I have been exploring the collective aesthetic of the urban landscape for several years now. The idea that individuals and communities are connected literally and abstractly by common fixtures and sights is a driving force behind my work. My paintings separate and celebrate the blights on the vista, and emphasize the unappreciated flaws of our everyday view. Metal and found objects are my surfaces of choice, working on them makes my individual paintings act as parts of a larger whole, freeing my work from the standard borders of canvas and frame.

 

Laura Spalding Best

Laura Spalding Best

602-410-5804

lauraebest@gmail.com

LauraSpaldingBest.com

Solo Exhibitions
2011 autobiographical/autogeographical, Paradise Valley Community College
2009 mutual adaptation, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2008  from the passenger seat, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2007  autogeography, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2005  New Work, Studeo Tad Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2003  Patterns, Undergraduate Honors Thesis Exhibition, Arizona State University

Group Exhibitions
2010 Art Detour 2010, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2009  2 for 1, Art Detour 2009, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2008  Arizona Wheels & Ink, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
2008  Round Up, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2008  Sows and Bores, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2008  $98 Show, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2008  6 x 6, eye lounge gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2007  Deck, Bragg's Pie Factory Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2007  What Smells So Bad?, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2007  $99 Show, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2004  Cabin Fever, City Wide Studios 711, Phoenix, Arizona
2003  New Work, City Wide Studio 711, Phoenix, Arizona

Bibliography
New American Paintings, Southwest Region, 2011
Nina Carapetyan, “The Extraordinary Ordinary”, Phoenix New Times, Vol. 40, No. 3, 
January, 2009, 39.
Wynter Holden, “The Outsiders”, Phoenix New Times, Vol. 39, No. 40, October, 2008, 40.
Robrt L. Pela, “Love Phoenix or Leave Phoenix”, Phoenix New Times, Vol. 39, No. 39, September, 2008, 16.
Ed Baker, “Skin Deep”, College Times, Vol. 8, Issue 5, September, 2008, 22.
Lara Taubman, “Phoenix Rising?”, art ltd., January, 2008, 56.
Lilia Menconi, “Sky Girl”, Phoenix New Times, Vol. 38, No. 46, November, 2007, 54.
Molten Brothers, Deck Catalog, October, 2007, 10. 

Current Employment
Exhibitions Manager, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona 

Education
B.F.A.  2003  Painting   Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University (Summa Cum Laude)

Grants/Awards
2003  Award for Excellence in Painting Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts

 
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