LAURA CARPENTER TRUITT
423 W 17th Ave, Spokane, WA 99203
303 325 4458
lauraberchcarpenter@gmail.com
www.lauracarpentertruitt.com
represented in Denver by The William Havu Gallery
EXHIBITIONS
Solo and two person shows:
Group shows:
PUBLICATIONS
Prager, Mike. “Gonzaga art students, muralist Daniel Lopez create mural at Northeast Community Center”,
The Spokesman-Review, April 5th 2018
Price, Sean. “GU art students work with Spokane artist to light up community center”, Gonzaga Bulletin,
April 4th, 2018.
Benjamin, Melina. “Four GU students collaborate to create encaustic painting for donors”, Gonzaga
Bulletin, March 7th, 2018
Jackson, Sam. “(de)clutter: An art exhibit that showcases both creation & destruction”, The Easterner,
March 7th, 2018
Pohl, Grace. “EWU downtown gallery offers visions of (de)clutter”, Cheney Free Press, February 22,
2018.
Manifest Gallery, INPA 7, December 2017
Paglia, Michael. “Representational Art Meets the Abstract at Havu and Space Galleries”, Westword.
January 27th, 2016
Ruminate Magazine, Issue 38, March 2016
Ruminate Magazine featured artist, Issue 34: Keeping things Whole
Paglia, Michael. “Goldfish and a life size nude highlight Articulated Perspectives at the Havu Gallery”,
Denver Westword, July 16th 2014
Paglia, Michael, “Critic’s Picks: Denver”, art ltd., July 2014
Manifest Press, Vol. 57 ABSTRKT catalogue
Mann, Sehvilla, “Laura Carpenter Exhibit- Through a Child’s, and Painter’s, Eye”, Yellow Springs News,
December 29th, 2011.
Paglia, Michael, “Personal Visions”, Westword, August, 2010.
Ganglehoff, Bonnie, “Emerging artists: Horn, Youngers, Carpenter”, Southwest Art Magazine, February,
2008.
Bowman, Ann, “Artist Profile: Laura Carpenter”, Art of the Four Corners, Spring, 2008.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, Gonzaga University, Sept 2017 - present
Adjunct Instructor, Colorado State University, January 2013 – May 2017
Adjunct Instructor (online), Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, August 2015 – March 2016
Adjunct Instructor, Front Range Community College, August 2012 – June 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, Jan – May 2010 and Jan – May 2011
HONORS AND AWARDS
Manifest Gallery, INPA 7, December 2017
Vermont Studio Center, Resident for the month of July, 2015
Selected for CSArt Colorado, “Crop”, by curators for the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014
Accepted into Vermont Studio Center for fall 2013 (declined)
Finalist for Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities postdoctoral fellowship, 2012
Nominated for Dedalus Scholarship, 2011
Vermont Studio Center resident for the month of January, 2007
EDUCATION
Colorado State University
M.F.A. in Painting 2012
Goucher College
B.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in painting 2002
Solo and two person shows:
- MAC gallery, Wenatchee Valley College, November 2019
- Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, "A Long Now", September 2019
- William Havu Gallery Mezzanine, "unseen nature" August 2019
- Downtown Student Gallery, Eastern Washington University, March 2018
- Fort Collins Museum of Art, “Beyond Women’s Work: decoding abstraction”, Fort Collins, CO, 2016
- William Havu Gallery, “Re-visions”, Denver, CO, 2016
- William Havu Gallery, “Articulated Perspective”, Denver, CO, 2014
- Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville, SC, 2014
- Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, “Habitat”, Crawfordsville, IN, 2013
- Directions Gallery, “Recent work”, Fort Collins, CO, 2013
- Glen House Art, “Art for Desmond”, show and artist talk in Yellow Springs, OH, 2011
- Hatton Gallery, “Chromatic Spaces” selected graduate exhibition show, Fort Collins, CO, 2011
- Denver International Airport, “Shows Promise”, Denver, CO, 2011
- International House, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2011
- Translations Gallery, Denver, CO, 2010
- Mercury Framing, “Push/Pull”, Boulder, CO, 2010
- In a Frame, Yellow Springs, OH, 2010
- Mini Gallery, “Inside/Outside”, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2010
- Studio exhibition, Boulder, CO, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
- Exhibitrek, “The Elegant Universe: Julie Maren and Laura Carpenter” Boulder CO, 2006
- Studio exhibition, Open Studios, Boulder, CO, 2005
- Herndon Gallery, “Anthropomorphosis”, Baltimore, MD, 2002
Group shows:
- Faculty Show, Jundt Art Museum, Jan - May 2019
- Saranac Art Projects, Spokane WA Feb 2019
- CLOSE IN series: 1st Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition, Jundt Art Museum, May 2018
