RESUME

LAURA KARETZKY                                                                                                  

LKaretzky@me.com / 646.526.8103

EDUCATION

MFA in Painting, 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

                       The Dallas Art Fair, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, 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 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024               Collapsed Narratives, (three-person show) Dinner Gallery, New York, NY

                       Weighted Blanket, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

                       The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI

                       The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield MA

                       Rising Voices 3: The Bennett Prize, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University, GA

2023               EXPO Chicago, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

                       The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

                       The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

                       Rising Voices 3: The Bennett Prize, Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY

                       Rising Voices 3: The Bennett Prize, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

2022               Film Noir, The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL

                       Not Even Home Will Be With You Forever, Field Projects, New York, NY

                       The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

2021               The Eyes Have It, Lehman College Art Gallery, The Bronx, NY

                       Painting The Narrative, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

2020               Untitled Art Fair, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                       From Dark to Light, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY

                       On Being, Sculptors Alliance, New York, NY

2019               Unloaded, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2018               Tick Tock: Time in Contemporary Art, Lehman College Art Gallery, The Bronx, NY

2017               The Expanding Matrix, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY College at Old Westbury, NY

2017               Unloaded, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

                       Unloaded, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN

2016               Picturing the Unprintable, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY

                       Saint Ann’s 50th, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY

2015               Between Us, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY

2008               Border Walls, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY

2007               Blue, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

2006               The Outwin, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

                       Public/Private, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

                       Vital Voices: Women’s Visions, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

Artist in Residence, Associazione Il Borgo degli Artisti 2.0, Bienno, Italy (2024)

Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY (2024, 2014, 2011)

Finalist, The Bennett Prize/The Pittsburgh Foundation, PA (2023)

Cultural Space Subsidy Program Award, Two Trees, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY (2022, 2018)

Finalist, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian Museums, Washington, DC (2022, 2006)

Mercedes Matter Award/Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (2020)           

The artcritical Prize: New York Studio School, New York, NY (2020)

Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ (2017)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2024             Nayyar, Rhea. “A Whirlwind of Creativity at Dumbo Open Studios,” Hyperallergic, April 16

2023             Editors. “The Bennett Prize RISING VOICES Touring Exhibition Soars to New Heights,” ARTnews, May 19

                     Keeting, Zachary and Christopher Joy, “Studio Visit: Laura Karetzky,” Gorky’s Granddaughter, February 13

2022             Jenkins, Mark. “A Portrait Competition That Stretches The Definition Of A Likeness,” The Washington Post, May 12

                     Anspon, Catherine D. “A Dallas Art Fair Guide – The Best Booths, Whom to See, Where to Be, and all the Buzz,”

              PaperCity, Apr. 19

2021             Zellen, Jody. “Pick Of The Week,” What’s On Los Angeles, December 15

                     Miranda, Carolina A. “Essential Happenings,” Entertainment & Arts Newsletter, Los Angeles Times, December 11

                     Zellen, Jody. “Laura Karetzky: Concurrence, Juxtaposing Disparate Moments,” Art Now LA, December 11

                     Capone, Emily. “Exhibition Review: Laura Karetzky,” MUSÉE Magazine, November 26

                     Panero, James. “Critic’s Notebook: Art,” The New Criterion, June 14

                     Yaniv, Etty. “Painting The Narrative at the National Arts Club: Dialog with Dee Shapiro,” Art Spiel, June 2

                     Levine, Maggie. “Painting The Narrative,” ArtWrite, #20, May 1

                     Teale, Kate. “One Question/One Answer: Laura Karetzky,” Romanov Grave, February 11

                     Cohen, David. “The artcritical Prize: Laura Karetzky,” artcritical, January 1

2020             Etty Yaniv, “Artists On Coping: Laura Karetzky,” Feature Interview, Art Spiel, June 28

2019             Jody Zellen, “Laura Karetzky: Intimate and Personal Works,” Art Now LA, November 10

                     Yaniv, Etty. “Laura Karetzky: The Action of Looking,” Art Spiel, September 9

2017             Diaz, James. “Visual Storytelling: Laura Karetzky,” Anti-Heroin Chic, September 18

                     Savage, Stephen. “The Embedded Window: conversation with Laura Karetzky,” artcritical, June 18

                     Campodonico, Christina. “Screenshots on Canvas,” TheArgonaut, Arts & Events, July 5

2016             Iannone, Sarah. “Art Of The Cell,” Brooklyn Paper, April 1

2014             Santore, Marcia. “Between Realism and Abstraction, Exploring That Hard-To-Define Place,” ArtScope, September

                     Stiles, Laura and Rachel Ratzlaff. The Oakland Review: Carnegie-Mellon’s Literary-Arts Journal, Alumni V (cover)

2013             Green, Penelope. “It’s That Brownstone. Again.” The New York Times, November 14

2012             Núñez, Joann Kim. “Dumbo Arts Festival: A Recap,” Hyperallergic, October 2

2009             Leggio, Gail. “Exhibitions: Laura Karetzky,” American Arts Quarterly, Winter 2009, Vol. 36.1

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

2022             “The Mutual Reliance of Artist and Gallerist,” Marshall school of Business, University of Southern California, Oct 20

                     “20 Years, 20 minutes,” Panel Conversation with Kate Teale, 20 Up, Brooklyn, NY, April 23

                     “Integrative Studio,” Guest Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, April 19

2021             “The Studio And Beyond,” Guest Lecturer, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, December 7

                     “Generations Of An Idea,” Visiting Artist Speaker Series, University at Buffalo, September 27

                      Visiting Critic for MFA Candidates, Graduate School of Art, University at Buffalo, September 27

                      “Painting The Narrative: Discussion with Laura Karetzky,” Clubhouse, Two Coats of Paint, May 13

                      “David Cohen in conversation with Laura Karetzky,” webinar, artcritical, January 26

COLLECTIONS

The Bunker Artspace (Beth Rudin DeWoody), West Palm Beach, FL

SnapChat (Evan Spiegel), Los Angeles, CA

JP Morgan, Baltimore MD

Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Collection, Brooklyn, NY

John and Marlene Sughrue Collection, Dallas, TX