Laura Larson

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Laura Larson grew up in Chicago surrounded by the influence of the Chicago Imagists. Her work reflects the dual interests of story-telling and theatrical production - the building blocks for her consistent interest in Sculptural Installations and Narrative Tableau. In the late 1970's Larson moved to Los Angeles where she became a member of a collaborative group of women and men, working with Judy Chicago to create The Dinner Party, a controversial, ground-breaking feminist art piece rendered in porcelain ceramics, china painting, textiles and embroidery, recognizing significant women throughout history who were forgotten or under-recognized. Over the last 10 years Larson's work has touched on 2 main topics: our relationship to nature and our animal co-inhabitants; and investigations of the cultural, historical, spiritual through lines of the female trinity: mind, body and spirit. Completed through three different bodies of work, Grace and Glory is the final part of Larson's trinity, exhibited at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History.

Laura Larson has exhibited her work extensively throughout Southern California, and has shown her work internationally. Since moving to Los Angeles Larson has been commissioned for multiple public art installations throughout the County. In 2004 she received the Artist Resource for Completion Grant from the Durfee Foundation. Larson graduated from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, receiving a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in fine art and theatre arts.