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Laura Carton

Page 1 | Biography

Lives: Nerw York

Education
2002
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions
2004
Real Room, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Room Service, Panhwa Art Studio & FLAT/Felicity Hogan, Washington, DC


2002
Second Glance, Apexart, New York, NY Sara Meltzer, Curator (2 person show)

1999
Internal Affairs, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME

1998
Skin Series, Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Ulster County College, NY
Body of Evidence, Henry St. Settlement/Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY



Group Exhibitions
2006
Soft Sites, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2005
LAXArt Inaugural Benefit, MC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Empire of Sighs
Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
The Photograph in Question,Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY


2004
The Book as Object & Performance, Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY Sara Reisman, Curator
Sexy Beasty, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA


�Model Citizen,� Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows, sponsored by Jamaica Center for

Arts & Learning Jamaica, Queens. Site-Specific Installation in Jamaica, Queens, NY
Scope Art Fair/New York, New York, NY. Courtesy of G Fine Art, Washington, DC
Select II: 2004 Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran Benefit, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC


2003
GO!, Liquidaci�n Total, Madrid, Spain.Sally Gutierrez, Curator
The Space Between: Locating Intimacy, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA Marisa S. Olson & Frank Yamrus, Curators
Sweet Dreams, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN Franklin Sirmans, Curator
24/7: Wilno-Nueva York, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, Raimundas Malasaukas, Curator
Seeing Red, Arena Gallery, New York, NY
25th Annual Benefit Auction, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
V Salon Internacional de Arte Digital, Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana, Cuba
Aritsts Space Spring Benefit, New York, NY
Artists� Choice, BOMB Magazine Benefit Gala, NY
New Work: Selections From The Center for Photography�s Permanent Print Collection, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY; traveling to Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz.
Trannie: Rhetorics of Identity in Transition, White Box Annex, New York, NY Jeffrey Uslip, Curator


2002
Staged/Unstaged, Riva Gallery, New York, NY Lauri Firstenberg, Curator
Scratch, Arena Gallery, New York, NY
Residuum, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
Whitney Independent Study Program Open Studios, New York, NY
-Scope Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY. Courtesy of Arena, Brooklyn, NY
White Columns Spring Benefit, White Columns, NY
Meta-forms: NYFA Computer Arts Fellows, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Snapshot, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Presenting/Receiving: Subjecting Photography, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
A Special Place, Arena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY



2001
FFWD Miami, Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL. Courtesy of Arena, Brooklyn, NY
Kid�s Stuff�?, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY Eddie Torres, Curator
I Love NY Benefit, in conjunction with Artists Space, New York, NY
Urban Pornography, Artists Space, New York, NY Lauri Firstenberg, Curator
New Photography, Arena@Feed, Brooklyn, NY
Work, Folin/Riva, New York, NY Lauri Firstenberg, Curator
Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden Courtesy of Arena@Feed, Brooklyn, NY
Domestic Culture: The Home in Visual Culture, ICA, Portland, ME Mark Bessire, Curator
Serial Number, GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY Lauren Ross, Curator
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD Gary Sangster & Adam Lerner, Curators
Selections, 20 Years of Artist in the Marketplace Program,The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY


2000
Toronto International Photography Fair, Toronto, Canada Courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
The AIPAD Photography Show, New York, NY Courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada


1999
Photic 2, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY Larry Walczak, Curator
Natural Histories, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY Maureen Connor & Andrea Reynosa, Curators
Surface Tension, Art in General, New York, NY Catherine Ruello, Curator
Imaging Self, SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
photo.soho Benefit, Buhl Foundation, New York, NY
Significant Other, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY
Some Girls, Gen Art, New York, NY Alexandra Rowley, Curator


1998
UnLtd., Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY Waqas Wajahat, Curator
Take This Job & Shove It, Here Gallery, New York, NY
Reading Between the Lines, "Library," Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY


1997
Directions '97, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY Jennifer Blessing, Associate Curator, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Juror
Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY Marysol Nieves & Lydia Yee, Curators



AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS


2004
Nominated for �The Baum: An Emerging American Photographer Award�

2002
Bronx Council on the Arts/Longwood Cyber Residency & Exhibition Program
Nominated for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant


2001
NYFA Artist Fellowship in Computer Arts


1998
Millay Colony for the Arts Residency


1997
Ucross Foundation Residency
Artist in the Marketplace Program



Bibliography
2006
Laura Carton. Monograph, published by Nazraeli Press, forthcoming.


