Bio


MFA in Painting, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
BFA in Painting, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Kiss Off, La MaMa Galleria Vitrine, New York, NY
2022 The Dallas Art Fair, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles (two-person exhibition), Dallas, TX
2021 Concurrence, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Homing, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Ratio:Poems, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Embedded, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 In-Communication/In-Transit, (collaboration with composer Manuel Sosa), BRIC|Arts Media House, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Collapsed Narrative, (three-person show) Dinner Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming)
2023 American Portraiture Today (traveling): Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2023 EXPO Chicago, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2023 Rising Voices (traveling): Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY
    Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2022 The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
2022 Not Even Home Will Be With You Forever, Field Projects, New York, NY
2022 American Portraiture Today, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2021 The Eyes Have It, Lehman College Art Gallery, The Bronx, NY
2021 Painting The Narrative, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2020 Untitled Art Fair, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 From Dark to Light, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
2020 On Being, Sculptors Alliance, New York, NY
2019 Unloaded (traveling), Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
    Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art (Portland, ME)
    Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MN)
2018 Tick Tock: Time in Contemporary Art, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2017 The Expanding Matrix, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY College at Old Westbury, NY
2016 Picturing The Unprintable, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2015 Between Us, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Blue, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2006 The Outwin, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2006 Public/Private, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Vital Voices: Women’s Visions, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2024, 2014, 2011 Residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2023 Finalist, The Bennett Prize, The Pittsburgh Foundation, PA
2022, 2018 Cultural Space Subsidy Award, Two Trees, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Finalist, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Museums, Washington, DC
2020 Mercedes Matter Award, New York Studio School, Miles McEnery, Miles McEnery Gallery
2020 Mercedes Matter Award, New York Studio School, Catherine Bernath and Madeleine Mermall, Public Swim Gallery
2020 The artcritical Prize, for a New York Studio School Alumni, awarded by David Cohen; artcritical, New York, NY
2017 Residency, Kaminsky Family Foundation, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ

PRESENTATIONS
2022 “The Mutual Reliance of Artist and Gallerist,” Risk Management In The Arts, Entertainment & Sports, Marshall School of Business, University Southern California, Oct 20
2022 “20 Years, 20 Minutes,” Panel Conversation with Kate Teale, 20 UP, Brooklyn, NY, April 23
2022 Guest Lecturer: Integrative Studio, Parsons School of Design, Department of Art, April 19
2021 “The Studio And Beyond,” Guest Lecturer, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, December 7
2021 “Generations Of An Idea,” Visiting Artist Speaker Series, University at Buffalo, Department of Art, September 27
2021 Visiting Critic for MFA Candidates, University at Buffalo, Department of Art, September 27
2021 “Painting The Narrative: Discussion with Laura Karetzky,” Clubhouse, Two Coats of Paint, May 13
2021 “Crit Nite,” Guest Critic, The New York Academy of Art, February 9
2021 “David Cohen in conversation with Laura Karetzky,” webinar, artcritical, January 26

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Zachary Keeting and Christopher Joy, “Studio Visit: Laura Karetzky”, Gorky’s Granddaughter, February 13
2022 A Portrait Competition That Stretches The Definition Of A Likeness, Art Review, The Washington Post, May 12
2021 Jody Zellen, “Pick Of The Week,” What’s On Los Angeles, December 15
2021
Carolina A. Miranda, “Essential Happenings,” Entertainment & Arts, Los Angeles Times, December 11
2021 Jody Zellen, “Laura Karetzky: Concurrence, Juxtaposing Disparate Moments,” Art Now LA, December 12
2021 Emily Capone, “Exhibition Review: Laura Karetzky,” MUSÉE Magazine, November 26
2021 James Panero, “Critic’s Notebook: Art,” The New Criterion, June 14
2021 Etty Yaniv, “Painting The Narrative at the National Arts Club: Dialog with Dee Shapiro,” Art Spiel, June 2
2021 Maggie Levine, “Painting The Narrative,” ArtWrite, #20, May 1
2021 Kate Teale, “One Question/One Answer”, Romanov Grave, February 11
2021 David Cohen, “The artcritical Prize: Laura Karetzky,” artcritical, January 1
2020 Etty Yaniv, “Artists On Coping. Feature Interview Laura Karetzky”, ArtSpiel, May 6
2019 Jody Zellen, “Laura Karetzky: Ratio: Poems”, Art Now LA, November 10
2019 Etty Yaniv, “Laura Karetzky: The Action of Looking”, Art Spiel, Sept 9
2017 James Diaz, “Visual Storytelling: An Interview with Artist Laura Karetzky”, Anti-Heroin Chic, September 18
2017 David Cohen, “The Embedded Window: Laura Karetzky in conversation with Stephen Savage”, artcritical, June 18
2017 Christina Campodonico, “Screenshots on Canvas”, TheArgonaut, Arts & Events, July 5
2017 Hyunho Yoon, The Oakland Review: Carnegie-Mellon’s Literary-Arts Journal, Alumni VIII
2016 Sarah Iannone, “Art Of The Cell, Phone chats captured in painting and video show”, Brooklyn Paper
2014 Marcia Santore, “Between Realism and Abstraction, Exploring That Hard-To-Define Place”, ArtScope
2014 Laura Stiles, Rachel Ratzlaff Shriver, The Oakland Review: Carnegie-Mellon’s Literary-Arts Journal, cover image
2013 Penelope Green, “It’s That Brownstone. Again.,” The New York Times, Home & Garden
2013 Review: “Laura Karetzky: Short Stories,” ArtScene
2012 Joann Kim Núñez, “Dumbo Arts Festival: A Recap”, Hyperallergic
2011 Stephen Pierson Publisher, “The State of Creation”, Canteen Magazine
2011 Daniella Walsh, “Previews of Exhibitions: Laura Karetzky”, Art Scene
2009 Gail Leggio, “Exhibitions: Laura Karetzky”, American Arts Quarterly

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