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Laura Carpenter Truitt
423 W 17th Ave, Spokane, WA 99203
303 325 4458
lauraberch@yahoo.com
www.lauracarpentertruitt.com
represented in Denver by The William Havu Gallery

EDUCATION:    2012                  M.F.A. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
                          2002                  B.A. Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
                          2001                  Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, U.K., Study Abroad, 2nd year painting program
                          1997                  School of the Art institute of Chicago, Summer Session


TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2017    Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, Gonzaga University
2017    Adjunct Instructor, Intermediate Drawing
            Adjunct Instructor, Painting 1
            Adjunct Instructor, 2-D visual fundamentals
2016    Adjunct Instructor, 2-D visual fundamentals
            Adjunct Instructor, Figure Drawing, Colorado State University
            Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Drawing, Colorado State University
2015    Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Drawing, Colorado State University
            Adjunct Instructor, Drawing I, Rocky Mountain College of Design
            Adjunct Instructor, Drawing II, Rocky Mountain College of Design
2014    Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Drawing, Colorado State University
            Sabbatical Replacement, 2-D Visual Fundamentals, Colorado State University
2013    Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Drawing, Colorado State University
            Adjunct Instructor, 2-D Visual Fundamentals, Colorado State University
            Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Drawing, Front Range Community College, Larimer Campus
2012    Adjunct Instructor, 2-D Visual Fundamentals, Colorado State University
            Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Drawing, Front Range Community College, Larimer Campus
2011    Instructor of Record, 2-D Visual Fundamentals, Colorado State University
            Teaching Assistant to Mary Ann Kokoska, Intro to Drawing, Colorado State University
2010    Instructor of Record, 2-D Visual Fundamentals, Colorado State University
            Teaching Assistant to Christy Martell, 2-D Visual Fundamentals, Colorado State       University

EXHIBITIONS:
Represented by the William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO 

Solo and two person shows:
2016     William Havu Gallery, Re-visions, Denver, CO
2014    Wiliiam Havu Gallery, Articulated Perspective, Denver, CO

            Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
2013    Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Habitat, Crawfordsville, IN
            Directions Gallery, Recent work, solo show, Fort Collins, CO
2011    Glen House Art, “Art For Desmond”, Solo show and artist talk in Yellow Springs, OH
            Hatton Gallery, “Chromatic Spaces” selected graduate exhibition show, Fort Collins, CO
            Denver International Airport, “Shows Promise”, Solo show, Denver, CO
            International House, Colorado State University, two person show, Fort Collins, CO
2010    Translations Gallery, Denver, CO      
            Mercury Framing, “Push/Pull”, solo show, Boulder, CO
            In a Frame, solo show, Yellow Springs, OH
            Mini Gallery, “Inside/Outside”, solo show, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO           
2009    Studio exhibition, Boulder, CO
2008    Studio exhibition, Open Studios, Boulder, CO
2007    Studio exhibition ,Open Studios, Boulder, CO.
2006    Studio exhibition Open studios, Boulder, CO 
            Exhibitrek, “The Elegant Universe: Julie Maren and Laura Carpenter” , Boulder, CO
2005    Studio exhibition, Open Studios, Boulder, CO
2002    Herndon Gallery, “Anthropomorphosis”, Baltimore, MD 


Group shows:
2015     Art 4 Artists, Curfman Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins ,CO
2014    CSArt Colorado, Juried art project, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
            Carnegie Center, The real draw: Colorado artist invitational, Fort Collins, CO
2013    William Havu Gallery, Twenty, group show, Denver, CO
2012    The Arvada Center, Art of the State: a Juried Exhibition of Colorado, Denver, CO
            The Painting Center, Juried group show, Natural/Constructed Spaces II, NYC, NY    
            MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Center for the Arts, Fort Collins, CO           
2011    Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, selected for “Luminocity” Gala, Denver, CO
            Mini Gallery, “and”, group graduate show, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
            Manifest Gallery, ABSTRKT juried group show, Cincinnati, OH
            Translations Gallery, “Contemporary Western Art”, group show, Denver, CO
            Pratt Fine Art Center, selected for annual gala, Seattle, WA
2010    ART 342, “Intimate Works” benefit for the University Center for the Arts, Fort Collins, CO
            Silo Point, “Innovate Love”, Baltimore, MD
2009    Macky Gallery, University of Colorado, “Emerging Artists”, Boulder, CO
            St. Julien Hotel, Chinook Clubhouse Auction, Boulder, CO   
2008    Rembrandt Yard, represented artists, Boulder, CO
2007    Exhibitrek,“Nature”, Selected Group exhibition, Boulder CO
            Open Studios, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2004    University Memorial Center Gallery, “Storytellers: Fact or Fiction?”, juried show, University of Colorado, Boulder
            Gallery Sovereign, Boulder, CO.                 
2003    Gallery Sovereign, group show, Boulder, CO

HONORS/RESIDENCIES:
2015     Vermont Studio Center resident for July
2013    Selected for 2014 CSArt Colorado, “Crop”, by curators for the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

            Accepted into Vermont Studio Center for fall 2013 (declined)
2012    Finalist for Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities postdoctoral fellowship
2011    Nominated for Dedalus Scholarship
2011    Graduate Representative, Colorado State University
2010    Graduate Representative, Colorado State University
2007    Vermont Studio Center resident for the month of January

PUBLICATIONS:
2016     Ruminate Magazine, Issue 38 due out in March
2016     Paglia, Michael. “Representational Art Meets the Abstract At Havu and Space Galleries” , Westword.   
                   January 27th, 2016
2015     Ruminate Magazine featured artist, Issue 34: Keeping things Whole 
2014    Paglia, Michael. “Goldfish and a lifesize nude highlight Articulated Perspectives at the Havu Gallery”, Denver

     Westword, July 16th 2014
2014    Paglia, Michael, “Critic’s Picks: Denver”, art ltd., July 2014
2011    Manifest Press, Vol. 57 ABSTRKT catalogue
2011    Mann, Sehvilla, “Laura Carpenter Exhibit- Through a Child’s, and Painter’s, Eye”, Yellow Springs News, December
    29th, 2011.
2010    Paglia, Michael, “Personal Visions”, Westword, August, 2010.
2008    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.

 

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