Bio
My artwork has been exhibited in several New York City galleries and various galleries in Spain, Ireland, and throughout the United States. My works are in private collections in England, Ireland, Brazil, and Luxembourg, as well as New York, New Mexico, California, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Illinois, and Texas, including the collections of Jacqueline & Arthur Walker, Doreen & Gilbert Bassin, Deborah & Alan Simon, Judith & Stanley Zabar, Helen & Jim Neuberger, Sara Vance Waddell & Michelle Waddell, Janet Langsam, Lawrence B. Benenson, and Cecile Richards & Kirk Adama. My work is on the corporate collections of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Purchase, New York and Logos Consulting Group, New York City, and in the print collection of the Center for the Digital Arts, Westchester Community College/SUNY, Peekskill, New York, and The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York.
I received my MFA and BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, and did post-graduate studies at the Pratt Institute. I was on the art faculty in the Art Department of the University of Texas in Austin for many years before moving to New York City in 1986. I maintain a studio in Long Island City, New York.
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Laurel Garcia Colvin
she / her / hers
Lives and works in Long Island City, New York
Born 1954 / San Marcos, Texas
Education
University of Texas at Austin, M.F.A. with Highest Honors, 1984
University of Texas at Austin, B.F.A. with Honors, 1978
2018 Honoring Women/Feminist Toiles, Chappaqua Library gallery, Chappaqua, NY
2007 On the Cusp, Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
2006 Revelations, Westchester Community College Art Gallery, Peekskill, NY
2005 Viajes del Agua –Viajes del Alma (Water Journeys–Soul Journeys), Ceres Gallery, New York City
2004 Manifestations, The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, NY
2002 The Language of Hands, Ceres Gallery, New York City
2001 Herstory: Remnants of Memory installation, The Eliszabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York City
2001 Remembrance–Reflection installation, Gallery @ 49, New York City
Group Exhibitions
2023
Arc of the Viral Universe Notebook Project, Croton Public Library, curated by Carla Rae Johnson, Croton, NY
Arc of the Viral Universe Notebook Project, Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Dear March Come In, Birdhouse Brooklyn gallery, curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Brooklyn, NY
A Larger Idea, The Factory LIC-A Art Space, curated by Alexis Mendoza & Jorge Posada, Long Island City, NY
Arc of the Moral and Viral Universe Notebook Project, Center for Digital Arts Gallery, SUNY Westchester Peekskill, Peekskill, NY
Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, curated by Patricia Miranda, New York City
2022
Arc of the Viral Universe Notebook Project, Chappaqua Public Library, Chappaqua, NY
Arc of the Viral Universe Notebook Project, Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY
2021
Arc of the Viral Universe Notebook Project, Tompkins County Library, co-sponsored by the Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY
Rewriting Herstory: An Artsy International Exhibition, online sponsored by Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2019
Among Friends, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Education Center Gallery, New York City
2018
In Her Hands, Robert Mann Gallery, New York City
Give Us the Vote, ArtsWestchester gallery, White Plains, NY
Still They Persist: Protest Art from the 2017 Women’s Marches, FemFour, (Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati and other cities throughout the USA
2017
Tondo, Tondo, Tondo, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York City
The Nothing That Is: A Drawing Show in 5 Parts, The Carnegie Gallery, Covington, KY
100!, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
Present Danger, Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, New York City
Hear Our Voice, touring exhibition for Women’s March Public Call for Art, The Amplifier Foundation, various cities in USA
2016
State of the Union, Drawing Rooms, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Meeting Past, Akin Museum and Library, Pawling, NY
SHE: Deconstructing Female Identity, ArtsWestchester gallery, White Plains, NY
2015
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Alumni Exhibition (two person), Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
The Sketchbook Project Tour 2015, various cities across the USA
2014
Retrospective Part 11: 2005-2014, Center for the Digital Arts, Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY
Observations, (two person), The Saratoga Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Tall Tale, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York City
2013
The Sketchbook Project 2013, various cities across the USA
2012
The Ballot Box, BRC Gallery, curated by Carla Rae Johnson, Peekskill, NY
