With my artwork, and gallery directing, I am motivated to find the good questions, to form work and exhibits into a cohesive cultural criticism, that will spur the audience to question what they know, and think they know. I do not need to be the expert, but instead, only a catalyst to a conversation, between individuals or within one’s self.
Laura Brent
Artist
Gallery Director at Valhall Arts
201 S. College Ave, PL2
Fort Collins, CO 80524
303-589-7372
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1381
Fort Collins, CO 80522-1381
Biography:
•Raised in Colorado, married, with two sons.
•Front Range Community College Student, 2005 to 2009
•Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), Bachelor of Science in Biology, Indianapolis, IN, 1992
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•Fairview High School Graduate, Boulder, CO 1986
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•Born in Des Plains, Illinois, 1968
Selected Exhibitions:
2011:
*The American Dream; A Juxtaposition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
*AMLP; Photomobile, Art House, Brooklyn, NY
*Half the Sky, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL
2010:
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*A Million Little Pictures, Art House, Brooklyn, NY
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*Pinching the Light Fantastic, An installation video event, happening in two parts, Feb 5th and 24th, at Vallhall Arts
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*CoCOA Volunteer Exhibit, Colorado Coalition of Artists, Fort Collins
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*INSPIRED Art, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2009:
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*Public Practice, an interactive art exhibition at Valhall Arts
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*Remnants of Innocence, solo multi-media installation at Valhall Arts
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*InTOYition, curated by Jennie Kiessling Michler, with Frank Stanley and Andrew Michler.
*Bas Bleu Lobby Gallery Exhibition
*5x7 Show, Austin TX
*CoCOA Member show
* A Million Little Pictures, Art House, Atlanta, GA and 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008:
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• Sliding Door Gallery, ‘Un-Conventional’, a DNC exhibit, Denver CO
•Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery 101: Emerging Artists
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• Sliding Door Gallery Juried show,
“ Front Range Photographers”,
554 Santa Fe Dr., Denver CO
slidingdoorgallery.com
2007:
•Windsor/Severence Library juried art show, “[dis][inter][mis][re]connections”, Windsor, CO
•Front Range Community College Museum Studies Project Show,
“Fright, Fear, Fobia”, Fort Collins,
CO, curator, juror, participant
•Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Studio Tour Exhibit, Sponsored Artist
•Front Range Community College Juried Student Show, Fort Collins, CO
•The Artists’ Nook: “Morning, Noon, Night” Art Challenge, Fort Collins, CO
•Front Range Community College “Gala”, Loveland, CO
•Colorado Coalition of Artists, Anniversary Show, Fort Collins, CO
•Lyric Cinema and Café, Fort Collins, CO
•Bean Cycle Café, Fort Collins, CO
2006:
•Front Range Community College, Juried Student Show, Fort Collins, CO
•Fort Collins Museum, “Year of the Woman” Show
•Colorado Coalition of Artists, Anniversary Show, Fort Collins, CO
Affiliations, Awards, Publications:
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• Fort Collins Museum of Cont. Art, Emerging Artist, 2008
•Colorado Coalition of Artists, Gallery Coordinator, 2008
•Colorado Coalition of Artists, Director, 2007
•Best of Show Award, “[dis][inter][mis][re]connections”, Windsor, CO, 2007
•Purchase Award, Juried Student Show, Front Range Community College,
Fort Collins, CO, 2007
•Second Reserve Award, Year of the Woman Show, Ft. Collins Museum, Fort Collins, CO, 2006
•Howard Hughes Research Grant Recipient, Indianapolis, IN, 1990-1992
Artworks held in private and public collections in Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Texas and Wyoming.
Favorite Sites and Other Links:
All images copyright Laura Brent
Valhall Arts is a registered Trademark