- Republic Plaza, “Industrial Strength”, Denver, CO, 2017
- Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, “ArtMix”, Boulder, CO, 2016
- Curfman Gallery, “Art for Artists”, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2015
- Carnegie Center, “The Real Draw”, Drawing invitational, Fort Collins, CO, 2014
- CSArt Colorado, Juried art project, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2014
- William Havu Gallery, “Twenty”, Denver, CO, 2013
- The Arvada Center, “Art of the State: A Juried Exhibition of Colorado”, Denver, CO, 2012
- The Painting Center, Juried show, “Natural/Constructed Spaces II”, NYC, NY, 2012
- MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Center for the Arts, Fort Collins, CO, 2012
- Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, selected for “Luminocity” Gala, Denver, CO, 2011
- Mini Gallery, “and”, group graduate show, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2011
- Manifest Gallery, “ABSTRKT” juried group show, Cincinnati, OH, 2011
- Translations Gallery, “Contemporary Western Art”, group show, Denver, CO, 2011
- Pratt Fine Art Center, selected for annual gala, Seattle, WA, 2011
- ART 342, “Intimate Works” benefit for the University Center for the Arts, Fort Collins, CO, 2010
- Silo Point, “Innovate Love”, Baltimore, MD, 2010
- Macky Gallery, University of Colorado, “Emerging Artists”, Boulder, CO, 2009
- St. Julien Hotel, Chinook Clubhouse Auction, Boulder, CO, 2009
- The Dairy Center for the Arts, “The Ditch Project”, Boulder, CO, 2008
- Rembrandt Yard, represented artists, Boulder, CO, 2008
- Exhibitrek, “Nature”, Selected Group exhibition, Boulder CO, 2007
- Open Studios, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2007
- University Memorial Center Gallery, “Storytellers: Fact or Fiction?, juried show, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2004
- Gallery Sovereign, Boulder, CO, 2004
- Gallery Sovereign, group show, Boulder, CO, 2003
PUBLICATIONS
Prager, Mike. “Gonzaga art students, muralist Daniel Lopez create mural at Northeast Community Center”,
The Spokesman-Review, April 5th 2018
Price, Sean. “GU art students work with Spokane artist to light up community center”, Gonzaga Bulletin,
April 4th, 2018.
Benjamin, Melina. “Four GU students collaborate to create encaustic painting for donors”, Gonzaga
Bulletin, March 7th, 2018
Jackson, Sam. “(de)clutter: An art exhibit that showcases both creation & destruction”, The Easterner,
March 7th, 2018
Pohl, Grace. “EWU downtown gallery offers visions of (de)clutter”, Cheney Free Press, February 22,
2018.
Manifest Gallery, INPA 7, December 2017
Paglia, Michael. “Representational Art Meets the Abstract at Havu and Space Galleries”, Westword.
January 27th, 2016
Ruminate Magazine, Issue 38, March 2016
Ruminate Magazine featured artist, Issue 34: Keeping things Whole
Paglia, Michael. “Goldfish and a life size nude highlight Articulated Perspectives at the Havu Gallery”,
Denver Westword, July 16th 2014
Paglia, Michael, “Critic’s Picks: Denver”, art ltd., July 2014
Manifest Press, Vol. 57 ABSTRKT catalogue
Mann, Sehvilla, “Laura Carpenter Exhibit- Through a Child’s, and Painter’s, Eye”, Yellow Springs News,
December 29th, 2011.
Paglia, Michael, “Personal Visions”, Westword, August, 2010.
Ganglehoff, Bonnie, “Emerging artists: Horn, Youngers, Carpenter”, Southwest Art Magazine, February,
2008.
Bowman, Ann, “Artist Profile: Laura Carpenter”, Art of the Four Corners, Spring, 2008.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, Gonzaga University, Sept 2017 - present
Adjunct Instructor, Colorado State University, January 2013 – May 2017
Adjunct Instructor (online), Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, August 2015 – March 2016
Adjunct Instructor, Front Range Community College, August 2012 – June 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, Jan – May 2010 and Jan – May 2011
HONORS AND AWARDS
Manifest Gallery, INPA 7, December 2017
Vermont Studio Center, Resident for the month of July, 2015
Selected for CSArt Colorado, “Crop”, by curators for the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014
Accepted into Vermont Studio Center for fall 2013 (declined)
Finalist for Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities postdoctoral fellowship, 2012
Nominated for Dedalus Scholarship, 2011
Vermont Studio Center resident for the month of January, 2007
EDUCATION
Colorado State University
M.F.A. in Painting 2012
Goucher College
B.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in painting 2002