Magnetic Truths, Artists Wanted Gallery, Long Island City, NY
25: Target Gallery Celebrates 25 Years, curated by J. W. Mahoney, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
The Billboard Art Project/Albany, The Billboard Art Project (Richmond, VA), Albany, NY
Fears & Phobias, curated by Lia Newman, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2011
Home for the Holidays, Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg, CA
2010
Person to Person, curated by Ken Margolis & Marc Weinstein, Grand Banking Room Gallery, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
2009
Out of the Shadows, Elisa Tucci Contemporary Art Gallery, Riverdale, NY
Common Spaces: A Reflection on the Intersections of Man & Nature, EA Gallery, Port Chester, NY
2008
Women’s Work, curated by Denise Mullen, Dean, Art + Design -Purchase College, Morgan Stanley & Co., Purchase, NY
Collaborative Concepts: At the Hat Factory, Peekskill, NY
2006
Artist as Teacher, The Studio, Armonk, NY
Copilandia “a public art intervention", sponsored by Centro de Arte de Sevilla and art group Gratis for Seville between Cultures festival, Seville, Spain
2005
Peekskill Project, sponsored by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Edgy and Elegant, curated by Rosemary Cohane Erpf, Arts Exchange, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY
Women, Words and Images, curated by Connie Koppelman, Ph.D., Stony Brook University, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
2004
Real to Unreal, The Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
Katonah Museum Artists Association at Westchester Community College, curated by DeDe Young, Valhalla, NY
Westchester Biennial 2004, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2003
Katonah Museum Artists Association at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, curated by Richard Klein, Mt. Kisco, NY
Illustrated Recipes, curated by Susan Edwards, Director, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, curated by Harry Philbrick
The Whole Ball of Wax, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
HER MARK 2003 Datebook and Photo-based Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Human Presence: Interpretations, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY, curated by Rosemary Cohane Erpf
Westchester Biennial 2002, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2001
Auto Biographies, The Ridgefield Guild of Artists Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
Curious Journey, National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, juried by Sid Sachs
Art Fairs
SCOPE art fair, March 7-11, 2012, NYC, Artists Wanted Booth
Miami Basel, Red Dot Fair, December 1-5, 2010, Miami, FL, EA Gallery booth
Affordable Art Fair, May 5-9, 2010, NYC, EA Gallery booth and Elisa Contemporary Art booth
Red Dot Fair, March 4-7, 2010, NYC, EA Gallery booth and Elisa Contemporary Art booth
Miami Basel, Red Dot Fair, December 2-6, 2009, Miami, FL, EA Gallery booth
Boston International Fine Art Show, November 12- 15, 2009, Boston, MA, EA Gallery booth
Benefit Auctions
Gloria Awards auction 2016, Ms. Foundation for Women, NYC, Spring 2016
Paper Jam 2016, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, Spring 2016
Paper Jam 2015, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, Spring 2015
Paper Jam 2014, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, Spring 2014
NURTUREart juried benefit exhibition, Charles Bank Gallery, NYC, Fall 2012
NURTUREart juried benefit exhibition, Chelsea Art Museum, NYC, Fall 2011
Paper Jam and Paper Jam 2, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, Spring 2009 and Spring 2010
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Benefit Auction, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, NY, October 5, 2008
Paper Ball, Too – Benefit Auction, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, Spring 2008
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit exhibitions, various NYC art galleries, 2002-2010
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Benefit Auction, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY, October 11, 2005
Heart & Soul Auction, Christie’s Auction House, New York, NY, Winter 2004 and Winter 2005
Night of 1,000 Drawings exhibition, Artists Space, New York, NY, Winter 2002, Fall 2003 and Winter 2004
Message in a Bottle, Exhibition/Auction for Elton John AIDS Foundation and ICROSS, The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, Winter 2002
Group Show and Auction for NY Times 9/11 Neediest Fund, Gallery @ 49, New York, NY, Winter 2001
Food for Thought, Exhibition/Auction for Elton John AIDS Foundation and ICROSS, The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, Winter 2000
Exhibition Reviews
Clement, Douglas P., “Conversation on the Female Identity,” New York Times, April 3, 2016, p.WE9
Genocchio, Benjamin, “Those Who Teach, Can,” New York Times, October 29, 2006, Westchester section, p. 15
