Laura Davis

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Born: 1971, Holland, Michigan
Lives: Chicago

Education
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• MFA in Studio Art, 2004

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
• BFA in Metal Enameling, 1996


Group Exhibitions
2007 Big Bang, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio (Upcoming)
2007 Pathogeographies, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
2007 Anonymous Drawings 5, blütenweiss - Raum für Kunst, Berlin, Germany
2007 Curator's Choice Exhibition, Around the Coyote Gallery Chicago, IL
2006 Takeover, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
2005 Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
2004 Everything Old is New Again, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado
2004 Pitch, Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois
2004 MFA Thesis Exhibit, Midway Studios, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2003 Juried Student Show, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
2003 $99 Show, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, New York
2001-2003 Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2002, 2001 Inside Out, Arena Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2001 Harper College 24th National Exhibition: Small Works, Palatine, Illinois
(catalogue)
2000, 1999 Lucky Horse Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Art Books, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1997 Unison Art Gallery Juried Exhibit, New Paltz, New York
1997 Faculty Selects, College Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, New York
1995 Enamel International 3, Kunstverein Coburg e.v., Coburg, Germany
1995 Great Expectations, Enamelists’ Society Juried Exhibit,
Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, Virginia (catalogue)



Grants/Awards
2004 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2002-2003 Two-Thirds Tuition Scholarship, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1995 $1000 Purchase Prize, Enamelists’ Society Juried Student Exhibit,
Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, Virginia (catalogue)
1995 Mary Bishop/ Francis Merit Monitor Scholarship,
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
1994 Excellence in Metals Award, Cleveland Institute of Art
1992-1995 Cleveland Institute of Art Honorary Scholarship