show, Art Students League, New York, New York
COLLECTIONS
Art Students League, New York, New York
The Art Institute of Chicago
Brooklyn Art Library
California State University, Sacramento
Independent Press Archive, Nathan Lyons Research Center, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester,
New York
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
PNC Bank Art Collection
The Brooklyn Museum
The Museum of Modern Art, NY
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
State University of New York at Albany
Women Artists Archive, Copenhagen, Denmark
Women’s Caucus for Art, New York Chapter, Artists’ Book Archive, New York, New York
Various private collections
PORTFOLIOS AND PUBLICATIONS
UWISHUN Philadelphia, Top Picks for Art Events And Exhibitions in Philly This April 2016
http://www.uwishuni.com/2016/04/top-picks-art-events-exhibitions-philly-april/
In Liquid Presents: The Shortest Distance Between 2 Points, 3/19/2016
http://www.cranearts.com/inliquid-presents-the-shortest-distance-between-2-points/
Interalia Magazine, “Memory/Networks”, featured in September/October 2016 issue
The Hand Magazine, Issue #13, July 2016,
https://thehandmagazine.net/issue-13-purchase-and-artists-links/
SciArt in America, “Natural Transformation Through the Lens of Laura Krasnow”, 1/14/2015
http://bit.ly/1zaZ2p9
Philadelphia City Paper, Events, 12/18/2014, Thursday, (visual art) “Miracles”, p.19
“Un-Natural Nature” Exhibition Catalog
http://www.sciartcenter.org/un-natural-nature-virtual-exhibit.html
Soundscraper Premieres “Capsule 1 – inside/outside” – live crowdsourced soundscaping,
March, 2014 http://www.soundscraper.org/?p=737
"The Boston Biennial 3 Introduces You To Some Amazing Art and Artists",
http://www.the-biennial-project.com/blogEngine.net/
Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography 2013 Annual
CBS Philly, “Art And Science Meet At Philadelphia Science Festival”,
http://cbsloc.al/WshA2e4/8/2011
Exposure 2011 – invited to participate in publication from International Exposure Exhibition
Chain Letter, catalog of exhibition
The Chicago Sun-Times, “Inner Landscape of the New Romantics” – reviewed by David Elliot
The Chicago Tribune, “Landscapes of Isolated Pleasures” – reviewed by Alan G. Artner,
The New Art Examiner, “Inner Landscape” – reviewed by Deborah Bright
Graduate Prints Portfolio, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Triptik, offset artist book, edition of 50, Faces, offset artist book, edition of 50
WORK EXPERIENCE
Teaching/Workshops
La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA – Archiving and Database Management, Digital Arts and
Multimedia Design Program
Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA – Video Production for High School Students
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR – Photo Lithography
Visiting Artist Workshops – Mental Health Clinic, Sacramento, CA; Vacaville Prison, CA
Related Experience
Digital Imaging Specialist, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main Library Photo Archive
Freelance/Fine Art Photographer/New Media Artist/Designer
Co-Curator, “Art is Science Made Clear: Science Made Clear, A Collective”, 2011 Philadelphia
Science Festival
Research Aide, The Elephant Listening Project, Bioacoustics Research Program, Laboratory
Of Ornithology, Cornell University
Digital Production Associate, Digital Media Group, Digital Library and Information Technologies,
Cornell University
Digital Imaging Specialist, Digital Lab, Special Collections and Digital Programs,
University of Kentucky
Media Asset Manager, Kentucky Education Television, PBS Affiliate, Lexington, KY
Assistant Photo Curator, Roddy McDowall Photograph Archive, Margaret Herrick Library,
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Picture/Sound/ADR Editor Feature Film Post-Production, various studios, NY and
Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY – The Physics of Musical Sound
Centre for Brain and Mind, University of Western Ontario, Canada – The Art and Science of Brain
Imaging
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada – Conceptual Gems of Theoretical
Physics
California State University at Los Angeles – Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics
California State University, Sacramento – Art Therapy
Silicon Studios, Santa Monica, CA – Digital Imaging
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA – Digital Imaging
American Film Institute, Hollywood, CA – Digital Imaging
Art Students League, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Acoustic Ecology Institute
American Society of Acoustic Ecology
Art and Science Collaborations, Inc.
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
InLiquid
Leonardo/International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Pittsburgh Printmakers Group
Rhizome
SciArt Center, New York, NY
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
SciArt Center, http://www.sciartcenter.org/laura-krasnow.html