2004
Micchelli, Thomas. The Book As Object & Performance, The Brooklyn Rail, Feb. 05.
Reisman, Sara. The Book As Object & Performance, Exhibition Catalogue (illus)
Steve & Edie, �Artful Libations,� Hartford Advocate, Oct. 29.
Powhida, William. �Jamaica Flux: Jamaica Center for the Arts Evolves,� The Brooklyn Rail, Oct.
Larcen, Donna. �Things to See, New Ways To See,� The Hartford Courant, Sept. 30.
Genocchio, Benjamin. �Fall Shows Beckon,� The New York Times/CT Edition, Sept. 5.
Reisman, Sara. Jamaica Flux Workspaces & Windows Catalogue. (illus).
Dawson, Jessica. �Strip Show,� The Washington Post, Feb. 19, 2004, p. CO5 (illus).
Jacobson, Louis. City Lights: �Room Service,� Washington City Paper, Feb. 13-19, 2004 (illus.).



2003
Olson, Marisa S., ed. Camerawork, Vol. 30, no. 2, Fall/Winter 2003, p. 29 (illus).
Moody, Tom. �Revising �Bitstreams� (A Curatorial Thought-Experiment in Progress)�.www.digitalmediatree/tommoody/comment/22814/
Roca, Jose. �The Remains of the Real: Laura Carton�s Absent Porn,� Prefix 7, (May 2003), pp. 50-57 (illus.).



2002
Napoli, Lisa. �All The Sex Has Been Edited Out. Or Has It.?,� The New York Times, December 26, 2002, p. G3 (illus).
Gronlund, Melissa. �Second Glance,� Contemporary, October 2002, p. 83 (illus).
Frank, Adam. "Second Glance," Exhibition Brochure.
Mahoney, Robert. �Residuum,� Time Out, Issue 358 (August 8-15, 2002), p.57.
Shuman, Rachel. �Double Your Pleasure,� Time Out, Issue 354 (July 11-18, 2002), p. 50 (illus).


Firstenberg, Lauri. �The Urban Pornographic: Notes on the Work of Laura Carton and Lisa Roy,�Make, Special Issue 92, pp. 8-9 (illus. P. 9), and in NYArts Magazine, May 2002, p. 33 (illus).
Torres, Eddie. �Kid�s Stuff,� NYArts Magazine, online, February (illus).
Smart, Paul. �Challenges of Curation,� Woodstock Times, March 7, 2002, pp. 8-9.


Casai, Mary.�Center Kicks off 25th Year with 2 Exhibits, The Daily Freeman, January 18, 2002, p. 3 (illus).
Edwards, Nicole. �Photo Exhibits Stretching Limits,� Poughkeepsie Journal, January 18, 2002 (illus).



2001
Stone, Katherine. �On Digital Art,� ArtisSpectrum, Vol. 10 (December 2001): pp. 15-19 (illus).
Cotter, Holland. �Urban Pornography,� The New York Times,Friday, November 23, 2001, p. E37.
Aletti, Vince. Voice Choices: �Urban Pornography,� The Village Voice, Vol. XLVI, no. 47, (November 27, 2001), p. 72.
Bollen, Christopher. �Urban Pornography,� Time Out, Issue 321 (Nov. 22-29, 2001), p. 58.
Wallis, Stephen. �Pictures From a Revolution,� Turn, Shake, Flip, published by Eyestorm, 2001, pp. 5-9. (illus).
�NYFA Grants 2001,� ArtNet News, July 2, 2001.
Blackburn, Meg. �New Photography,� Free Williamsburg, Vol. 5 (June 2001).
Beem, Edgar Allen. �Home is Where the Art Is,� The Maine Times, March 29, 2001, p. 21.
Bessire, Mark. �Domestic Culture: Home in Visual Culture,� ICA, Portland, ME. Exhibition Brochure, 2001.
Cotter, Holland, "Serial Number," The New York Times
Scott, Andrea, "Serial Number," The New Yorker, January 29, 2001, p. 20.



2000
Sangster, Gary & Adam Lerner, "Snapshot," Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD. Exhibition Catalogue, CD-ROM, 2000.



1999
Bessire, Mark. "Three Installations," ICA, Portland, ME. Exhibition Brochure.
Greenleaf, Ken. "Art Review," Maine Sunday Telegram, March 7, 1999, p. 3E
Heimlich, Adam. "Heimytown," NY Press, September 29 - October 5, 1999, p. 33.
Horodner, Stuart. "Writing Natural Histories." Exhibition Brochure, 1999.
Kalm, James. "Photic 2," NY Arts, Vol. 4, no.11 (November 1999), p. 73.
Laster, Paul. "New Year's Spice: 'Photic 2' @ Eyewash," ArtNet, December 31, 1999.
Renner, Eric. Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique. Focal Press, 1999.
Sidewalk New York, "Natural Histories," Hot Pick, September 25, 1999.



1997
Nieves, Marysol & Lydia Yee. "Artist in the Marketplace," The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, 1997 (illus).



1996
"Laura Carton," Pinhole Journal Vol. 12, no. 3 (December 1996), pp. 6-9 (illus)



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