Christina Laurel - artist creating installations, working in paper.
My mission: to create an "exhale" moment, an oasis that offers a respite and refuge from our daily sensory overload.
Installations: In 2005 I began removing my art from the frame and then off the wall. In 2009 I began creating suspensions that freely rotate. In 2014 shoji paper made its debut in an installation titled "Refugium."
Paper: By printing imagery of my 2-D work onto Japanese paper, I reference my own artistic evolution. Originally I studied fashion design; my fascination with texture remains. I layer paper to create surfaces that invite your "eyes to touch.”
Native of Syracuse, NY, now residing in Greer, SC. Artist-in-Residence: 2022 in Summerville, SC, with South Porch Artists Residency; 2017 in Newnan, GA, with ArtRez; 2016 in Amherst, VA, at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; 2015 in Rabun Gap, GA, at Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences and 2014 in Paducah, KY, with the Paducah Arts Alliance. New Studio as of September: Taylors Mill, Taylors, SC.
News in 2023
Art Presenter, SCAEA (SC Art Educators Association), November 18
41st Juried Art Competition, "Sakura, summer" -Pickens County Museum of Art & History, Pickens, SC, October 25-December 9
2023 Annual Juried Exhibition, "Sakura, winter"-Artists Collective, Spartanburg, SC, September 13-October 28
"the fifth season" solo exhibit-City of Greer Center for the Arts, Greer, SC, August, reception August 29, 6pm
Art Presenter, Travelers Rest High School, August
Blogs
Postcards from Paducah - and - Glimpses of Greenville
All images and text copyright 2023 Christina Laurel