Gouveia, Georgette, “A Grand opening in White Plains,” The Journal News, October 9, 2005, Life & Style section, p. 6E
Genocchio, Benjamin, “Some Rich Pickings For the Art Lover,” New York Times, October 2, 2005, Westchester section, p. 6
Genocchio, Benjamin, “In Peekskill, It Takes a Community,” New York Times, September 25, 2005, Westchester section, p. 10
Eliasoph, Philip, “Getting an eyeful at Silvermine,” The Connecticut Post, May 25, 2003, Arts & Travel section, p. G1, G3
Streitfeld, L. P., “54th ‘Art of the Northeast’,” The Greenwich Times, May 18, 2003, Art section, p. D3
Streitfeld, L. P., “54th ‘Art of the Northeast’,” The Stamford Advocate, May 18, 2003, Art section, p. D3
Helle, Nancy, “Aldrich Museum director’s picks: Art of the Northeast USA,” The Ridgefield Press, May 8, 2003, Arts & Leisure section, p. 1B, 9B
Gouveia, Georgette, “Fresh Takes: Westchester Biennial pairs recent favorites and new delights,” The Journal News, June 2, 2002, Life & Style section, p. 3
Gouveia, Georgette, “The Reunited Self: 48 artists reinterpret the figure,” The Journal News, May 31, 2002, Life & Style section, p. 1 – 2
“Social Comment and Personal Redemption in the Collages of Laurel Garcia Colvin,” Gallery & Studio magazine, Sept/Oct. 1999 issue, p. 4
Raynor, Vivien, “A Sense of the Spectacle and Its Place in Society,” The New York Times, Westchester Section, May 10, 1998, p. 20
Publications
Tenuous Threads exhibition catalogue, Atlantic Gallery, January 2023
Still They Persist: Protest Art From the 2017 Women’s Marches, exhibition catalog, FemFour, May 2017
Tondo, Tondo, Tondo, D. Dominick Lombardi, Huffington Post, March 12, 2017, online
Present Danger, exhibition catalog, The Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, 2017
A Woman’s Place, Georgette Gouveia, Editor-In-Chief, WAG Magazine, March 2016
SHE: Deconstructing Female Identity, exhibition catalog, Arts Westchester Gallery, 2016
25 – Target Gallery Celebrates 25 Years, exhibition catalog, Target Gallery, 2012
Art Takes Miami, Artists Wanted, Jeffrey Aldrich, editor, p. 31, 2011
The Enchantment Series - A Curator’s Comments, exhibition essay by Dede Young, Independent Curator, 2009
Artwork featured on the cover of Westchester County Tourism Arts Guide brochure, 2005
“Creations” feature article on Viajes del Agua~Viajes del Alma, UU World magazine, May-June 2005 issue, p. 22 - 23
The Language of Hands: Laurel Garcia Colvin, exhibition catalog, essay by Rosemary Cohane Erpf, 2002
Artwork was chosen by the jury for Her Mark Datebook 2003 produced by Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Feature article on Remembrance-Reflection installation at Gallery @ 49, The China Press, May 23, 2001, p. A16 and B3
“Creations” feature article on Words of My Father series, UU World magazine, Jan-Feb 2001 issue, p. 15
Grants, Awards, Panels, Lectures and Residencies
Artist representing New Mexico, HER FLAG Collaborative Project marking the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Santa Fe, NM, Spring 2020
Artist Residency, Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Santa Fe, NM, Fall 2019
NYSCA recipient of artist funding through ArtsWestchester for Give Us the Vote exhibition, Fall 2017
SHE exhibition artist panel, ArtsWestchester gallery, White Plains, NY, Summer 2016
National Endowment for the Arts, recipient of artist funding through ArtsWestchester for SHE exhibition, Spring 2016
Artwork chosen for an independent feature film, Amy Makes Three, set and shot in Hudson Valley area, Summer 2015
Residency, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, New York, Summer 2011
Peekskill Project 2005: Discussion Panel: Artist and Community Collaborations, Moderator: Nathalie Angles, Director, Location One International Residency Program, Hudson Valley for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, October 16, 2005
Video! A Power Tool for the Artist, Panel Discussion/Herstory video presentation, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, September 15, 2005
Westchester Biennial 2002: Artists Panel Discussion/Slide Presentation, Moderator: Wennie Huang, Director, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle Library, New Rochelle, NY, May 14, 2002
Awarded Ceres Project Room exhibition at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Fall 2001
Received Puffin Foundation Grant for Remembrance – Reflection installation, Spring 2001
Various lectures/courses/ workshops at The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Huntington Museum of Art (now Blanton Museum of Art), Laguna Gloria Art Museum and Art School, University of Texas at Austin (1980-2006)
Professional Associations
Member, SITE Santa Fe Foundation Council (2018-2020)
Artist Board member, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York (2008-2011)
Artist Board member, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York (2004-2006)
Artist file, The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York City
Artist Archival file, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
